Blue Copper, Lycaena heteronea
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The color is bluer than any true blue, yet its wing veins and other
structures prove it to be an unusual kind of copper. With the exception of the thin white
fringe and black border, the male’s entire upper surface shimmers metallic
blue. There are also greenish and
silvery highlights, which are the effects of prism like scales. This is strictly a western species. |