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.

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The Buckeye (BB Eyes hairy upper surface)

BB. Eyes hairy; upper surface of fore wings without conspicuous eyelike spots. C. Fringe of wings alternately white and dark; apical portion of front wings with a group of white spots (Vanessa).

D. The orange colors on upper surface of fore wings confined to a single transverse belt. (V. atalanta), P. 154.

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