Family 



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bristles. These genera, therefore, with many others 

 which agree with them in these main structural 

 features, are classed together in a single Family — the 

 Lycaenidfe, which derives its name from Lycxna — a 

 genus of blue butterflies which differs shghtly both 

 from Polyommatus and Cyaniris. 



As an example of a distinct family, we may take a 



Fig. 88. — "Red Admir.-il " Butteilly (Pjiraiiieis atalanta). i. Cater- 

 pillar; 2. pupa. Natural size. 



considerably larger butterfly than those hitherto 

 examined — the handsome black, white and scarlet- 

 winged species known as the "Red Admiral" — 

 Pyrameis atalnntn (fig. 88). Its whole appearance is 

 strikingly different from that of the " Blues," yet 

 appearance is not always a safe guide in classifying 



