How to Know the Butterflies

The Cornell classic that taught America to name what it saw: every eastern butterfly described from life, with its caterpillar, its food-plants, its habits — and how to pronounce its Latin.

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The Least Purple Hair-Streak (Calycopis cecrops Cal-y-co'pis)

Calycopis cecrops (Cal-y-co'pis ce'crops) PLATE XXXIV, FIG. 10, 11, 12 The upper surface of the wings is a rich blackish brown, in some specimens entirely so, in others it is tinged with blue on the fore wings, and heavily marked with blue on the hind wings. The lower surface is pale slate brown, with a conspicuous red band on the outer half of the wings. This band is edged without by a narrow black line, which in turn is edged by a broader white one. Expanse of wings about one inch.

CATERPILLAR.-Unknown.

This species varies greatly in color, the blue that suggested the common name being absent in many specimens. The special beauty of this minute species lies in the bright red band that marks the under side of the hind wings.

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