Mead's Silver-spot

Argynnis meadi

Butterfly.--This species is very closely allied to the preceding, of which it may be an extreme variation, characterized by the darker color of the fore wings on the upper side, the nervules being heavily bordered with blackish, and the deeper, more solid green of the under side of the wings. All the specimens I have seen are considerably smaller in size than A. nevadensis.

Early Stages.--Wholly unknown.

This species or variety is found from Utah northward to the province of Alberta, in British America.