За сите намерите и целите ова изгледа како сина пеперутка (како и во подфамилијата Polyommatinae)… тоа е многу, многу сино по сите. Но, претпоставките врз основа на боја ќе ве води по патот неточни; како што излезе оваа Пеперутката е всушност еден вид бакар. Постојат суптилни разлики во крило форма и веројатно venation, but when I first saw these butterflies I assumed they were a sub-species of Plebejus icarioides (кои were исто така, flying at this location on the Kaibab Plateau). But then I began seeing female butterflies (подолу) interacting with these blues and then it dawned on me – blue copper – Lycaena heteronea austin (Lycaenidae: Lycaeninae)!
This subspecies was originally described in 1998 by the late, голем George T. Austin as На. 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.
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!