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Bog Copper

Tharsalea epixanthe

Classification

Class
Insecta

Lycaena epixanthe, also known as the bog copper or cranberry-bog copper, is a North American species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Adults like to sip drops of dew clinging to leaves and almost exclusively nectar on their host plant, cranberries. Because of this, bog coppers will spend their entire lives within the area of a single acid bog.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 361United States of America · 287France · 1