Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1055093

Purplish Copper
Lycaena helloides

Observation date: July 11, 2015
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: September 18, 2015
Coordinator notes: This is the flip side of another submittal I think you made and I commented earlier. This is a male and it only has one orange spot at the inside edge of the upper hindwings. This is typical Lycaena florus and not L. helloides however there is not the florus option to select (differing opinions between those in charge of the species list). Florus is actually similar to L. dorcas but we do not have that species in Colorado (it flies only in bogs farther north in Canada and eastward, including Michigan). Mike
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, Gunnison County