Small coppers are beautiful, lively little butterflies found in most rough grassy places across the UK.
The female photographed here is the blue spotted aberrant form caeruleo-punctata, with lovely patches of blue scales on the hind wings. In Britain this butterfly has up to three adult generations a year, with the first being on the wing from mid-April.
The caterpillars feed on common and sheep's sorrel.
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