Lycaenidae lycaena thetis (male)
 
Lycaena thetis, the golden copper, is a small butterfly found in Greece, Asia Minor - Armenia (highlands), Iraq, Iran, Baluchistan, Chitral and Ladak that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. At once recognized by the black apex of the forewing of the male being continued along the costal margin for some distance and by the markings of the underside of the hindwing being almost entirely suppressed by light scaling. In the southern districts of the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and Transcaucasia An extremely local and rare butterfly, most unlikely to be found without targetted searching. Possibly the most dramatic bright red-orange of all the Lycaena.