The Butterfly Guide

About this eBook

Author

Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932

Title

The butterfly guide : A pocket manual for the ready identification of the commoner species found in the United States and Canada

Original Publication

United States: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915.

Credits

Lisa Corcoran, Stephen Hutcheson, Chris Curnow, A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Butterflies -- North America -- Identification

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73524

Release Date

May 3, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE BUTTERFLY GUIDE
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.PREFACE
8. 8.INTRODUCTORY — THE PLACE OF BUTTERFLIES IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM — EXPLANATION OF PLATE A — THE ANATOMY OF BUTTERFLIES — EXPLANATION OF PLATE B — THE LIFE HISTORY OF BUTTERFLIES — THE EGGS OF BUTTERFLIES — CATERPILLARS — EXPLANATION OF PLATE C — THE PUPA, OR CHRYSALIS — THE IMAGO, OR WINGED INSECT — EXPLANATION OF PLATE D — COLLECTING BUTTERFLIES — MOUNTING BUTTERFLIES — EXPLANATION OF PLATE E — THE PRESERVATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF COLLECTIONS — KEY TO THE SUBFAMILIES OF THE NYMPHALIDÆ OF TEMPERATE NORTH AMERICA
9. 9.Subfamily EUPLŒINÆ (The Euplœids). — Genus ANOSIA Hübner
10. 10.Subfamily ITHOMIINÆ ( The Ithomiids ). — Genus CERATINIA Fabricius — Genus DIRCENNA Doubleday
11. 11.Subfamily HELICONIINÆ ( The Heliconians ). — Genus HELICONIUS Latreille
12. 12.Subfamily NYMPHALINÆ ( The Nymphs ). — Genus COLÆNIS Doubleday — Genus DIONE Hübner — Genus EUPTOIETA Doubleday — Genus ARGYNNIS Fabricius — Genus BRENTHIS Hübner ( The Little Fritillaries ). — Genus MELITÆA ( The Checker-spots ). — Genus PHYCIODES Doubleday ( The Crescent-spots ). — Genus ERESIA Doubleday — Genus SYNCHLOE Boisduval ( The Patch-spots ). — Genus GRAPTA Kirby ( The Angle-wings ). — Genus VANESSA Fabricius ( The Tortoise-shells ). — Genus PYRAMEIS Doubleday ( The Red Admiral and Painted Ladies ). — Genus JUNONIA Hübner ( Peacock Butterflies ). — Genus ANARTIA Doubleday. — Genus EUNICA Hübner ( The Violet-wings ). — Genus CYSTINEURA Boisduval ( The Bag-veins ). — Genus CALLICORE Hübner ( The Leopard-spots ). — Genus TIMETES Boisduval ( The Dagger-wings ). — Genus HYPOLIMNAS Hübner ( The Tropic Queens ). — Genus BASILARCHIA Scudder ( The White Admirals ). — Genus ADELPHA Hübner ( The Sisters ). — Genus CHLORIPPE Boisduval ( The Emperor Butterflies ). — Genus HYPANARTIA Hübner ( The Banded Reds ). — Genus SMYRNA Hübner — Genus CŒA Hübner — Genus AGANISTHOS Boisduval — Genus PYRRHANÆA Schatz — Genus AGERONIA Hübner ( The Calicoes ). — Genus VICTORINA Blanchard ( The Malachites ).
