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.

The Classification of Butterflies

12 butterflies in this part of How to Know the Butterflies.

The Classification of Butterflies

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Pa-pil-i-o-noi'de-a) In learning to know the butterflies the student will find his work simplified, and his…

The Moths

AA. Lepidopterous insects in which the antennæ are threadlike with a knob at the extremity.

The Skippers (BB With some of the branches)

BB. With some of the branches of the radius of the fore wings coalesced beyond the apex of cell R + M;2 the 1 The following is the method…

The Butterflies

Of the eleven families of butterflies represented in America north of Mexico, one (the Ithomiida) R Sc R R 2 R M 2 M Cu, Our ed A Sc+R R Sc…

Butterflies 1

A. Butterflies in which the cubitus is apparently fourbranched; and in which the anal area of the hind wings is more reduced than the anal…

The Swallow-Tails (AA Butterflies)

AA. Butterflies in which cubitus is apparently three-branched; and in which the anal area of the fore wings is more reduced than the anal…

The Long-Beaks (BB Palpi not as long)

BB. Palpi not as long as the thorax.

The Meadow-Browns (DD With none of the veins)

DD. With none of the veins of the fore wings unusually swollen at the base. E. Antennæ clothed abundantly with scales, at least above.

The Milkweed Butterflies (CC With six well-developed)

CC. With six well-developed legs, although in some species the fore legs of the male are a little shorter, and the tarsi of these lack one…

The Gossamer-Winged Butterflies (DD The first branch of media)

DD. The first branch of media of the fore wings united with the last branch of radius for a considerable distance beyond the apex of cell R…

The Parnassians (Family Parnassiid)

Family Parnassiidæ (Par-nas-si'i-dæ) THE parnassians are butterflies of medium size in which the ground color of the wings is white shaded…

The Swallow-Tails (Family Papilionid)

Family Papilionidæ (Pa-pil-i-on'i-dæ) THESE magnificent butterflies are easily recognized by their large size and the tail-like…

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