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Lady Copper (4)
Marx44 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 56 W: 71 N: 271] (1718)
Sooty copper - Lycaena tityrus.

It's rather small butterfly - the wingspan is about 30 mm.Wing length 14-17 mm.
There is a great difference between the male and the female. The males are very dark brown with lots of black, and some orange, spots on the upper side. Their under side is greyish yellow. The females are orange-brown on the upper wings of the upper side and dark brown on the lower wings of the upper side. The under side is yellow and orange, with big black spots.

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Marx44 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 56 W: 71 N: 271] (1718)
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Edited by:nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 225 W: 36 N: 500] (2091)

i removed little bit of blue cast, and cropped bit for the effect.