Lilac-Bordered Copper- Lycaena nivalis browni - Specimen
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ADULTS
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Specimen Photos from the Jack Harry Collection
Male - Dorsal
Emerged 30 May 2001 from Female located by Jack Harry
 22 July 2001, 2 Miles East of Utah Road #39,
Dairy Ridge, Rich County, Utah

Female - Dorsal
Ex. ovum from female located by Todd Stout and Jack Wolfe, Sunrise Campground,
South side Sinks Rd, Rich County, Utah,  1 July 2007, elevation 7300 feet.
Adult female emerged 23 July 2008.  Host Polygonum douglasii


Male - Ventral
Emerged 26 April 2007 from Female located by Jacque Wolfe 29 July 2006
7 Miles South East of US road #89, .5 miles West of Si Rd,
Elk Springs Road, Cache County, Utah













Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Photos of specimen in the Jack Harry Collection

Host Plant
They will only oviposit on Polygonum douglasii.  We have gotten a very few reared on R. crispus, but most of them didn't make it.  The last batch that J. Wolfe reared were reared on P. douglasii.  They did really well and he got a lot reared
- Jack Harry


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