Lycaena xanthoides (Lycaena)
The great copper, distributed in the Pacific states.
Big for a copper. Grey. Kinda looks like a small nymphalid when flying.
Lycaena editha, Lycaena gorgon
Feeds on Rumex, including the widespread Rumex crispus.
The great copper, distributed in the Pacific states.
Big for a copper. Grey. Kinda looks like a small nymphalid when flying.
Lycaena editha, Lycaena gorgon
Feeds on Rumex, including the widespread Rumex crispus.
Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: 81 to >300
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10,000 to >1,000,000 individuals
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Reasons: Widespread and common.
Degree of Threat: D : Unthreatened throughout its range, communities may be threatened in minor portions of the range or degree of variation falls within natural variation
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Global Protection: Many to very many (13 to >40) occurrences appropriately protected and managed
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Comments: Some insist conspecific with L. editha
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
No available public DNA sequences.
Download FASTA File
Resident in central and western North America (Scott 1986). Habitats are UPPER SONORAN TO TRANSITION ZONE PRAIRIE STREAMSIDES, MOIST MEADOWS, FIELDS; CANADIAN TO HUDSONIAN ZONE MOUNTAIN VALLEY BOTTOMS. Hosts plants are usually herbaceous with most known hosts largely restricted to one genus, Rumex, (POLYGONACEAE). Eggs are laid at or near the base of the host plant, singly. There is one flight each year with the approximate flight times between May and Aug, depending on subspecies (Scott 1986). Lycaena xanthoides includes several subspecies (including dione, editha, xanthoides) that are often split out as separate species (Scott 1986).
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