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Colorado Copper - Lycaena cupreus - female
Copyright © 2013 Bob Webster

Colorado Copper - Lycaena cupreus - Female
Peekaboo Gulch, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2013
About 12,000 ft. elevation
Lustrous Copper?
Contributed by Bob Webster on 11 December, 2013 - 1:14am
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 1:24pm

yes - a female
Moved from Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 January, 2014 - 1:24pm

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