purplish copper butterfly on subalpine fleabane

August 30, 2022west of Cathedral Rock, Alpine Lakes WildernessKittitas County, Washington

purplish copper butterfly on subalpine fleabane (Lycaena helloides (Tharsalea helloides), Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis) [west of Cathedral Rock, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Kittitas County, Washington]
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