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Northern Checker-spot

Melitaea palla

Plate XVI — Northern Checker-spot is Fig. 13
Plate XVI — Northern Checker-spot is Fig. 13

Butterfly.--On the upper side resembling the preceding species, but with the median band of spots on the hind wings paler. On the under side the markings are different, as is shown in the plate. Expanse, male, 1.50 inch; female, 1.75 inch.

Early Stages.--The larva and chrysalis were described by Henry Edwards, the actor naturalist, in the "Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences," vol. v, p. 167. The food-plant is Castileja.

The species ranges from California to Colorado, and northward into British Columbia.