| Lycaena hyllus (Cramer, 1775) |
| Status: Uncommon to common local resident |
| Flight Period(s): Two flights, the first from mid June to early July and the second from mid-August to early September. Nebraska records span a 25 May – 19 September time frame. |
| Range: Found from Alberta southeast to the Great Lakes region east to the New England states south to Virginia and Kansas. It is found statewide in Nebraska. |
| Larval Hostplant(s): Dock (Rumex) species and swamp smartweed (Polygonum coccineum). |
| Overwinter: As an egg |
| Commentary/Habitat: Found in wetland/riparian areas and wastelands where the hostplants prosper. The Bronze Copper is sexually dimorphic, with the female dorsal forewing being orange and strongly marked in black, while the male dorsal fore wing is bronze with more obscure markings. Adults have been observed nectaring on dogbane and swamp milkweed. |
| Similar Species: This species is slightly smaller than the Gray Copper and has wider orange margins on the ventral hindwing with the ventral forewing being orange (gray on the Gray Copper). Dorsally the Gray Copper is gray and the Bronze Copper is bronze or orange. Larger and easily differentiated in the field from the remaining coppers found in Nebraska. |
