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nzButterfly.info > New Zealand Species > Resident Species > Coppers > Boulder Copper > Variations

Boulder Copper pictures of variations

Lycaena (Boldenaria) boldenarum (was Lycaena boldenarum and Chrysophanus boldenarum)

Spot the Butterfly!
Pictures of the underwings from around the country showing how well the variations match the local stone.
This is probably New Zealand's best camouflaged Butterfly.

Boulder Copper underwing at Whakapapa Boulder Copper underwing in the Cobb Valley Boulder Copper underwing at Wards Pass
 Boulder Copper underwing in the Speargrass Valley
Whakapapa
© Attapon Tansakul 		Cobb Valley
© R Arter-Williamson 		Wards Pass
© R Arter-Williamson 		Speargrass Valley
© R Arter-Williamson
 
Boulder Copper underwing in the Lewis Pass
 Boulder Copper underwing in the Otira Valley Boulder Copper underwing along Mt Cook Road
 Boulder Copper underwing in Mt Cook Village
Lewis Pass
© Jérôme Albre 		Otira Valley
© Jérôme Albre 		Mt Cook Road
© Jérôme Albre 		Mt Cook Village
© Jérôme Albre

Sub-species

There is presently 2 sub-species described, unfortunately nzButterfly.info doesn't have pictures of these yet. More details are on the main Boulder Copper page.

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