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Great Yeldham
Female. 24 July 2010

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Great Yeldham
24 July 2010

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Great Yeldham
Male. 27 July 2009

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Great Yeldham
Male. 28 July 2010

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Great Yeldham
31 July 2009

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Mepal, Cambs
31 July 2011

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Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Blue-spotted. 15 Aug 2011

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Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Blue-spotted. 15 Aug 2011

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Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Blue-spotted. 15 Aug 2011

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Great Yeldham
1 Sept 2011

The Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas

The Small Copper is one of our less common butterflies. It can produce two or three broods per year and over-winters as a larva. The Larval food plants are Docks and Sorrel. Adults from the first brood are on the wing in late spring, from the second in July or early August and the third in early September and October. It is often seen on thistle flowers.

Butterfly list . Main Gallery

External links to Small Copper pages: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles



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