BOISDUVAL'S BUTTERFLY. 



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Fig. 127. 



Hipparchia Alope, Fab. Alope Butterfly. (Fig. 127.) 

 Dark brown ; fore wings with a broad ochre-yellow band 



beyond the middle, enclosing two round black spots, with a 



sky-blue centre ; hind wings notched behind, with from one 



to three eye-like spots of a black color, with a blue centre 



on the upper side, and 



four or five of the same 



kind, but of unequal 



size, beneath ; the under 



side of .the wings is pale 



brown, with numerous 



dark brown streaks. The 



eye-spots on the hind 



wings are sometimes 



wanting in the males. 



Expands from 2 to 2J inches. In the Southern States 



individuals are found measuring three inches. 



The Alope butterfly is found from the first of July to the 



middle of September in open woods and in orchards. The 



caterpillar is pale green with dark green stripes ; the head is 



round, and the tail ends in a short fork. The chrysalis is 



elongated, roundish at the sides, with the head notched. 



Hipparchia Boisduvattii. Boisduval's Butterfly. (Fig. 128.) 



Pale yellowish-brown ; the fore wings upon both sides 

 have four eye-like, blackish 

 spots, with a white centre, 

 and the hind wings have 

 six, the external spot re- 

 mote from the others, and 

 the two next to the hind 

 angle very small and close 

 together. In some indi- 

 viduals the white centre is 

 wanting in some of the eye-spots on the upper side of the 



Fig. 128. 



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