Sooty Copper
Sooty Copper
I have seen a few male Sooty Copper but don’t recall seeing one with the pale markings on the hind wings before, has anyone else come across this.
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Re: Sooty Copper
Looking through my pictures, I find a very few, both males and females, have some pale scales there. Here is a male - not so well marked as yours:
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Re: Sooty Copper
A caeruleounctata Sooty Copper....if such a thing officially exists!! Well done, Wolfson.
We saw a couple of Iberian Sooty Coppers with these blue markings in Spain last month, so clearly it's not just phlaeas that carries them.
We saw a couple of Iberian Sooty Coppers with these blue markings in Spain last month, so clearly it's not just phlaeas that carries them.
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Took me a while to learn how to spell & pronounce it, Wolfson.
Re: Sooty Copper
You have made me revisit my photos from the summer. I found Sooty Copper with pale markings on forewing and Iberian Sooty Copper on hind wing . More common than I thought
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Thanks, Andy. I didn't get a very good image of the bleusi with the blue spots during my last trip.
Nice you've found one to show us.
Nice you've found one to show us.