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the same kinds in different places, just as with 

 other animals, according to the frequency with 

 which they come in contact with man. Thus 

 DeCandoUe remarks that in the Swiss Alps the 

 butterflies have no fear of man and readily settle 

 on the colored dresses worn by the women, while 

 on the better-inhabited plains they are not known 

 to do anything of the kind. Their fear of man or 

 their boldness is to a certain degree dependent upon 

 their power of flight, as Belt has remarked in his 

 "Naturalist in Nicaragua," the swiftest and strong- 

 est flyers allowing one to approach much nearer 

 than those with weaker wings, feeling confident 

 that they can dart away from any threatened 

 danger. Yet entirely apart from this, one may 

 roughly divide butterflies into domestic and feral, 

 according to their habits and sympathies. Thus 

 among the feral tribes should be ranked nearly all 

 the Satyrinae, and especially such forms as the 

 Arctic Satyr (Oeneis jutta), the Pearly Eye 

 (Enodia portlandia), and the Little Wood Satyr 

 (Cissia eurytus), and among the companionable 

 sorts nearly all the species of Vanessini. In- 

 stances of the boldness and even friendliness of 

 the latter are not uncommon. 



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