Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 975608

Tailed Copper
Lycaena arota

Observation date: June 01, 2014
Submitted by: badyak
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: seemed on the small side for a tailed copper, no more than about an inch wingspan, small enough that at first glance only seeing the bottom of the wings I thought it might be a western pygmy blue before I got a better look
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: June 02, 2014
Coordinator notes: You are right, it is a female Tailed Copper.