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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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 R3+4+5 R R 2 M.

M 2 M Cu, Cu, Sc+R R 2d 4 M M.

sd A
sd A

M a Cu sd A M.

Cu Cua 2d 4 FIG. 22. Venation of the wings of a skipper. sd A 2d 4 C FIG. 23. Venation of the wings of a hair-streak, Thecla. is represented only by three tropical species whose range extends into the extreme southwestern part of our territory. This family will not be discussed here. The remaining ten families can be separated by the following table:

The Butterflies — from How to Know the Butterflies (1904)

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