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Laeva green, with a paler lateral stripe. It feeds on various 
species of Famex, and on Folygonum historta. 
7. P. Hippothoe, Linn. Faun. Suec. ii. 274 (1761) ; Esp. 22, 3. 
— Eurijdice, Eott. Naturf. vi. 28 (1775). — Clmjseis, Hiib. 
337-8 ; 0. I. 2, 79 ; Stainton, Man. Brit. Butt. & Moth, 
vol. i. ; Samouelle, Useful Compend. p. 249 (1819). 
Expands 1 to 1*40 in. Male brilliant copper-red. Fore wings 
with a black hind-marginal border, and with a narrow black dis- 
coidal spot. Hind wings with the hind margins and bases brown, 
shot with violet. There is a narrow band of copper running parallel 
to the hind margin. The fore wings are often shot with violet, as 
well as the hind pairs. Female brown ; fore wings lighter in the 
centre than at the hind margins or costa, and with several black 
spots ; hind wings brown, with a narrow hind-marginal border of 
orange spots. Under side : — Similar in both sexes. The fore 
wings are orange, shaded with grey on the costa and hind margin, 
with numerous black spots surrounded by light rings. Hind wings 
brownish grey, with a hind-marginal orange band, and numerous 
black spots. PI. XX., 4. 
Times of Appeaeance.— June to September. 
Habitat. — North and Central Europe, and Siberia. It 
probably occurred in Great Britain at one time, but, like the fore- 
going species, is now extinct here. 
Laeva. — “ Green, with a darker dorsal stripe, and two paler 
lateral lines” (Freyer). Feeds on Rwinex hydrolapatJiwn and 
Ft. acetosa in June. 
VAEIETIES. 
a. Confluens, Gerli. pi. 8, fig. 1 a — n. This is an aberrant 
form in which the spots on the under side are confluent. 
/>. Eurybia, 0. I. 2, 81; Fr. 163-4. — Eiiridice, Hiib. 339-42. 
Usually smaller than the type. The male has the borders of the 
wings blacker and narrower ; there are no violet reflections. The 
female is darker than the type. Under side dark grey, with very 
small spots, and without the orange hand on the hind wings. 
Habitat. — The Alps of Europe, and the Altai. PI. XX., 5. 
