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Purplish Copper

Lycaena helloides

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Field Notes

Description:

Upperside of male brown with purple iridescence; female more orange. Hindwing of both sexes with broad orange band at margin.

Habitat:

It is found from Great Lakes area to British Columbia, south to Baja California

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PublishedAugust 14, 2016

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