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  Sighting 1147060

Purplish Copper
Lycaena helloides

Observation date: October 21, 2017
Submitted by: Breck Breckenridge
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Cool but warming steadily; light wind. Dry but with shower the previous night. Sunny. Host plant an unidentified small yellow-flowered "weedy" herbaceous plant (perennial?). In association with Western Pygmy Blue.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: October 23, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Sacramento County, United States, California

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