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  Sighting 1235914

Purplish Copper
Lycaena helloides

Observation date: August 25, 2019
Submitted by: Joey Bom
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: April 11, 2020
Coordinator notes: I think on this one you may be correct and this is helloides rather than florus I noted in my previous review. Florus usually flies earlier in the mountains and has only one flight. Since this is late in the summer it looks like helloides has penetrated the area from down below. Mike
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, Larimer County

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