THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES 



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The Variegated Fritillary. 

 — This is another southern 

 species and it has the real 

 fritillary markings on the 

 upper sides of the wings; 

 there are no silver spots on 

 the lower sides of the wings 

 which are marbled with 

 brown and white. It has 

 a wing expanse of two and 

 one-half inches. Its cater- 

 pillar is thorny and feeds 



The Variegated Fritillary 

 The wings are copper red crossed near the 

 center with a paler band and the mark- 

 ings are blackish; no silver spots ['on 

 lower side of wings. 



Upon passion flower, mandrake, violet and some other plants. 

 The Silver Bordered Fritillary and the Meadow Fritillary. — These 



are two little fritillaries which resemble each other very much, but 



may be easily separated by the 

 fact that the silver bordered has 

 the silver spots on the lower side 

 of the hind wings, while the 

 meadow has not a butterfly dollar 

 on its wings anywhere. The cater- 

 pillars of these species are small, 

 mottled green and spiny. They 

 feed upon violets. 



THE CRESCENT SPOTS ZZ. 

 The Silver Crescent and the Pearl 

 Crescent. — These are • two little 

 butterflies which m.ay be distin- 

 guished from other orange-yellow, 

 small butterflies because there is 

 so much of brown or black upon 

 the wings that it is hard to tell 

 whether that or the orange is the 

 ground color. The lower sides 

 of the wings are much paler than 

 above and are marked with vari- 

 ous shades of yellow in most com- 

 plicated patterns. The cater- 

 pillars of these species are black 



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Silver Bordered Fritillary 

 above; Meadow Fritillary, below. 

 Expanse, one and three-quarters 

 inches. Color orange-yellow spot- 

 ted with black. The underside 

 of wings shows the "meadow" at 

 the right. 



