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Varied Blue

Lycaena heteronea

Plate XXXI — Varied Blue is Fig. 13
Plate XXXI — Varied Blue is Fig. 13
Plate XXXII — Varied Blue is Fig. 19
Plate XXXII — Varied Blue is Fig. 19

Butterfly.-On the upper side the male is blue, the female brown. On the under side the wings are white, with faint pale-brown spots on the hind wings and distinct black spots on the fore wings, more numerous than in L. lycea, which it closely resembles on the under side. It is the largest species of the genus, and the female reminds us by its markings on the upper side of the females of Chrysophanus. Expanse, 1.25-1.40 inch.

Early Stages.--These await description.

Heteronea ranges from Colorado to California, at suitable elevations among the mountains.