Blue Copper Lycaena heteronea heteronea Female Home  -  Butterflies  -  Details Immatures     Female Eclosure     Male     Male Eclosure     Specimen

Female that emerged  10 June 2009 from the   female located 22 August 2008 Guardman Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah Female that emerged  10 June 2009 from the   female located 22 August 2008 Guardman Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah Female that emerged  10 June 2009 from the   female located 22 August 2008 Guardman Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah 30 August 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon 30 August 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon 30 August 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon 30 August 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon Female at turnout along Guardsman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon,  Salt Lake County, Utah - 16 July 2015 Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Offspring of the female located 22 August 2008 Female Blue Copper nectaring on wild asters, August 30, 2006, Guardsman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah Female on Eriogonum heracleoides, Guardsman Pass road, 16 July 2015 Life History Eggs:  overwinter as eggs Larva: 22-24 days ( 4 days as first instar,  4 days as second instar,  3-5 days as third instar,  6-9 days  as fourth instar) Pupa: 9-10 days Host Plant Eggs laid on Sulfur Buckwheat -  Eriogonum umbellatum Fed on  Parsnipflower Buckwheat - Eriogonum heracleoides