Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Deerness Valley Railway Path
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Deerness Valley Railway Path by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.
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Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Deerness Valley Railway Path
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 4 Aug 2018
The behaviour of this lively restless and sometimes quarrelsome little butterfly has earned it the nickname of 'the flea'. One of its common variant forms is shown here Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.722602
Longitude
-1.747216