Size: 0.75- 1.25 inches wingspan

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Key ID features:  Above FW coppery orange with black spots and dark brown borders.  Above HW gray-brown with wide orange band along most of trailing margin.  Below HW gray with black spots, orange wavy submarginal line.

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Similar species:  Upperside is unlike any other copper.  Separated from Purplish Copper by location and habitat.

 

Host plant: Suspected to be Mountain Sorrel (Oxyria digyna).

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Habitat: Steep high-elevation talus slopes.

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Range: High peaks in the Wallowa Mtns.

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Season: Mid-August to mid-September

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Abundance: Uncommon

 

Conservation Status: Secure