THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES 



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The Variegated Fritillarv 

 The wings are copper red crossed near the 

 center with a paler band and the mark- 

 ings are blackish; no silver spots on 

 lower side of wings. 



The Variegated Fritillary. 



— This is another southern 



species and it has the real 



fritillary markings on the 



upper sides of the wings; 



there are no silver spots on 



the lower sides of the wings 



which are marbled with 



brown and white. It has 



awing expanse of two and 



one-half inches. Its cater- 

 pillar is thorny and feeds 



upon passion flower, mandrake, violet and some other plants. 

 The Silver Bordered Fritillary and the Meadow Fritillary. — These 



are two little fritillaries which resemble each other very much, but 



may be easily separated by the 

 fact that the silver bordered has 

 the silver spots on the lower side 

 of the hind wings, while the 

 meadow has not a butterfly dollar 

 on its wings anywhere. The cater- 

 pillars of these species are small, 

 mottled green and spiny. They 

 feed upon violets. 



THE CRESCENT SPOTS 



The Silver Crescent and the Pearl 

 Crescent. — These are two little 

 butterflies which may be distin- 

 guished from other orange-yellow, 

 small butterflies because there is 

 so much of brown or black upon 

 the wings that it is hard to tell 

 whether that or the orange is the 

 ground color. The lower sides 

 of the wings are much paler than 

 above; Meadow Fritillary, below. above and are mar ked with vari- 

 bxpanse, one and three-quarters 



Silver Bordered Fritillary 



inches. Color orange-yellow spot- 



ous shades of yellow in most com- 



ith black The underside p H C ated patterns. The cater- 

 of wings shows the meadow' at * .„ . r . . , , , 



the right. pillars of these species are black 



