Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
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) » Clayton's Copper (Lycaena dorcas claytoni)
Photo#251227
Copyright © 2009 Denis A. Doucet

"Clayton's" Copper - Lycaena dorcas
Kelch Lake, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 31, 2007
This images and the 3 other linked ones are all of Lycaena dorcas claytoni, a rare subspecies with a restricted range found in Maine and New Brunswick...

Images of this individual: tag all
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Denis A. Doucet on 30 January, 2009 - 2:14pm
Last updated 31 January, 2009 - 8:22am

Moved
Moved from Clayton's Copper.
… Denis A. Doucet, 31 January, 2009 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dorcas Copper.
… tom murray, 30 January, 2009 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tom!
The main larval foodplant for this subspecies is Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa, aka Pentaphylloides fruticosa, Dasiphora floribunda etc) and it seems to go for the calcareous fens in the region...
… Denis A. Doucet, 31 January, 2009 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact