Edith's Copper (Lycaena editha [Mead])
Wing span: 7/8 to 1 1/4 inches (2.2 - 3.0 cm).
Identification: Upperside dark gray sometimes with minute tails on hindwing. Underside pale gray with complex pattern of black dots and swirls.
Life history: Males perch and patrol openings.
Flight: One flight from late June to August.
Caterpillar hosts: Various docks (Rumex) and knotweeds (Polygonum).
Adult food: Flower nectar including goldenrods, sulphur-flower, and white yarrow.
Habitat: Openings in lodgepole pine and other forests, sagebrush flats, and meadows.
Range: Idaho and western Montana south to California's Sierra Nevada, northern Utah, and northern Colorado.
