Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)

Widespread in the western US. Formerly treated as Lycaena rubidus.
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus) Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Male
'Monachensis' Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus monachensis)
West of Sonora Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA
11 July 2007
Male
'Monachensis' Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus monachensis)
West of Sonora Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA
11 July 2007

Female
'Monachensis' Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus monachensis)
West of Sonora Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA
11 July 2007

Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus) Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Male
'Monachensis' Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus monachensis)
West of Sonora Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA
11 July 2007
Male
'Monachensis' Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus monachensis)
West of Sonora Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA
11 July 2007

Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus) Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Jordanelle Westlands, UT
14 July 2014
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Jordanelle Westlands, UT
14 July 2014

Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus) Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Jordanelle Westlands, UT
14 July 2014
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Jordanelle Westlands, UT
14 July 2014

Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Jordanelle Westlands, UT
14 July 2014


Below are Montana/Wyoming Ruddy Coppers
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus) Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus)
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus duofacies)
Lemhi Pass, MT
20 July 2014
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus duofacies)
Lemhi Pass, MT
20 July 2014

Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus sirius)
S. Fork Powder River, Johnson Co., WY
5 July 2024

Possibly subspecies T. rubidus longi?



Colorado Ruddy Coppers
Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus) Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus) Ruddy Copper (Tharsalea rubidus sirius)
Florissant, Teller Co., CO
12 July 2016


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