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Snout-butterfly

Libythea bachmanni

Plate XXVIII — Snout-butterfly is Fig. 1
Plate XXVIII — Snout-butterfly is Fig. 1
Snout-butterfly (detail)
Snout-butterfly (detail)

Butterfly.-Easily distinguished from the following species by the redder color of the light spots on the upper side of the wings. Expanse, 1.75 inch.

Early Stages.-The generic description must suffice for these. They have been frequently described.

The butterfly ranges from New England and Ontario southward and westward over the whole country as far as New Mexico and Arizona.