За све намере и сврхе ово изгледа као Блуе Буттерфли (као у подфамилије Полиомматинае)… врло је, Веома плава после свега. Али претпоставке на основу боје би вас довести низ нетачних пут; како се испоставило то лептир је заправо врста бакра. Постоје мале разлике у облику крила и вероватно жилице, but when I first saw these butterflies I assumed they were a sub-species of Плебејус ицариоидес (која were такође flying at this location on the Kaibab Plateau). But then I began seeing female butterflies (испод) interacting with these blues and then it dawned on me – blue copper – Lycaena heteronea austin (Лицаенидае: Lycaeninae)!
This subspecies was originally described in 1998 by the late, сјајно George T. Austin as L. heteronea rutila. Given however that rutila more or less = rutilus, it was later determined rutila was actually unavailable and the subspecies name was changed to austin in honor of George.
male Lycaena heteroena austin (Лицаенидае)
female Lycaena heteroena austin
What a beauftiful picture !
I like the picture so bad
Do you have any picture similar with that ?
Impressive. Certainly a trick to trip up beginners!