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 Palamedes Swallow-Tail (EE Hind wings without a band)

EE. Hind wings without a band of yellow near the middle of the upper surface.

F. Hind wings with a red or orange-yellow spot in cell R₁ on the upper surface.

G. Lower surface of hind wings with two transverse rows of orange spots, the row near the middle consisting of a well-marked spot in each cell except cell M3. (P. troilus), p. 59.

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