Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea)

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$Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) female\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest at Vedauwoo in Laramie Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$ $Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) female\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest at Vedauwoo in Laramie Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$ $Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) male \nPhoto taken in Routt National Forest in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$ $Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) male \nPhoto taken in Routt National Forest in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$ $Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) male\nPhoto taken near Steamboat Springs in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$ $Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea)\nPhoto taken near Steamboat Springs in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$ $Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea)\nPhoto taken near Steamboat Springs in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$ $Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) female\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest at Vedauwoo in Laramie Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$
This beautiful little copper might be IDed as a blue unless you get a close look, especailly the males which are bright blue. Look for the black veins from above. Ventrally Blue Copper look close to the Ruddy Copper (Lycaena rubidus) until it opens its wings and shows orange above.

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