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Californian Sister

Adelpha californica

Plate XXII — Californian Sister is Fig. 2
Plate XXII — Californian Sister is Fig. 2
Californian Sister (detail)
Californian Sister (detail)

Butterfly.--Easily recognized by the large subtriangular patch of orange-red at the apex of the primaries. In its habits and manner of flight it closely resembles the species of the genus Basilarchia. Expanse, 2.50-3.00 inches.

Early Stages.--So far as is known to the writer, these have not been described, except partially by Henry Edwards in the "Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences," vol. v, p. 171. The caterpillar feeds upon oaks.

The insect is found in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico.