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Tailed Copper, male - Lycaena arota - male
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Tailed Copper, male - Lycaena arota - Male
Stevens Creek County Park, Santa Clara County, California, USA
June 8, 2007
Size: ~25 mm
Hairstreak sp. Satyrium?
Contributed by iNaturalist on 8 March, 2010 - 5:33pm
Last updated 26 March, 2010 - 3:16pm

Moved
Moved from Hairstreaks.
… iNaturalist, 26 March, 2010 - 3:16pm

ID
It's a tailed copper, Lycaena arota
… Mike Hofmann, 26 March, 2010 - 2:22pm

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