The Pygmy occurs in the Gulf States and in tropical America.
(10) Lycæna theona Lucas, [Plate XCIII], Fig. 7, ♀ (The West Indian Blue).
Male shining lavender-blue; this color also glosses the dark outer borders of the wings; female white, with outer borders heavily blackish; fore wings shot with shining sky-blue at base. Hind wings near anal angle have conspicuous eye-spots both above and below. Expanse 0.80 inch.
Occurs in the Gulf States and throughout the tropics of the New World.
PL. XCIV
(11) Lycæna acmon Doubleday & Hewitson, [Plate XCIV], Fig. 1, ♂ (Red-margined Blue).
In many respects resembling L. melissa, but somewhat smaller. Male on upper side brighter blue, and female not as brown as L. melissa, though darker than the male, her wings broadly shot with violet-blue. In both sexes a broad deep red submarginal band on hind wings, marked with black spots. Expanse 0.85-1.10 inch.
Ranges from Arizona to Washington and Montana. The larva feeds on Hosackia.
(12) Lycæna ammon Lucas, [Plate XCIV], Fig. 2, ♀, under side (The Indian River Blue).