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Blue Copper

Tharsalea heteronea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 32, February 30, March 47, April 54, May 84, June 128, July 303, August 87, September 46, October 36, November 29, December 29.
United States2,205
Canada909
British Columbia571
California452
Wyoming441
Alberta338
Washington309
Oregon298
Colorado264
Nevada194

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusTharsalea

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