Tailed Copper (Tharsalea/Lycaena arota)


Male. OR 140, Lake County, Oregon. 8/13/04


Male. OR 140, Lake County, Oregon. 8/13/04


Male. Lava Beds NM, Siskiyou County, California. 6/24/19


Female ventral. OSA Collection.


Female dorsal. OSA Collection.

Comment. Males will find a perch about 3-6 feet off the ground and wait for prospective females to fly by but will chase almost anything that flys by. This is the only Copper in our area with a tail.

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