(1) Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius), [Plate LXXXVIII], Fig. 1, ♂ (The Harvester).
There is considerable variation in the size of the dark markings on the upper side of the wings, and in some specimens they almost entirely disappear. Expanse 1.30 inch. Ranges from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas, and through Mississippi valley.
Genus CHRYSOPHANUS Doubleday
(The Coppers).
Small butterflies with the upper side of the wings some shade of coppery red or orange, often glossed with deep purple. On the under side the wings are marked with a multitude of spots and lines. Egg hemispherical, flattened on the base, pitted above with polygonal or circular depressions. Larva slug-shaped, thickest in the middle and tapering either way, head very small. Chrysalid rounded at either end, and supported by a silken girdle a little forward of the middle.
The genus is found in both hemispheres. There are over a dozen species in the United States, five of which we have selected for illustration.
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(1) Chrysophanus xanthoides (Boisduval), [Plate LXXXVIII], Fig. 2, ♂ (The Great Copper).
This is the largest species of the genus in America. On the under side the wings are creamy white, and the spots of the upper side reappear as black markings, which show forth very distinctly on the lighter ground. Expanse 1.50-1.65 inch.
The species is confined to the western half of the continent.