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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 » Salt Marsh Copper - Hodges#4261.1 (Lycaena dospassosi)

Species Lycaena dospassosi - Salt Marsh Copper - Hodges#4261.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Lycaena dospassosi (Salt Marsh Copper) - Lycaena dospassosi Salt Marsh Copper - Lycaena dospassosi - female Salt Marsh Copper, Prince Edward Island - Lycaena dospassosi Salt Marsh Copper male - Lycaena dospassosi - male Salt Marsh Copper, worn male - Lycaena dospassosi - male Salt Marsh Copper - Lycaena dospassosi - female Salt Marsh Copper - Lycaena dospassosi - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Lycaeninae (Coppers)
Genus Lycaena
Species dospassosi (Salt Marsh Copper - Hodges#4261.1)
Hodges Number
4261.1
Other Common Names
Maritime Copper
Dos Passos' Copper
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly designated as a subspecies of the Dorcas Copper (Lycaena dorcas dospassosi).
Range
Found only in salt marshes in the Canadian Maritime Provinces and the Gaspé coast of Quebec.
Season
Can typically be found from late July to mid-August
Food
A Silverweed (Potentilla egedii)
Also nectars on Sea Lavender (Limonium nashii)
Remarks
One of only 5 species of butterfly endemic to Canada.
See Also
Lycaena dorca
Internet References
Butterflies of Canada
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 21 May, 2008 - 4:12pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Graham M, David Ferguson, Denis Doucet
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:25am

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