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
(11) =Lycæna antiacis=, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. 35, ♂, _under side_;
Fig. 36, ♂; Fig. 41, ♀ (The Eyed Blue).
_Butterfly._--On the upper side the male is pale lilac-blue, the female
dusky, heavily marked with blue at the base of the wings. On the under
side the wings are deep, warm stone-gray. There is a single quite
regular band of large-sized black spots on the fore wing beyond the
middle, and a triply festooned curved band of similar spots on the hind
wing. These spots are all margined with white. Expanse, 1.15-1.25 inch.
_Early Stages._--These await description.
The insect is found in California.
(12) =Lycæna couperi=, Grote, Plate XXX, Fig. 34, ♂, _under side_
(Couper's Blue).
_Butterfly._--The wings of the male above are pale shining blue, with a
narrow black border; of the female darker blue, broadly margined
externally with dusky. On the under side the wings are dark
brownish-gray, with the spots arranged much as in _L. antiacis_, but
with those of the hind wings generally white, and without a dark pupil.
The series on the fore wing is usually distinctly pupiled with black.
Expanse, 1.25 inch.
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
The species is found in Newfoundland, Labrador, Anticosti, and westward
and northward. It is a boreal form.
(13) =Lycæna lygdamas=, Doubleday, Plate XXXI, Fig. 17, ♂; Fig. 18, ♀;
Plate XXX, Fig. 50, ♀, _under side_ (The Silvery Blue).
_Butterfly._--The male has the upper side of the wings pale
silvery-blue, narrowly edged with black; the wings of the female on the
upper side are darker blue, dusky on the borders, with a dark spot at
the end of the cell of the primaries. On the under side the wings are
pale chocolate-brown, with a submarginal band of black spots, margined
with white, on both wings, as well as a spot at the end of the cells,
and one or two on the costa of the secondaries. Expanse, .85-1.10 inch.
_Early Stages._--These are yet to be ascertained.
The insect is reported from Michigan to Georgia.
(14) =Lycæna sagittigera=, Felder, Plate XXXI, Fig. 19, ♂; Fig. 20, ♀;
Plate XXX, Fig. 44, ♀, _under side_ (The Arrow-head Blue).
_Butterfly._--The wings in both sexes are variable pale blue, dusky on
the margins, with white fringes checkered with dusky at the ends of the
veins. On the under side the wings are dark gray, profusely spotted, the
most characteristic markings being a white ray in the cell of the hind
wings, a broad submarginal band of white arrow-shaped markings on both
wings, with a black spot at the tip of each sagittate maculation and a
dark triangular shade between the barbs. These markings are not shown as
they should be in Plate XXX, Fig. 44. They are only faintly indicated.
Expanse, 1.25-1.30 inch.
_Early Stages._--These await description.
This butterfly ranges from Oregon to Mexico, and eastward as far as
Colorado on the mountains.
(15) =Lycæna speciosa=, Henry Edwards, Plate XXXII, Fig. 1 ♂; Fig. 2,
♀, _under side_ (The Small Blue).
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