Butterflies, 5 1 



ARGYNNIS LATHONIA. 



Plate III. — Figs. 3 and 4. 



This exquisite butterfly, which is about two inches in 

 expanse, is known in England, where it is accounted a 

 great rarity, by the common name Queen of Spain 

 Fritillary, and it is not very commonly found in Teneriffe. 

 The caterpillar is a greyish brown with a white dorsal 

 line, spotted with black, and having two brownish lines 

 on the sides. The spines are reddish and the legs 

 yellow. It feeds on the heartsease, violet, etc. The upper 

 surface is a tawny orange colour with many distinct 

 rounded black spots. On the under-side the hind-wings 

 are brownish yellow with very large oval silver spots 

 interspersed with smaller ones. The fore-wings have 

 black spots of various sizes, and five or six apical silver 

 spots. The butterfly is found mostly on high ground in 

 barrancos ; but also in fields and gardens from the 

 months of March to September, though in some years 

 it appears earlier. It flits quickly along the paths in 

 the barrancos, settling at short distances, very often 



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