Konrad Wothe / Fritillary butterfly (Argynnis sp) with Scarce copper butterflies (Lycaena virgaureae) Queyras, Alps, France. August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae) male in meadow on ox-eye daisy, Joutsa (formerly Leivonmaki), Finland, July.

Kim Taylor / Scarce copper butterfly (Lycaena virgaureae) female, Bulgaria, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Scarce copper butterfly (Lycaena virgaureae) portrait of male, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. July

Jussi Murtosaari / Scarce copper butterfly (Lycaena virgaureae) portrait of male, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. July

Paul Hobson / Scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) adult nectaring on white flower, Bulgaria.

Jussi Murtosaari / Scarce copper butterfly (Lycaena virgaureae) female with Silver studded blue (Plebjus argus) female both feeding on Golden rod (Solidago virgaurea) Leivonmaki, Joutsa, Keski-Suomi, Lansi- ja Sisa-Suom...

Jussi Murtosaari / Scarce Copper butterfly (Lycaena virgaureae) male on Anthemis flower, South Karelia, southern Finland, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarce Copper butterfly (Heodes virgaureae) feeding on nectar rich flowering plants in Alpine meadow, Apennine mountains, Italy, Europe

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarce Copper butterfly (Heodes / Lycaena virgaureae) feeding on nectar rich flowering plants in Alpine meadow, Apennine mountains, Italy, Europe

PREMAPHOTOS / Scarce copper butterfly (Heodes / Lycaena virgaureae) in the Alpes Maritimes, France

Bjorn Forsberg / Scarce copper butterfly {Lycaena virgaureae} on {Lamium hybridum} Sweden