Salt Marsh Copper

    Salt Marsh Copper ( Lycaena dospassosi )

 

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French common name: Cuivré des marais salés

Male - Penouille    Forillon NP, QC  03/08/2013   Female - Beresford, NB  08/08/2013

Male - Pabos, QC   06/08/2013     Chandler, QC  06/08/2013

As the common name implies, this species can be found in Salt Marshes along the coast of Chaleur Bay.

For further info on this species, refer to the Butterflies of Canada   ( en français ) 

( Note: The Butterflies of Canada uses "Maritime Copper" as the alternate English common name for this butterfly  )