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Tharsalea editha
Tharsalea editha
Edith's Copper
Photographer: H. Vannoy Davis
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 1338 3152 3756 0071 (2005-09-28)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  1970
  • latitude 39.93694   longitude -120.94062   max error distance 4683 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Quincy (Plumas County, California, US)
  • family Lycaenidae
  • order Lepidoptera
  • class Insecta
  • CalAcademy slide #   T 95,706
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Edith's Copper (1066 )
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Simon J. Tonge    Aug 17, 2013

    Action: changed name from "Unknown" to "Gaeides gorgon "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Tentative i.d."

    2. Reviewed by Simon J. Tonge    Aug 24, 2013

    Action: changed name from "Gaeides gorgon" to "Lycaena gorgon "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Now placed in Lycaena"

    3. Reviewed by Ron Wolf    Jun 8, 2021

    Action: changed name from "Lycaena gorgon" to "Lycaena editha "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Large brown hindwing spots are characteristic of Edith's Copper. Specimen lacks red-orange submarginal spots that characterize Gorgon Copper."

     
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