MCZ Entomology 64018

Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1858

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-07-22

North America: United States: Utah: Beaver | Beaver Mountains

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:64018 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 64018

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:64018 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

Scudder 1878, page 253, Other Useful Citation of Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1858 Locality mentioned.
Brown 1967, page 133, Other Useful Citation of Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1858 Locality mentioned: Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah: 5900', T29S, R7W, 38°17'N, 112°39'W. Beaver is on U. S. Highway 91 in a more or less circular open valley about 10 miles in diameter surrounded by wooded mountains. ... [Palmer's] insect collections suggest mountain meadows at about 8000 feet elevation.
Media type: text; Scudder 1878 Description: Scudder (1878), Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. 4(1):253-258;

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Shows Publication: Scudder 1878 Description: Scudder (1878), Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. 4(1):253-258

Media type: text; Brown 1967 Description: Borwn (1967) J. Lep. Soc. 21(2): 129-134;

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Shows Publication: Brown 1967 Description: Borwn (1967) J. Lep. Soc. 21(2): 129-134

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

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult By: Benjamin Goldman-Huertas

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Utah
  • County:
  • Beaver
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Beaver Mountains
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Beaver Mts.; Ariz.
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Locality as mentioned in Brown (1967) J. Lep. Soc. 21(2): p. 133: "Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah: 5900', T29S, R7W, 38°17'N, 112°39'W. Beaver is on U. S. Highway 91 in a more or less circular open valley about 10 miles in diameter surrounded by wooded mountains. ... [Palmer's] insect collections suggest mountain meadows at about 8000 feet elevation."
  • Georeference:
  • 38.2769150°, -112.64105° (Error radius: 32268m) 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:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-07-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • There are two conflicting locality data labels on this specimen. Attached data reflects first label. -RLHS, 20201
  • Collector:
  • Palmer

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