Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1159525

Gorgon Copper
Lycaena gorgon

Observation date: May 31, 2018
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny above 3,000 saw at about 5K sunny 70 light breeze Males and a couple females New location for me but old records Exist for this area lots of tall buckwheat in area golden yarrow lots of butterflies using it for nectar!
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: June 01, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Orange County, California, United States