. Birds and nature . A NEW ARGVNNIS. The butterfly to which I want to intro-duce you is a rare beauty! It is calledArgynnis nitocris nigrocaerulea by scien-tists, but the young people of our schoolcall it the blue-black silver spot or theSapello Fritillary. They wanted verymuch to name it after the Territory, butunfortunately there is a butterfly of thisgenus that bears the name of New Mex-ico Silver-spot. Every member of the genus Argynnisis beautiful and it is a great treat to seethe glint of the silver dotted wings ofthese butterflies as they hover about thegaily colored flowers in some mou
. Birds and nature . A NEW ARGVNNIS. The butterfly to which I want to intro-duce you is a rare beauty! It is calledArgynnis nitocris nigrocaerulea by scien-tists, but the young people of our schoolcall it the blue-black silver spot or theSapello Fritillary. They wanted verymuch to name it after the Territory, butunfortunately there is a butterfly of thisgenus that bears the name of New Mex-ico Silver-spot. Every member of the genus Argynnisis beautiful and it is a great treat to seethe glint of the silver dotted wings ofthese butterflies as they hover about thegaily colored flowers in some mountaincanyon or alpine meadow. But no mem--ber of the genus will compare in beautywith the female of the nigrocaerulea, andI should find difficulty in forgetting thepleasure I felt in seeing two of theselovely creatures sucking the nectar froma large bright colored Rudbeckia. The nigrocaerulea is very much likea silver-spot that is found in the moun-tains of Arizona; both belong to the spe-cies nitocris and there is s
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