Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Purplish Copper
Lycaena helloides

Observation date: June 20, 2024
Submitted by: Cascade Colors
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: July 22, 2024
Coordinator notes: Female Purplish Copper...Lustrous in Colorado is only above timberline on rock slides (Snow's Copper, Lycaena cupreus snowi), rarely much if any below the trees where the rocks come down into them from above. Mike
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, Grand County