Observation date: September 02, 2019
Submitted by: Mapper
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Cruising on forest floor. Onahu Creek Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: December 31, 2019
Coordinator notes: Purplish Copper female. I could be Lycaena florus (although there is no selection for it in the BAMONA menu) but it is very orange and florus females tend to be usually much darker. The two species do intergrade in some places, perhaps where you found this one in RMNP is not one where they have yet met since this one looks like those from much lower altitude of prairie and foothills both east and west in Colorado? Mike
