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Marine Blue

Lycaena marina

Plate XXX — Marine Blue is Fig. 27
Plate XXX — Marine Blue is Fig. 27
Plate XXXI — Marine Blue is Fig. 32
Plate XXXI — Marine Blue is Fig. 32

Butterfly.--The male, on the upper side, is pale dusky-lilac, the dark bands of the lower side appearing faintly on the upper side. The female is dark brown on the upper side, with the wings at the base shot with bright lilac-blue; the dark bands on the disk in this sex are prominent, especially on the fore wings. The under side of the wings is accurately depicted in Plate XXX and therefore requires no description. Expanse, 1.10 inch.

Early Stages.--Unknown.

Marina is found in Texas, Arizona, southern California, and southward.