Lycaena xanthoides xanthoides
Great Copper
Male dorsal of a Great Copper, Lycaena xanthoides, Alder Creek along Sherman Pass Road. July 19, 2012.
Female dorsal of Lycaena xanthoides at Cuyamaca Lake in San Diego Co. July 24, 2011.
A Great Copper at Palomar Mountain, July 24, 2007.
A fresh Great Copper from Tehachapi Mountain Park in Kern Co. June 28, 2009.
Another Great Copper - Lycaena xanthoides - also from Tehachapi Mountain Park in Kern Co. June 28, 2009.
Lycaena xanthoides. Same data as above - they were common this day.
©Dennis Walker