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Cecrops

Thecla cecrops

Plate XXIX — Cecrops is Fig. 18
Plate XXIX — Cecrops is Fig. 18
Plate XXX — Cecrops is Fig. 7
Plate XXX — Cecrops is Fig. 7

Butterfly.--Dark brown, glossed at the base of the wings and on the inner margin of the secondaries with blue. The under side is well delineated in the plate. Expanse, 1.00 inch.

Early Stages.--These await description.

Cecrops is common in the Southern States, and has been taken as far north as West Virginia, Kentucky, and southern Indiana.