Unisexual
Guides
Lycaena dorcas
dorcas copper, cinquefoil copper
Lycaena dorcas is a small gossamer-winged butterfly native to North America, first described by William Kirby in 1837. It is commonly known as the dorcas copper or cinquefoil copper. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism in dorsal coloration and has a single annual flight period between June and September. It inhabits bogs and old overgrown fields across a broad northern range extending from boreal Alaska to the Great Lakes region.