Natural History Photographs

by Cor Zonneveld


Family Lycaenidae - subfamily Lycaeninae
tribe Lycaenini: Coppers


Lycaena alciphron
subsp. gordius.
Montagne du Luberon, France;
May 1990. Landscape with habitat.
Saas Fee, Switzerland; August 1991.
Male perching in territory.

Saas Fee, Switzerland;
August 1991.


Aladag mountains, Turkey; 2 June 2008.


Lycaena asabinus
Emli valley (Aladag mountains), Turkey; 31 May 2008.


Lycaena helle
Virton, Belgium; May 1995. Habitat
Middle, female; right, male.


Lycaena hippothoe
Gees (Eifel), Germany; 17 June 1991. Habitat

Near Innertkirchen (altitude ca 1400 m),
Switzerland; 9 July 2008.

subsp. eurydame, which
lacks the reflection colors.

Lycaena ochimus
Aladag mountains, Turkey; 31 May & 1 June 2008.


Lycaena phlaeas

f. caeruleopunctata

 
Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen,
the Netherlands; April 1990.
Nieuw Bussumerheide,
the Netherlands; 25 April 2007.


f. elea

f. elea
Montagne du Luberon, France; May 1990.
Landscape with habitat.

Cevennes, France; July 1984.

Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 30 July & 27 August 2006.
Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, the Netherlands; 24 May 2009. f. alba.


Lycaena thersamon
top row, male: Emli valley (Aladag mountains), Turkey; 31 May 2008.
bottom row, female: Foothills near Göksu delta, Turkey; 27 May 2008.
Lycaena tityrus

Dagro (Tessin), Switzerland; 17 & 26 July 2007.
Male (left and middle) and female (right).

Aladag mountains, Turkey; 1 June 2008.
subsp. subalpinus
Near Innertkirchen (ca 1400 m),
Switzerland; 9 July 2008.


Lycaena virgaureae

male of subsp. montana
Zermatt, Switzerland; July 1991.


Lachamp-Raphaël (Ardèche), France; 28 July 2011.

Saas Fee, Switzerland; July 1991.
Female of subsp. montana