BUTTERFLIES (Rhopalocerd) 



Butterflies and Moths together constitute the order of Scale- 

 winged Insects (Lepidopterd) , in which the four wings are opaque 

 and coloured, owing to the presence of minute dust-like scales. 

 Typical Butterflies are diurnal in habit, their antennae are club- 

 shaped, and they bring the wings together above the back when 

 they settle. Those figured are among the most attractive of 

 tropical and British species, belonging to the Fritillaries (1-4) and 

 Swallow-tails (5, 6). 



1. Giant Blue (Morpho cy-pris). \ 



} Tropical America. 



2. Resplendent Ptolemy (M. neoptolemus). ) 



3. Purple Emperor (Apatura Iris), oakwoods in the southern 



English counties. 



4. Peacock Butterfly (Vanessa Io\ Europe (including Britain) 



and N. Asia to Japan. 



5. Common Swallow-tail (Papilio machaori), ranges from Britain 



to the Himalayas. 



6. Imperial Swallow-tail (Tinopalpus imperialis), male; in the 



female each hind- wing has two tails. Sikkim. 



