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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Coppers (Lycaeninae) » Lycaena » Dorcas Copper - Hodges#4261 (Lycaena dorcas) » Lycaena dorcas dorcas
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Dorcas Copper? or Purplish? - Lycaena dorcas
Copyright © 2014 J. Burke Korol

Dorcas Copper? or Purplish? - Lycaena dorcas
Marathon, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
August 6, 2014
Size: 2 cm
I can't tell if Dorcas or Purplish; in roadside Black Spruce swamp
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Contributed by J. Burke Korol on 3 October, 2014 - 9:47pm
Last updated 22 February, 2015 - 9:19pm

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Moved from Lycaena.
… Cliff Ivy, 22 February, 2015 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

Dorcas Copper
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtmls/Lycaenidae/Lycaena_d_dorcas_M_CAN_MANITOBA_Pine_Ridge_20-VII-75_[MGCL]_3_i.htm
… Cliff Ivy, 22 February, 2015 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Copper, Purplish, and Bog are difficult
to separate with only a below (dorsal) view. However, based upon the two small circular spots in the cell of the FW, this one looks like a Bog Copper.

… Cliff Ivy, 23 October, 2014 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed - it's probably a Dorcas
In Ontario, Bog Copper is usually fairly pale gray on the underside, though some populations have a bit of a yellowish cast:

http://www.ontariobutterflies.ca/families/lycaenidea/bog-copper

The date on this one is a bit late for Bog Copper. It does fit for Dorcas, which has a darker, more orange venter:

http://www.ontariobutterflies.ca/families/lycaenidea/dorcas-copper

Purplish copper is usually larger, and has a somewhat paler venter than Dorcas, but they are very similar:

http://www.ontariobutterflies.ca/families/lycaenidea/purplish-copper

Purplish is fairly rare in Ontario. We don't have a lot of sightings, but we think it has two flights, and this date falls between what are the most likely flight times. But we have so little data, it's difficult to be certain about that.
… rcav, 6 April, 2017 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 22 October, 2014 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
ID Confirmed
Ross Layberry says Dorcas Copper...
… J. Burke Korol, 20 August, 2017 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

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