The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North AmericaHolland, W. J. (William Jacob)
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The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob)
Butterflies -- North America
"♂.--Expands two and a half inches. Upper side: Rather light tawny or
even light buff. Black markings dense and wide, with outer halves of
wings looking rather clear or open, with rows of round spots not very
large; marginal border light; bases of wings not much obscured. Under
side: Superiors have the two subapical silver spots and silver spots on
margin well defined; color of inner half of wing rosy. The silver spots
on the inferiors are large and well defined, and placed on a very light
greenish-gray ground. The intermediate buff band is well defined,
comparatively wide, and very light in color. ♀.--The ground-color on the
inferiors below is reddish-brown in the female."
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
This species occurs in Utah and Idaho, and is possibly a varietal form
of _A. coronis_, specimens agreeing very nearly with the type figured in
the plate being contained in the Edwards collection under the name of
_A. coronis_.
(27) =Argynnis coronis=, Behr, Plate XI, Fig. 10, ♂; Fig. 11, ♀
(Coronis).
_Butterfly_, ♂.--The wings on the upper side are yellowish-brown, with
but little brown obscuring the base. The dark markings are not heavy,
but distinct. The fore wings on the under side are buff, with the basal
area orange-fulvous. The subapical and submarginal spots are more or
less imperfectly silvered. The hind wings are brown, mottled with
reddish. The discal area is buff, and the belt is pale yellowish-buff.
All the spots are large and well silvered on these wings.
♀.--The female is paler than the male, with the markings on the upper
side a little heavier. The wings on the under side are much as in the
male sex. Expanse, ♂, 2.10-2.50 inches; ♀, 2.50-3.00 inches.
_Early Stages._--The early stages remain to be ascertained.
This species ranges from southern California northward to the southern
part of British Columbia, and is found as far east as Utah.
(28) =Argynnis snyderi=, Skinner, Plate XVIII, Fig. 6, ♂ (Snyder's
Fritillary).
_Butterfly_, ♂.--The wings on the upper side are light tawny, but little
obscured by fuscous at the base. The black markings are moderately heavy
and very sharply defined against the lighter ground-color. The outer
margin is distinctly but not heavily marked. On the under side of the
fore wings there are two subapical and five marginal silver spots. The
ground-color of the under side of the hind wings is grayish-green, with
a narrow pale-buff marginal belt. The spots are large and well silvered.
♀.--The female is much like the male, but on the hind wings the
ground-color from the base to the outer belt is brownish. Expanse, ♂,
3.00 inches; ♀, 3.30 inches.
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
This species, which is very closely allied to _A. coronis_, is found in
Utah.
(29) =Argynnis callippe=, Boisduval, Plate XI, Fig. 1, ♂; Fig. 2, ♀;
Fig. 3, ♀, _under side_ (Callippe).
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