Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)

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$Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)\nPhoto taken along Moffat Road and Rollins Pass in Gilpin Co., CO on July 07, 2005.$ $Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) On a white flower.\nPhoto taken along Moffat Road and Rollins Pass in Gilpin Co., CO on July 07, 2005.$ $Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) On a yellow flower.\nPhoto taken near Steamboat Springs in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$ $Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)\nPhoto taken near Steamboat Springs in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$

$Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) male\nTaken along Cabin Creek in Arapaho National Forest in Grand Co., CO on July 13, 2005.$

These small coppers were chasing every butterfly that landed on flowers near it. In fact they made it nearly impossible to get photos of other butterflies along Cabin Creek.

Along a creekside trail just north of Steamboat Springs Colorado they were very common as were Blue Coppers.

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