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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 » Purplish Copper - Hodges#4262 (Lycaena helloides)
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Purplish Copper? - Lycaena helloides - male
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Purplish Copper? - Lycaena helloides - Male
Klamath Marsh NWR, Klamath County, Oregon, USA
September 14, 2020
Size: 1/2 inch +/-
On my way to Tricities, Washington on US 97, I decided to take Silver Road heading east into Klamath Marsh NWR. I stopped at the entrance and walked around the area for activity that I could photograph and I saw this butterfly which I felt was a member of the copper family. Once I returned home and had a chance to view the images I feel that based on the markings on the dorsal side of the wings that this image is a male Purplish Copper.

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Purplish Copper? - Lycaena helloides - male Purplish Copper? - Lycaena helloides - male
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Contributed by davedlj on 4 October, 2020 - 7:51pm
Last updated 29 October, 2020 - 6:33am

Male Purplish Copper - Moved
Matches the image in Glassberg well.(1)

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