Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
Family Lycaenidae, 'Blues and Coppers'
Lycaenidae 1

Allard's Silver-line, Tafinegoult, Tizi-n-Test, High Atlas, Morocco, 20 April 2007

Allard's Silver-line, Tafinegoult, Tizi-n-Test, High Atlas, Morocco, 20 April 2007

Brown Hairstreak, Orseg National Park, Hungary, 10 August 2010

Brown Hairstreak, near Martinovo, N W Bulgaria, 18 July 2018

Brown Hairstreak, near Martinovo, N W Bulgaria, 18 July 2018

Purple Hairstreak, female, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, England, 22 July 2013

Purple Hairstreak, near Tapis, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, Spain, 1 September 2016

Spanish Purple Hairstreak, Estana, Lleida, Spanish Pyrenees, 20 July 2012

Sloe Hairstreak, Akrovouni, N E Greece, 3 July 2013

Sloe Hairstreak, Galicica, southern Macedonia, 17 July 2015

Sloe Hairstreaks, Galicica, southern Macedonia, 17 July 2015

Sloe Hairstreak, Chimeira, Antalya, Turkey, 10 May 2011

Ilex Hairstreak, Fundana Villas, Paleokastritsa, Corfu, 30 May 2019

Ilex Hairstreak, Mount Orvilos, Rhodopi, Greece, 11 July 2013

Ilex Hairstreak, near Grodek, Poland, 4 July 2018

False Ilex Hairstreak, Canete, Serrania de Cuenca, Spain, 2 July 2011

False Ilex Hairstreak, Hoya de la Carrasca, Tereul, Spain, 3 July 2011

False Ilex Hairstreak, Tudes, Picos de Europa, Spain, 14 July 2014

Blue-spot Hairstreak, Buenache, Cuenca, Spain, 29 June 2011

Blue-spot Hairstreak, Campollo, Picos de Europa, 14 July 2014

Blue-spot Hairstreak, track near Gugny, Biebrzanski forest, N E Poland, 26 June 2018

White-letter Hairstreak with ill-defined 'W', near Aetopetra, Konitsa, Greece, 25 May 2019

White-letter Hairstreak, Ryton Wood, Warwickshire, England, 8 July 2010

White-letter Hairstreak, Estana, Lleida, Spanish Pyrenees, 20 July 2012

Black Hairstreak, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, England, 17 June 2010

Provence Hairstreak (on Scilla peruviana), Bustos Altos, Ubrique, Cadiz, Spain, 24 April 2010

Moroccan Hairstreak, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, Morocco 17 April 2007

Moroccan Hairstreaks, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, Morocco, 17 April 2007

Green Hairstreak, near Avantas, Thrace, Greece, 7 April 2022

Green Hairstreak, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, 13 May 2011

Green Hairstreak, Rombald's Moor, West Yorkshire, England, 25 May 2013

Green Hairstreak, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe, England, 11 May 2015

Chapman's Green Hairstreak, Takeltount, Annoceur, Middle Atlas, Morocco, 17 April 2007

Violet Copper, Planta north of Narewka, Poland, 4 July 2018

Violet Copper, meadows near Luzany, Poland, 5 July 2018

Violet Coppers, also near Luzany, Poland, 5 July 2018

Violet Copper, Planta, Poland, 4 July 2018

Small Copper, Piusa, Tartu, Estonia, 8 June 2012

Small Copper, Patara, S Turkey, 11 May 2011

Small Copper, near La Preste at the western end of the Tech valley, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, France, 26 August 2016

Small Copper, Barranco del Jurado, La Palma, Canaries, 8 February 2013

Small Copper, Las Tricias, La Palma, Canaries, 6 February 2013

Small Copper, with blue metallic sheen to outer margin, Ermita de la Virgen del Pino, La Palma, Canaries, 2 February 2013

Small Copper, var alba, Gait Barrow, Arnside, Cumbria, England, 30 July 2007

Small Copper, var alba, Gait Barrow, Arnside, Cumbria, England, 30 July 2007

Large Copper, female, Orseg National Park, Hungary, 9 August 2010

Large Copper, female, near Meljane, N W Bulgaria, 19 July 2018

Large Copper, male, Ciprovski monastery, N W Bulgaria, 18 July 2018

Large Copper, male, Ciprovski monastery, N W Bulgaria, 18 July 2018

Large Copper, female, near Meljane, N W Bulgaria, 19 July 2018