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Butterflies and Skippersnot a Purplish Copper?
Hi Lisa Anne and Daniel,
I would like help identifying this butterfly photographed on Casper Mountain, central WY. I saw many Purplish Coppers and thought this to be a female, but is it? The hindwings do not look correct.
As always, thanks
Dwaine
Hi Dwaine,
While your specimen does not resemble the photos posted to BugGuide of the Purplish Copper, Lycaena helloides, it is a pretty close match to a female Purplish Copper illustrated in Jeffrey Glassberg’s book, Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West. We believe this is a somewhat drab female Purplish Copper
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