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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 » Mariposa Copper - Hodges#4264 (Lycaena mariposa)
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Butterfly to ID if possible - Lycaena mariposa - female
Copyright © 2008 Kildale

Butterfly to ID if possible - Lycaena mariposa - Female
Waterton Lakes national Park., Alberta, Canada, Alberta, Canada
Just managed this one image of this butterfly and ID would be a help.
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Contributed by Kildale on 21 September, 2008 - 6:28pm
Last updated 25 September, 2010 - 7:45pm

Moved
Moved from Lycaena.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 September, 2010 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Mariposa Copper - female
Moved from Lycaena.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 September, 2010 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Copper
This and the other one are Coppers (genus Lycaena). I don't know the western ones but look through the guide and you may find a match.
… Jason Forbes, 21 September, 2008 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Butterfly
Thank you for the help, that is something to start with.
… Kildale, 21 September, 2008 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
This is the Reakirt's Copper
Lycaena mariposa. I have yet too see one of these.
… James Bailey, 18 August, 2009 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

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