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Couper's Blue
Butterfly.--The wings of the male above are pale shining blue, with a narrow black border; of the female darker blue, broadly margined externally with dusky. On the under side the wings are dark brownish-gray, with the spots arranged much as in L. antiacis, but with those of the hind wings generally white, and without a dark pupil. The series on the fore wing is usually distinctly pupiled with black. Expanse, 1.25 inch.
Early Stages.-Unknown.
The species is found in Newfoundland, Labrador, Anticosti, and westward and northward. It is a boreal form.