MCZ Entomology 51183

Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1858

Date Collected:

1871-07-01/1871-07-31

North America: United States: Colorado: Lake | Twin Lakes

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:51183 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:51183 Lycaena heteronea Other Useful Citation

Current Identification
Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1858
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Lycaenini
Common Name(s): Blue Copper
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

Calhoun 2015, page 12, Other Useful Citation of Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1858 doi: 10.18473/lepi.69i1.a1 linked data icon
Collector, locality inferred from publication data. -RLHS, 2022

  • additional number: Unknown:4

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) unknown in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
collection S. H. Scudder Collection By: Benjamin Goldman-Huertas

  • None

  • Collector, locality inferred from Calhoun, 2015 publication data. -RLHS, 2022

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Colorado
  • County:
  • Lake
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Twin Lakes
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Twin Lakes, Colorado
  • Locality Remarks:
  • For specimens collected in 1871, likely by Theodore Mead - location as mentioned in Calhoun (2015) J. Lep. Soc. 69(1): 1-38. Refers to "A region with two large glacial lakes south of Leadville, Lake County. ... Damming the lower lake during the late 19th century raised water levels by as much as 4.6 m"
  • Georeference:
  • 39.0870340°, -106.35793° (Error radius: 7396m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2021-01-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1871-07-01 / 1871-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July, 1871
  • Collector:
  • Theodore L. Mead

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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