Gorgon Copper (LEP68) Lycaena gorgon A
California copper that is associated with wild buckwheat, as are many
gossamer-winged butterflies. The male
is purplish brown, but the female shown here has a complicated pattern of
pale yellow-orange, black spots, and dusky brown borders and patches. Light orange hoops run along the lower
margin of the hindwing. Shown here
nectaring on false dandelion. |