13. 13.Subfamily SATYRINÆ ( The Satyrs ). — Genus DEBIS Westwood ( The Eyed Nymphs). — Genus SATYRODES Scudder ( The Grass-nymph ). — Genus NEONYMPHA Westwood ( The Spangled-nymphs ). — Genus CŒNONYMPHA Westwood ( The Ringlets ). — Genus EREBIA Dalman ( The Alpines ). — Genus GYROCHEILUS Butler ( The Blackamoors ). — Genus NEOMINOIS Scudder — Genus SATYRUS Westwood ( The Wood-nymphs ). — Genus PARAMECERA Butler — Genus ŒNEIS Hübner ( The Arctics ).
14. 14.Subfamily LIBYTHEINÆ ( The Snout-butterflies ). — Genus LIBYTHEA Fabricius ( The Snout-butterflies ). — Family ERYCINIDÆ ( The Metal-marks ). — Genus CHARIS Hübner ( The Metal-marks ). — Genus APODEMIA Felder ( The Mormons ). — Genus POLYSTIGMA Salvin & Godman
15. 15.Family LYCÆNIDÆ ( The Hair-streaks, Coppers, and Blues ). — Genus EUMÆUS Hübner ( The Blue-spots ). — Genus THECLA Fabricius ( The Hair-streaks ). — Genus FENISECA Grote (The Harvester). — Genus CHRYSOPHANUS Doubleday (The Coppers). — Genus LYCÆNA Fabricius ( The Blues ).
16. 16.Family PAPILIONIDÆ ( The Swallow-tails and Allies).
17. 17.Subfamily PIERINÆ ( The Yellows, Sulphurs, and Whites) . — Genus TACHYRIS Wallace ( The Florida White ). — Genus PIERIS Schrank ( The Whites ). — Genus NATHALIS Boisduval — Genus EUCHLOË Hübner ( The Orange-tips and Marble-wings ). — Genus CATOPSILIA Hübner ( The Great Sulphurs ). — Genus KRICOGONIA Reakirt — Genus MEGANOSTOMA Reakirt ( The Dog-face Butterflies ). — Genus COLIAS Fabricius ( The Sulphurs ). — Genus TERIAS Swainson ( The Yellows ).
18. 18.Subfamily PARNASSIINÆ ( The Parnassians ). — Genus PARNASSIUS Latreille ( The Parnassians ).
19. 19.Subfamily PAPILIONINÆ ( The Swallow-tails ). — Genus PAPILIO Linnæus ( The Swallow-tails ).
20. 20.Family HESPERIIDÆ ( The Skippers ).
21. 21.Subfamily PYRRHOPYGINÆ ( The Red-tailed Skippers ). — Genus PYRRHOPYGE Hübner
22. 22.Subfamily HESPERIINÆ ( The Hesperids ). — Genus EUDAMUS Swainson ( The Long-tailed Skippers ). — Genus EPARGYREUS Hübner — Genus THORYBES Scudder ( The Dusky-wings ). — Genus ACHALARUS Scudder — Genus HESPERIA Fabricius — Genus PHOLISORA Scudder ( The Sooty-wing ). — Genus THANAOS Boisduval ( The Dusky-wings ).
23. 23.Subfamily PAMPHILINÆ ( The Pamphilids ). — Genus AMBLYSCIRTES Scudder — Genus PAMPHILA Fabricius — Genus OARISMA Scudder — Genus ANCYLOXYPHA Felder — Genus COPŒODES Speyer — Genus ERYNNIS Schrank — Genus THYMELICUS Hübner — Genus ATALOPEDES Scudder — Genus POLITES Scudder — Genus HYLEPHILA Billberg — Genus PRENES Scudder — Genus CALPODES Hübner — Genus LERODEA Scudder — Genus LIMOCHORES Scudder — Genus EUPHYES Scudder — Genus POANES Scudder — Genus PHYCANASSA Scudder — Genus ATRYTONE Scudder — Genus LEREMA Scudder
24. 24.Subfamily MEGATHYMINÆ ( The Giant Skippers ). — Genus MEGATHYMUS Riley
25. 25.INDEX OF ENGLISH OR TRIVIAL NAMES, AND COMMON TERMS — INDEX OF FAMILIES, SUBFAMILIES, GENERA, AND SPECIES, ACCORDING TO THEIR SCIENTIFIC OR LATIN NAMES
26. 26.Untitled
27. 27.Untitled
28. 28.Untitled
29. 29.Untitled
30. 30.Untitled
31. 31.Untitled
32. 32.Untitled
33. 33.Untitled

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