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Banded Elfin

Thecla niphon

Plate XXX — Banded Elfin is Fig. 11
Plate XXX — Banded Elfin is Fig. 11

Butterfly.--Reddish-brown on the upper side. The under side is accurately depicted in the plate. Expanse, 1.10 inch.

Early Stages.--These have been elaborately described by Scudder in his great work. The caterpillars feed upon pine.

The Banded Elfin is found from Nova Scotia to Colorado, in the Northern States, where its food-plant occurs, but is never abundant.