Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Lycaenini Lycaena phoebus Lycaena thetis
Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784)
Lesser Fiery Copper

Genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

L. thersamon (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (female), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, October 1, 2002
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
L. thersamon (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Manziana (Roma), Italy, July 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. thersamon (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (male), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, September 18, 2002
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
L. thersamon (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (female), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, August 23, 2003
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
L. thersamon (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (male), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, September 18, 2002
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
L. thersamon (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (female), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, August 23, 2003
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
L. thersamon (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (female), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, October 1, 2002
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
L. thersamon (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Kavala, Greece, June 27, 2005
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
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