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Persius's Dusky-Wing (Thanaos persius Than'a-os)

Thanaos persius (Than'a-os per'si-us) PLATE XLV, FIG. 3 The wings are dark brown above with a row of small white spots just before the apex of the fore wings and a single one in cell M., as in the preceding species. On the fore wings there is a transverse pale band just beyond the middle of the wings, but this band is not as well defined as in the preceding species. Expanse of wings from one and two-tenths to one and fourtenths inches. This skipper is found over a large part of the United States. The larva feeds on willow and poplar.

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