. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 65 largest butterfly we have. Its wings expand from three to four and a half inches. It is not so gaudy in color as some others are. The wings are tawny orange, and very. Archippus. beautifully bordered with black dotted with white. The wings are crossed by fine black veins, and on the tip of the fore wing are several yellow and white spots extending up on to the front border. The under side of the wings is of a deep yellow, bordered and veined the same as the upper side. The head and thora
. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 65 largest butterfly we have. Its wings expand from three to four and a half inches. It is not so gaudy in color as some others are. The wings are tawny orange, and very. Archippus. beautifully bordered with black dotted with white. The wings are crossed by fine black veins, and on the tip of the fore wing are several yellow and white spots extending up on to the front border. The under side of the wings is of a deep yellow, bordered and veined the same as the upper side. The head and thorax are black spotted with white, and the antennae have a long knob. The males of the Archippus are marked by an elevated black spot on one of the veins near the centre of the hind wing. 5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899. Boston, Ticknor and Fields
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