lepidoptera.online © 2017 Adriaan van Os - Butterflies and Moths of South-West Europe
Diurna,
Lycaenidae,
Lycaeninae
• Purple-edged Copper - Lycaena hippothoe
(Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe)
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GBIF observation map, Lycaena hippothoe
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Lycaena hippothoe (Purple-edged Copper) resembles Lycaena virgaureae (Scarce Copper).
Also see
butterfliesoffrance.com,
pyrgus.de,
the GfS distribution map and
lepiforum.de