LYCAENIDAE
SPAIN Lycaenidae
Thecla quercus
Purple Hairstreak, near Tapis, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, Spain, 1 September 2016Laeosopis roboris
Spanish Purple Hairstreak, towards Estana, Lleida, Spanish Pyrenees, 20 July 2012,Satyrium esculi
False Ilex Hairstreak, Tudes, Picos de Europa, Spain, 14 July 2014Satyrium spini
Blue-spot Hairstreak, meadow next to the Hotel Cueva del Fraile, Buenache, Cuenca, Spain, 29 June 2011Satyrium spini
Blue-spot Hairstreak, Las Tuercas, Villaescusa de las Torres, Cantabria, Spain, 15 July 2014Satyrium w-album
White-letter Hairstreak, towards Estana, Lleida, Spanish Pyrenees, 20 July 2012Tomares ballus
Provence Hairstreak nectaring on Scilla peruviana at Bustos Altos, Ubrique, Cadiz Province, Spain, 24 April 2010Tomares ballus
Provence Hairstreak, in this position the butterfly is superbly well camouflaged resembling the bursting flower buds of Scilla peruviana at Bustos Altos, Ubrique, Cadiz Province, Spain, 24 April 2010Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper, Barranco del Jurado, Tijarafe, La Palma, Canaries, 8 February 2013Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper, probably recently emerged showing blue colouration on the forewing outer margin at Ermita de la Virgen del Pino, La Palma, Canaries, 2 February 2013Lycaena phlaeas
small Copper, Boniches, Canete, Serrania de Cuenca, Spain, 2 July 2011Lycaena vigaureae
Scarce Copper, male ssp miegii, Llanaves de la Reina gorge, Cordillera Cantabrica, Spain, 12 July 2014Lycaena vigaureae
Scarce Copper, male, Llanaves de la Reina gorge, Cordillera Cantabrica, Spain, 12 July 2014Lycaena vigaureae
Scarce Copper, Marie de Deu de Bastanist, Lleida, Spanish Pyrenees, 20 July 2012Lycaena vigaureae
Scarce Copper on Eryngium at Vallter 2000 ski station, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, Spain, 27 August 2016Lycaena tityrus
Sooty Copper, male, Espinama, Picos de Europa, Spain, 10 July 2014Lycaena alciphron
Purple-shot Copper ssp gordius, male, Masella, Girona, Spanish Pyrenees, 22 July 2012Lampides boeticus
Long-tailed Blue, Pajaroncillo, Sierra de las Cuerdas, Cuenca, Spain, 5 July 2011Lampides boeticus
Long-tailed Blue in the meadow adjacent to the Hotel Cueva del Fraile, Buenache, Cuenca, Spain, 30 June 2011Cacyreus marshalli
Geranium Bronze, the first record of this species on la Palma at the Barranco del Carmen, Santa Cruz, Canaries, 7 February 2013Cacyreus marshalli
Geranium Bronze, Barranco del Carmen, Santa Cruz, La Palma, Canaries, 7 February 2013Cyclyrius webbianus
Canary Blue, male, Ermita de la Virgen del Pino, La Palma, Canaries, 2 February 2013Cyclyrius webbianus
Canary Blue, female, Barranco de las Angustias, Los Llanos, La Palma, Canaries, 3 February 2013Cyclyrius webbianus
Canary Blue, Barranco de las Angustias, Los Llanos, La Palma, Canaries, 3 February 2013Zizeeria knysna
African Grass Blue, roosting at dusk, Barranco de las Angustias, Los Llanos, La Palma, Canaries, 3 February 2013Everes argiades
Short-tailed Blue, Beges, Picos de Europa, Spain, 16 July 2014Everes alcetas
Provencal Short-tailed Blue, towards Coll de la Boixeda, south of Mollo, Catalonia, Eastern Pyrenees, Spain, 30 August 2016Cupido minimus
Small Blue, Beges, Picos de Europa, Spain, 16 July 2014Cupido lorquinii
Lorquin's Blue, male, Puerto del Viento, Ronda, Malaga Province, Spain, 29 April 2010Cupido lorquinii
Lorquin's Blue, Puerto del Viento, Ronda, Malaga Province, Spain, 29 April 2010Glaucopsyche alexis
Green-underside Blue, male, Rio Guadiaro, Benaojan, Malaga Province, Spain, 27 April 2010Glaucopsyche melanops
Black-eyed Blue, Grazalema Natural Park, Cadiz Province, Spain, 25 April 2010Glaucopsyche melanops
Black-eyed Blue, Grazalema Natural Park, Cadiz Province, Spain, 28 April 2010Glaucopsyche melanops
Black-eyed Blue, forewing underside spot aberration, Grazalema Natural Park, Cadiz Province, Spain, 28 April 2010Phengaris nausithous
Dusky Large Blue, Mostajal Bog, Picos de Europa, Spain, July 2014Pseudophilotes panoptes
Panoptes Blue, male, Sierra de Nieves, Ronda, Malaga Province, Spain, 26 April 2010Pseudophilotes panoptes
Panoptes or False Baton Blue (P.abencerragus), west side of Rio Grande north out of Berchules, Alpujarras, Spain, 21 May 2006. These two species are very difficult to tell apart!Pseudophilotes panoptes
Panoptes Blue, Cueva de Pileta, Benaojan, Malaga Province, Spain, 27 April 2010Pseudophilotes panoptes
Panoptes Blue, Cueva de Pileta, Benaojan, Malaga Province, Spain, 29 April 2010Pseudophilotes abencerragus
False Baton Blue, Cueva de Pileta, Benaojan, Malaga Province, Spain, 24 April 2010Pseudophilotes abencerragus
False Baton Blue, Cueva de Pileta, Benaojan, Malaga Province, Spain, 27 April 2010Pseudophilotes abencerragus
False Baton Blue, Cueva de Pileta, Benaojan, Malaga Province, Spain, 27 April 2010Plebejus pylaon
Zephyr Blue, male, Torrijas, Sierra de Javalambre, Teruel, Spain, 4 July 2011Plebejus pylaon
Zephyr Blue, female, Torrijas, Sierra de Javalambre, Teruel, Spain, 4 July 2011Plebejus pylaon
Zephyr Blue, Torrijas, Sierra de Javalambre, Teruel, Spain, 4 July 2011Plebejus argus
Silver-studded Blue, male, Beges, Picos de Europa, Spain, July 2014Plebejus argus
Silver-studded Blue, male, form hypochionus, Torrijas, Sierra de Javalambre, Teruel, Spain, 4 July 2011Plebejus argus
Silver-studded Blue, Mostajal Bog, Valdeon, Cantabria, Spain,16 July 2014Aricia cramera
Spanish Brown Argus, Benaojan, Malaga Province, Spain, 23 April 2010Aricia cramera
Spanish Brown Argus, Puerto de Punta Garda, La Palma, Canaries, 6 February 2013Show More