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Reakirt's Copper

Chrysophanus mariposa

Plate XXVIII — Reakirt's Copper is Fig. 37
Plate XXVIII — Reakirt's Copper is Fig. 37

Butterfly.--Small, with a broad dusky band on the hind wing of the male and on the fore wing of the female. The male is purplish-red above, the female bright red, with the usual spots. On the under side the ground-color of the fore wings is pale red, of the hind wings clear ashen-gray, with the characteristic markings of the genus. Expanse, 1.10 inch.

Early Stages.--Undescribed.

The insect ranges from British Columbia into northern California, Montana, and Colorado.