yo CHAPTER I 



PLEBEius (lycaena) optilete Knoch 



/. typ. (incl. several forms) sbsp. yukona HoU. 



N & C Eur., N Asia E to Amur, Kamch. NW N. Amer. E to Alberta. 

 & Kuril. 



PYRGUS (hesperia, syrichtus) centaureae Ramb.^ 



Scand., N Russ., W & S Sib. (prob- Brit. Col.-Labr., Nfld., S to Color, 



ably farther east). 



VANESSA (nYMPHALIS) ANTIOPA L. 



Brit. Isl. (immigr.), Eur. (generally), N. Alas.-Nfld., S to Venez. 

 Afr., N & C Asia E to Amur & Japan. 



VANESSA (pYRAMEIS) CARDUI L. 



Cosmopolitan. 



Brit. Isl., Eur. (generally, but immigr. Entire N. Amer. (except the Arctic, 

 in the north & west), Afr., Asia E to immigr. in the north). 



C Amer. 

 Japan & Kuril., Austral. 



VANESSA (pYRAMEIS) ATALANTA L. 



Brit. Isl., Eur. (generally, but immigr. Transamerican in U.S.A. & S Can. 

 in the north & west), N. Afr., W & C (immigr. in the north). 

 Asia E at least to Altai. C Amer. 



Sphinges 



celerio galii Rott. {gallii auctt.) 



/, typ. sbsp. intermedia Kby. 



Eur. (generally), N & C Asia E to Brit. Col.-Labr., Nfld., S to Calif. & 



Japan, Kuril. Georgia. Mexico. 



CELERIO LINEATA F. 



sbsp. livornica Esp. /. typ. 



Eur. (immigr. only), Afr., S & E Asia. S Can.-U.S.A.-C & S Amer. (as an 



immigr. N to Brit. Col., Montr. & Nov. 



Scot.). 



SPHINX (hyloicus) pinastri L. 



Brit. Isl., Eur. (generally). Sib. E to f NE U.S.A., Alberta (doubtfully estab- 



Japan. lished). 



^ In the East of N. Amer., Manit.-Labr., is freija Warr., usually regarded as distinct 

 species and doubtfully recorded also from the Scandinavian mountains. 



