PART III

THE SKIPPER BUTTERFLIES--SUPERFAMILY _Hesperioidea_ 266 GIANT SKIPPERS (_Megathymidae_) 267 Yucca-borer Skipper COMMON SKIPPERS (_Hesperiidae_) 268 The Tribe of the Larger Skippers: Silver-spotted Skipper; Long-tailed Skipper; Juvenal's Dusky-wing; Sleepy Dusky-wing; Persius's Dusky-wing; Sooty Wing 269 The Tribe of the Smaller Skippers: Tawny-edged Skipper; Roadside Skipper; Least Skipper 278

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VICEROY BUTTERFLIES VISITING STRAWBERRIES (_On Cover_) THE REGAL FRITILLARY _Frontispiece_ THE CAROLINA LOCUST 33 THE BLACK SWALLOWTAIL 48 THE CYNTHIA MOTH 49 GIANT SWALLOWTAILS 64 THE BLUE SWALLOWTAIL 65 TWO OF THE SWALLOWTAILS: PALAMEDES AND GIANT 66 THE GREEN-CLOUDED SWALLOWTAIL 67 CATERPILLARS OF THE GREEN-CLOUDED SWALLOWTAIL 80 THE TIGER SWALLOWTAIL 96 IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY 97 CLOUDED SULPHUR BUTTERFLY 112 THE ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL: SUMMER FORM 112-113 THE ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL VISITING PAPAW BLOSSOMS 112-113 SOME OF THE TRIBE OF YELLOWS 113 SILVER-SPOT FRITILLARY AND GULF FRITILLARY 128 GULF FRITILLARY, SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY, AND BALTIMORE CHECKER-SPOT 129 THE HOP MERCHANT 144 THREE ANGLE-WINGS (AMERICAN TORTOISE-SHELL, RED ADMIRAL, VIOLET-TIP): UPPER SURFACE 160-161 THREE ANGLE-WINGS (AMERICAN TORTOISE-SHELL, RED ADMIRAL, VIOLET-TIP): LOWER SURFACE 160-161 THE PAINTED BEAUTY 161 THREE MORE ANGLE-WINGS: BUCKEYE, PAINTED BEAUTY, COSMOPOLITE 176 THE MOURNING-CLOAK 177 SOME COMMON SKIPPERS 192 THE STAGES OF THE VICEROY 193 BANDED PURPLE, RED-SPOTTED PURPLE, AND BLUE-EYED GRAYLING 208 THREE EMPEROR BUTTERFLIES 209 THE ZEBRA BUTTERFLY 224 MONARCH BUTTERFLY, CRYSALIS AND CATERPILLAR 241 SPRING AZURE, FALCATE ORANGE-TIP, BRONZE COPPER, AND GREAT PURPLE HAIR-STREAK 256 SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER 273

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SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY JUST OUT OF CHRYSALIS 16 TIGER SWALLOWTAIL; HAMMOCK CATERPILLAR 17 BUTTERFLY FEIGNING DEATH; BUTTERFLY IN HIBERNATING POSITION 32 MONARCH BUTTERFLY: CHANGE FROM CATERPILLAR TO CHRYSALIS 32-33 MONARCH BUTTERFLY: CHANGE FROM CHRYSALIS TO ADULT 32-33 MIGRATION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES 48-49 THE IMPROVED OPEN VIVARIUM 48-49 BLACK SWALLOWTAIL VISITING THISTLE 64-65 IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY, MAGNIFIED 64-65 IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY; BLUE-EYED GRAYLING 81 FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES: VICEROY AND MOURNING-CLOAK 145 MONARCH BUTTERFLY RESTING; FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH OF MONARCHS IN MIGRATION 160 PHOTOGRAPHS OF A PET MONARCH BUTTERFLY 225 THE SNOUT BUTTERFLY; THE GIANT SWALLOWTAIL 240 STAGES OF THE GRAY HAIR-STREAK 257 THE SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER 272

BUTTERFLIES WORTH KNOWING

BUTTERFLIES