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Graceful Angle-wing

Grapta gracilis

Plate XIX — Graceful Angle-wing is Fig. 10
Plate XIX — Graceful Angle-wing is Fig. 10

Butterfly.--A small species, rather heavily marked with dark brown or blackish on the upper side. The wings on the under side are very dark, crossed about the middle by a pale-gray or white band shading off toward the outer margins. This light band serves as a means of easily identifying the species. Expanse, 1.75 inch.

The early stages are unknown.

The species has been found on the White Mountains in New Hampshire, in Maine, Canada, and British America, as far west as Alaska.