How to Know the Butterflies

The Cornell classic that taught America to name what it saw: every eastern butterfly described from life, with its caterpillar, its food-plants, its habits — and how to pronounce its Latin.

Table of Contents

General Account of Butterflies

9 butterflies

The Classification of Butterflies

12 butterflies

The Swallow-Tails

10 butterflies

The Pierids

26 butterflies

The Nymphs

50 butterflies

The Meadow-Browns

17 butterflies

The Milkweed Butterflies

8 butterflies

The Gossamer-Winged Butterflies

41 butterflies

The Skippers

1 butterfly

The Common Skippers

71 butterflies

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