Butterflies Worth Knowing

PART II

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THE TRUE BUTTERFLIES--SUPERFAMILY _Papilionoidea_ 55 PARNASSIANS (_Parnassiinae_) 56 SWALLOWTAILS (_Papilionidae_) 57 Black Swallowtail; Giant Swallowtail; Blue Swallowtail; Green-clouded Swallowtail; Tiger Swallowtail; Palamedes Swallowtail; Short-tailed Papilio; Zebra Swallowtail; Synopsis of the Swallowtails WHITES, ORANGE-TIPS, AND YELLOWS (_Pieridae_) 82 The Tribe of the Whites: White or Imported Cabbage Butterfly; Gray-veined White; Checkered White; Great Southern White; Synopsis of the Whites 83 The Tribe of the Orange-tips: Falcate Orange-tip; Olympian Orange-tip; Synopsis of the Orange-tips 92 The Tribe of the Yellows: Brimstone or Cloudless Sulphur; Dog's-head; Clouded Sulphur; Orange Sulphur; Pink-edged Sulphur; Black-bordered Yellow; Little Sulphur; Dainty Sulphur; Synopsis of the Yellows 97 NYMPHS (_Nymphalidae_) 111 The Tribe of the Fritillaries: Gulf Fritillary; Variegated Fritillary; Diana Fritillary; Regal Fritillary; Great Spangled Fritillary; Silver-spot Fritillary; Mountain Silver-spot; White Mountain Fritillary; Meadow Fritillary; Silver-bordered Fritillary; Synopsis of the Fritillaries 115 The Tribe of the Crescent-spots: Baltimore Checker-spot; Harris's Checker-spot; Silver Crescent; Pearl Crescent; Synopsis of the Crescent-spots 135 The Tribe of the Angle-wings: Violet-tip; Hop-merchant or Comma; Gray Comma; Green Comma; Red Admiral or Nettle Butterfly; Painted Beauty; Painted Lady or Cosmopolite; Mourning-cloak; American tortoise-shell; White J Butterfly or Compton Tortoise; Buckeye; Synopsis of the Angle-wings (I. Polygonias--II. Vanessids) 150 The Tribe of the Sovereigns: Viceroy; Banded Purple; Red-spotted Purple; Vicereine; Synopsis of the Sovereigns 192 The Tribe of the Emperors: Goatweed Emperor; Gray Emperor; Tawny Emperor; Synopsis of the Emperors 207 MEADOWS-BROWNS OR SATYRS (_Agapetidae_) 214 Common Wood Nymph or Grayling; Southern Wood Nymph; Pearly Eye; Eyed Brown; White Mountain Butterfly; Arctic Satyr; Little Wood Satyr; Other Meadow-browns; Synopsis of Meadow-browns HELICONIANS (_Heliconidae_) 229 Zebra Butterfly MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES (_Lymnadidae_) 232 Monarch; Queen SNOUT BUTTERFLIES OR LONG-BEAKS (_Libytheidae_) 236 Snout Butterfly METAL-MARKS (_Riodinidae_) 239 Small Metal-mark; Large Metal-mark GOSSAMER-WINGS (_Lycaenidae_) 240 The Tribe of the Hair-streaks: Great Purple Hair-streak; Gray Hair-streak; Banded Hair-streak; Striped Hair-streak; Acadian Hair-streak; Olive Hair-streak; Synopsis of the Hair-streaks 242 The Tribe of the Coppers: Wanderer; American Copper; Synopsis of the Coppers 252 The Tribe of the Blues: Spring Azure; Scudder's Blue; Tailed Blue; Silvery Blue: Synopsis of the Blues 258