American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas feildeni,  Adult Female Emerging
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LARVA    PUPA      ADULT     SPECIMEN
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Adult just after emerging from pupa
Adult just after emerging from pupa
Adult just after emerging from pupa
just after emerging

Adult inflating wings
inflating wings

Adult inflating wings
inflating wings

Adult inflating wings
inflating wings

Adult inflating wings
inflating wings

Adult inflating wings
inflating wings

Adult inflating wings
inflating wings

Adult turned right side up, still  inflating wings
turned right side up, still inflating wings

Adult turned right side up, still  inflating wings
drying wings
 

PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: Female located by Jack Harry at Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada, July 2009
lat 63.76, lon -68.52
ELEVATION: 278 feet

Butterfly eclosed 5:24 P.M. 21 August 2009.  It seemed to like  hanging upside down on the twig.

LARVAL HOST PLANTS, I fed them Rumex crispus.  For photos, click on your choice of

Mountain sorrel, Alpine Sorrel, Oxyria digyna (pronounced ox-ear-ee-ah    dih-'guy-nah)
Curly dock, Rumex crispus  (pronounced 'roo (as in boo) - meks     KRIS-pus

LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum:  unknown, these were chilled to keep them from hatching too soon.
Larva:  14 to 19 days including the pre pupa stage
Pupa:  6-7 days
Adult:  unknown
Broods: 1  brood for this ssp. but several in other ssp.  in different locations depending on hours of sunlight and temperature determining availability of host plants. per "Butterflies of North America"  James A. Scott.

Hibernation:  Over winter as half grown larvae per
"Butterflies of North America"  James A. Scott.

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