Lake Hawthorne ©Rayford Ratcliff

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O. poweshiek, Legacy butterfly
Original description p. 1
Original description p. 2
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The Original Description

Here is the original description as it appeared in American Entomologist and Botanist, Volume 2, No. 8, June 1870, pages 271-272.

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