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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Coppers (Lycaeninae) » Lycaena » American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
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Copper? - Lycaena phlaeas
Copyright © 2006 Peter Hollinger

Copper? - Lycaena phlaeas
Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
September 10, 2006
Size: ~2cm
Genus Lycaena?
Wider view here.

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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 12 September, 2006 - 10:29pm
Last updated 14 September, 2006 - 9:49pm

American Copper indeed
Peter,
Got to be American Copper. Too late for Bog Copper and too small for Bronze Copper. See my page on the species at http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/copper_american01.htm
… Randy Emmitt, 13 September, 2006 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Randy
http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/copper_american01.htm
… Peter Hollinger, 13 September, 2006 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

Yes, I think so
and of the three VT species (see BMNA), yours looks most like American Copper (below):

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 13 September, 2006 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

 
Lycaena phlaeas
Thanks, Hannah -- I think you have the right species. I should see if I have a better shot of the underside hindwing, since the "broad orange outer margin" on L. hyllus versus the "submarginal row of orange-red zigzags" of L. phlaeas seems like a clear distinction.
… Peter Hollinger, 13 September, 2006 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

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