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Ausonides

Euchloe ausonides

Plate XXXII — Ausonides is Fig. 24
Plate XXXII — Ausonides is Fig. 24
Plate XXXIV — Ausonides is Fig. 3
Plate XXXIV — Ausonides is Fig. 3

Butterfly.--On the under side the fore wings are greenish; the hind wings are marked with three irregular green bands, the outer one forking into six or seven branches toward the outer and inner margins. Expanse, 1.65-1.90 inch.

Early Stages.--The larva and chrysalis are described by Edwards in "The Butterflies of North America," vol. ii. The caterpillar is pale whitish-green, with dark-green longitudinal stripes on the side and back. It feeds on cruciferous plants.

Ausonides ranges from Arizona to Alaska, and eastward to Colorado.