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Lycea
Butterfly.--The perfect insect is very nearly as large as L. heteronea. The male is lilac-blue on the upper side, with the margins dusky. The black spots of the under side do not show through on the upper side, as in L. heteronea. The female is dusky, with the wings shot with blue at their bases, more especially on the fore wing. There are no black spots on the upper side of the wings in this sex, as in L. heteronea. On the under side the wings are whitish. The spots on this side are well delineated in our figure in Plate XXXII. Expanse, 1.30 inch.
Early Stages.-These await description.
The butterfly is found in the region of the Rocky Mountains, from New Mexico to Montana.