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Epidemia dorcas

Synonyms: Lycaena dorcas; Polyommatus anthelle

Wikipedia Abstract

Lycaena dorcas is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, the gossamer-winged butterflies. Its common names include dorcas copper and cinquefoil copper. It is native to North America. The species L. dospassosi was once included in L. dorcas.
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Infraspecies

Epidemia dorcas arcticus
Epidemia dorcas castro
Epidemia dorcas claytoni
Epidemia dorcas dorcas
Epidemia dorcas dospassosi
Epidemia dorcas florus
Epidemia dorcas megaloceras

Prey / Diet

Comarum palustre (Purple Marshlocks)[1]
Dasiphora fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil)[1]
Vaccinium hagerupii (small cranberry)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0