"Atoms of color thou hast called to life (We name them butterflies) float lazily On clover swings, their drop of honey made By thee, dear queen, already for their need."
Mary Butts.
Butterfly.—Small butterflies, with the upper side of the wings some shade of coppery-red or orange, frequently glossed with purple. On the under side the wings are marked with a multitude of small spots and lines. The neuration of the wing is delineated in the figure herewith given, and needs no further description.
Egg.—The eggs are hemispherical, flattened on the base, the upper surface deeply pitted with polygonal or somewhat circular depressions.
[a]Fig. 135.]—Neuration of Chrysophanus thoë, enlarged. Typical of the genus.
Caterpillar.—The caterpillars, so far as known, are decidedly slug-shaped, thickest in the middle, tapering forward and backward, and having a very small head.
Chrysalis.—The chrysalids are small, rounded at either end, and held in place by a girdle of silk a little forward of the middle.
This genus is found in the temperate regions of both the New and the Old World, and also in South Africa.
(1) Chrysophanus arota, Boisduval, Plate XXIX, Fig. 1, ♂; Fig. 2, ♁ (Arota).