List of British Butterflies 



adopt its nomenclature, and also follow the order given 

 in arranging your collection. Both Latin and English 

 names are included, but if you wish to be a thorough 

 entomologist you should accustom yourself to use the 

 scientific names. The Latin name is the same every- 

 where " from China to Peru." If you use an English 

 name of a butterfly in writing to a foreign collector he 

 will probably fail to recognize the species referred to, 

 but if you give the scientific name he will know it at 

 once. 



LIST OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES 



ARRANGED IN THEIR FAMILIES AND GENERA, WITH 

 THEIR SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR NAMES. 



Family : PAPILIONIDJE. 



Tapilio machaon. 



SWALLOW-TAIL. 



Family : PIERID^E. 

 Aporia cratagi. 



BLACK-VEINED WHITE. 



Pieris brassictr. 



LARGE WHITE. 



Pieris rapa. 



SMALL WHITE. 



Tieris napi. 



GREEN-VEINED WHITE. 



Pieris daplidicc. 



BATH WHITE. 



Euchloe cardamines. 



ORANGE-TIP. 



Leucophasia sinapis. 



WOOD WHITE. 



Colias byale. 



PALE CLOUDED YELLOW. 



Family : PIERID^E continued. 

 Colias edusa. 



CLOUDED YELLOW. 



Gonepteryx rhamni. 



BRIMSTONE. 



Family: NYMPHALID^. 

 Argynnis selene, 



SMALL PEARL - BORDERED 

 FRITILLARY. 



Argynnis euphrosyne. 



PEARL-BORDERED FRITIL- 

 LARY. 



Argynnis Jathonia. 



QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITIL- 

 LARY. 



Argynnis aglaia. 



DARK GREEN FRITILLARY. 



Argynnis adippe. 



HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY. 



