ARASCHNIA. 83 



THE MAP BUTTERFLY. ARASCHNIA LEVANA. 



Spring brood. 



Papilio levana, Linn., Syst. Nat. (x.),i., p. 480, no. 133 (i75 8 ); 



Esper, Schmett, i., pt. i, p. 201, pi. 15, fig. 2 (1777); 



i., P^ 2, p. 55, pi. 59, fig- 5 (1780); Ochsenh., Schmett. 



Eur., i., p. 132 (1807). 

 Cynthia levana, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., i., p. 49 



(1827). 

 Vanessa levana, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 14 



(1878); Lang, Butterflies Eur., p. 167, pi. 38, fig. 4 



(1882). 



Summer brood. 



Papilio prorsa, Linn., Syst. Nat (x.), i., p. 480, no. 134 (1758) ; 



Esper, Schmett, i., pt. i, p. 205, pi. 15, fig. 3 (i777); 



i., pt. 2, p. 52, pi. 59, fig. 4 (c. 1780); Ochsenh., Schmett 



Eur., i., p. 129(1807). 

 Vanessa prorsa^ Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 74, 



pi. 7, figs. 4a, 6 (1878). 

 Vanessa levana, var., prorsa t Lang, Butterflies Eur., p. 168, 



pi. 39, fig. 2 (1882). 



Intermediate Form. 



Papilio porima, Ochsenh., Schmett Eur., i., p. 124 (1807). 

 Vanessa porima^ Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 14 (1878). 

 Vanessa levana, var. porima, Lang, Butterflies Eur., p. 168, 



pi. 39, fig- i (1882). 



As already mentioned, this Butterfly presents two ap- 

 parently very dissimilar forms, which Linnaeus called Papilio 

 levana and P. prorsa, and by these names they have been 

 known ever since. They are found more or less commonly 

 in Central Europe, but do not reach either to the extreme 

 northern or the extreme southern countries, though they are 



