Lycaena helloides

Purplish copper
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lycaena
Species:	L. helloides
Binomial name
	Lycaena helloides; (Boisduval, 1852)
Synonyms
	Polyommatus helloides Boisduval, 1852; Epidemia helloides; Lycaena xanthoides tr.f. gunderi Rudkin, 1933; Lycaena sternitzkyi Gunder, 1936;

Lycaena helloides, the purplish copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from the Great Lakes area to British Columbia, south to Baja California.^[2]

The wingspan is 30–38 mm. Adults are generally on wing from May to July and again from August to October in two generations per year, although up to four generations per year may occur at some locations. In the northern part of the range, there is one generation with adults on wing from July to August. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Polygonum, Rumex, and sometimes Potentilla species. The species overwinters as an egg.

References

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[1] Lycaena at funet

[2] Butterflies and Moths of North America

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