# British Butterflies: Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species

Author: Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 [Illustrator]

Genre: Animal

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33852

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=British+Butterflies%3A+Figures+and+Descriptions+of+Every+Native+Species+Coleman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Occasionally a missive arrives from some benevolent friend, announcing the capture of a "splendid butterfly," which, imprisoned under a tumbler, awaits one's acceptance as an addition to the cabinet. However, on going to claim the proffered prize, the expected "_butterfly_" turns out to be some bright-coloured _moth_ (a Tiger moth being the favourite victim of the misnomer), and one's entomological propriety suffers a shock; not so much feeling the loss of the specimen, as concern for the benighted state of an otherwise intelligent friend's mind with regard to insect nomenclature. {2}

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-butterflies-figures-and-descriptions-of-every-native-sp-f7cabbee/chapters/6/index.md)
- [letter C, which has also been likened with less justice to a , whence its](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-butterflies-figures-and-descriptions-of-every-native-sp-f7cabbee/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-butterflies-figures-and-descriptions-of-every-native-sp-f7cabbee/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-butterflies-figures-and-descriptions-of-every-native-sp-f7cabbee/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-butterflies-figures-and-descriptions-of-every-native-sp-f7cabbee/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-butterflies-figures-and-descriptions-of-every-native-sp-f7cabbee/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-butterflies-figures-and-descriptions-of-every-native-sp-f7cabbee/chapters/3/index.md)