PART II 

 THE TRUE BUTTERFLIES 



SuPERFAMiLY PapUionoidea 



The great suborder of butterflies is commonly sepa- 

 rated into two principal groups called superfamilies. One 

 of these includes all of the higher butterflies and is named 

 Papilionoidea. The other includes the lower Skipper 

 butterflies and is named the Hesperioidea. The former 

 are characterized by small bodies and relatively large 

 wings, straight clubbed antennae, and the fact that the 

 caterpillars do not make cocoons when preparing for the 

 chrysalis state. 



The most authoritative classifications of butterfly 

 families are based upon the peculiarities of wing venation 

 and are admirably discussed in such books as Holland's 

 "Butterfly Book" and Comstock's "How to Know the 

 Butterflies." Without attempting to go into the tech- 

 nical details of structure it will suffice here to give the list 

 of families which compose the superfamily Papilionoidea: 



The Parnassians. Parnassiidae. 



The Swallowtails. Papilionidae. 



The Whites, Orange-tips, and Yellows. Pieridae. 



The Nymphs. Nymphalidae. 



The Satyrs or Meadow-browns. Agapetidae. 



The Heliconians. Heliconidae. 



The Milkweed Butterflies. Lymnadidae. 



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