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
_Butterfly._--The insect on the upper side closely resembles the
preceding species in both sexes. On the under side it may be at once
distinguished from the following species by the absence on the margin of
the hind wings of the fine black terminal line, and by having only one,
not two rows of submarginal black spots. There are other marked and
striking differences, and the merging of _L. dædalus_, Behr, with this
species, which has been advocated by some recent writers, is no doubt
due to their lack of sufficient and accurately identified material.
Expanse, 1.35 inch.
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
This species, which is not common, is found in southern California.
(7) =Lycæna dædalus=, Behr, Plate XXXI, Fig. 11, ♂; Fig. 12, ♀; Plate
XXX, Fig. 28, ♀, _under side_ (Behr's Blue).
_Butterfly._--The wings of the male on the upper side are deep lustrous
blue, with darker borders and white fringes. The wings of the female are
brown, margined with reddish. The name oechaja was applied to this sex
by Dr. Behr, before it was known to be the female of his _L. doedalus_.
Expanse, 1.12 inch.
_Early Stages._--These have not yet been studied.
_Dædalus_ is common in southern California.
(8) =Lycæna sæpiolus=, Boisduval, Plate XXXI, Fig. 15, ♂; Fig. 16, ♀
(The Greenish Blue).
_Butterfly._--The male on the upper side has the wings blue, shot in
certain lights with brilliant green. The female on the same side is
dusky, with greenish-blue scales at the bases of the wings, and often
with reddish markings on the outer margin of the hind wings. On the
under side the wings are gray or pale wood-brown, with greenish-blue at
their base and a profusion of small black spots margined with white. Now
and then the black spots are lost, the white margins spreading inwardly
and usurping the place of the black. Expanse, .95-1.10 inch.
_Early Stages._--These await further study.
The species ranges from British Columbia to Colorado.
(9) =Lycæna pheres=, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. 37, ♂; Fig. 42, ♀,
_under side_ (Pheres).
_Butterfly._--The male is pale shining blue above, with dusky borders.
The female is dusky, with a little blue at the base of the wings on the
same side. Below, the spots on the fore wings are strongly defined; on
the hind wings they are white on a pale stone-gray ground. Expanse, 1.20
inch.
_Early Stages._--We know no more of these than we do of those of the
preceding species.
_Pheres_ has nearly the same range as _soepiolus._
(10) =Lycæna xerxes=, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. 43, ♂, _under side_
(Xerxes).
_Butterfly._--The wings in both sexes are dusky above, shot with blue,
more widely in the male than in the female. On the under side the wings
are dark stone-color, with all the spots on both wings white, very
rarely slightly pupiled with blackish. Expanse, 1.25 inch.
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
The species is found in central California.
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