Detail of a Purplish Copper butterfly, Lycaena helloides, nectaring on a wildflower in the alpine country of the Ochocho Mountains in central Oregon,

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Detail of a Purplish Copper butterfly, Lycaena helloides, nectaring on a wildflower in the alpine country of the Ochocho Mountains in central Oregon, mid-July.

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Size: 4368px × 2912px
Photo credit: © Buddy Mays / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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