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Silvery Blue

Lycaena lygdamas

Plate XXX — Silvery Blue is Fig. 50
Plate XXX — Silvery Blue is Fig. 50
Plate XXXI — Silvery Blue is Fig. 17
Plate XXXI — Silvery Blue is Fig. 17

Butterfly.--The male has the upper side of the wings pale silvery-blue, narrowly edged with black; the wings of the female on the upper side are darker blue, dusky on the borders, with a dark spot at the end of the cell of the primaries. On the under side the wings are pale chocolate-brown, with a submarginal band of black spots, margined with white, on both wings, as well as a spot at the end of the cells, and one or two on the costa of the secondaries. Expanse, .85-1.10 inch.

Early Stages.--These are yet to be ascertained.

The insect is reported from Michigan to Georgia.