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Lycaena heteronea (Blue Copper)

Synonyms: Heodes coloradensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the western Canada and USA. The wingspan is 26–33 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August. The larvae feed on Eriogonum fasciculatum, Eriogonum latifolium, Eriogonum umbellatum, Eriogonum nudum, and Eriogonum microthecum.
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Infraspecies

Lycaena heteronea clara
Lycaena heteronea gravenotata
Lycaena heteronea heteronea
Lycaena heteronea klotsi
Lycaena heteronea northi
Lycaena heteronea rava
Lycaena heteronea rutila
Lycaena heteronea submaculata

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.142 inches (.029 m)

Prey / Diet

Erigeron glaucus (seaside fleabane)[2]
Eriogonum fasciculatum (flattop buckwheat)[2]
Eriogonum latifolium (seaside buckwheat)[2]
Eriogonum umbellatum (sulfer flower buckwheat)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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