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Ruddy Dagger-wing

Timetes petreus

Plate XXI — Ruddy Dagger-wing is Fig. 3
Plate XXI — Ruddy Dagger-wing is Fig. 3

Butterfly.-The upper side of the wings is accurately delineated in the plate. On the under side the wings are pale, with the dark bands of the upper side reproduced. Expanse, 2.60 inches. It occurs in southern Florida and Texas, and elsewhere in tropical America.