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Purplish Copper

Chrysophanus helloides

Plate XXVIII — Purplish Copper is Fig. 33
Plate XXVIII — Purplish Copper is Fig. 33

Butterfly.--The male has the fore wings broadly shot with iridescent purple. The female is well delineated in the plate. On the under side the fore wings are pale red, the hind wings reddish-gray, with a marginal row of brick-red crescents. The usual black spots are found on both wings. Expanse, 1.15-1.30 inch.

Early Stages.-We know next to nothing of these.

The Purplish Copper is found in the Northwestern States from northern Illinois and Iowa to Vancouver's Island.