Purplish  Copper
Lycaena  helloides
 
Specimen

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Male - Dorsal
male dorsal view
Female - Dorsal
Female dorsal

Male - Ventral
male ventral

Female - Ventral
female - ventral


PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis

Male - Dorsal
Located by Jack Harry at Clear Creek
Raft River Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

Male - Ventral
Emerged 16 July 1994, from female located
by Steve Sommerfeld, Laketown Reservoir

Female - Dorsal
Emerged 17 July 1994, from female located
by Steve Sommerfeld, Laketown Reservoir


Female - Ventral
Emerged 15 July 1994, from female located
by Steve Sommerfeld, Laketown Reservoir


Ova hibernate
Pupae for 9 days
Larvae fed about 23 days

Host Plant
Rumex crispus

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