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Atlas of North Dakota Butterflies

BND: Bronze Copper; Lycaena (Hyllolycaena) hyllus (Cramer, 1775)
BNA: Bronze Copper ; Lycaena hyllus
NDC: HYHY

Habitat: Open wet meadows with Polygonum or Rumex, pond margins, marshes, usually with neutral to alkaline soil pH
Larval food: Rumex crispus, R. obiculatus, Polygonum spp.
Adult flight: One brood, late June through July
References: Royer 88, Opler & Krizek 84, Scott 388

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