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Indian River Blue

Lycaena ammon

Plate XXX — Indian River Blue is Fig. 45
Plate XXX — Indian River Blue is Fig. 45
Plate XXXI — Indian River Blue is Fig. 31
Plate XXXI — Indian River Blue is Fig. 31

Butterfly.--The male is brilliant lilac-blue on the upper side; the female shining violet-blue, with very dark and wide black borders on the fore wings and one or two conspicuous black eye-spots near the anal angle of the hind wings, each surmounted by a carmine crescent. The figure in Plate XXX gives a correct representation of the under side. Expanse, .95-1.10 inch.

Early Stages.--Unknown.

This beautiful little insect is not uncommon in southern Florida, and also occurs in the Antilles and tropical America.