Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides)
Bitterroot River below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
14 July 2013
Females are mostly orange with dark spots above.
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#2878 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Bitterroot River below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 14 July 2013 Females are mostly orange with dark spots above. |
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#3854 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Bitterroot River below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 25 May 2016 Fresh males sport a purple sheen with dark spots above. |
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#4766 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 2 Sep 2013 Above, males have smaller black spots and are overall bronze-colored with a variable purple sheen. |
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#0297 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 3 Sep 2013 Viewing angle alters visibility of purple sheen as seen on this individual from two different angles. |
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#5520 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 16 Sep 2013 Above, females have bolder black spots among an oranger background. |
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#9492 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Whaley Draw near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 1 July 2014 |
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| #6423 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) MPG Ranch Education Garden, Missoula Co., MT 3 Oct 2014 |
#6490 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) MPG Ranch Education Garden, Missoula Co., MT 3 Oct 2014 |
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| #5097 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 6 Sep 2013 |
#4211 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 27 Aug 2014 |
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| #4301 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 27 Aug 2014 |
#0389 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) MPG North, Missoula Co., MT 6 Sep 2013 |
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| Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 16 Sep 2013 |
Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Bitterroot River Floodplain, Missoula Co., MT 3 July 2015 |
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#4844 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Tongue Creek, Missoula Co., MT 8 Sep 2014 |
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| #2973 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) MPG Ranch south pivot, Missoula Co., MT 6 Oct 2015 |
#7918 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) MPG North, near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 27 June 2015 |
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| #4191 Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 1 June 2016 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Bighorns Range of Hwy 16, Johnson Co., WY |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Bitterroot River Floodplain, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 10 June 2015 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 2 Sep 2013 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides), female Morrell Lookout, Powell Co., MT 14 July 2015 Although I've included this butterfly here, this individual may best be treated as a Florus Copper (Tharsalea florus), which is currently listed in the Pelham Catalog as a subspecies of Dorcas Copper. Note the very reduced amount of orange in the submargin of the hind wings, especially dorsally. |
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| Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides), female Johnston Ridge Visitor Center Mt. St. Helens, WA 11 Aug 2004 #1737 |
Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides), female Johnston Ridge Visitor Center Mt. St. Helens, WA 11 Aug 2004 #1741 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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| Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005 |
Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005 |
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| Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides), male Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005 |
Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides), male Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005 |
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| Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wasatch Mt. State Park, Wasatch Co., UT 14 July 2014 |
Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wasatch Mt. State Park, Wasatch Co., UT 14 July 2014 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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| Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Wahsatch, Summit Co., UT 2 July 2024 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Roadside stop off US-40, Grand Co., CO 4 July 2024 |
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Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides) Roadside stop off US-40, Grand Co., CO 4 July 2024 |
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