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Vanessa urticae. SMALL TORTOISESHELL. 



1. Another of the commonest of British butterflies, 

 being universally distributed throughout the British Isles. 



2. Nettle (Urtica dioica). 



3. June to October, but occurs in nearly every month 

 of the year. 



4. Flowery gardens, fields, and hedge-rows. 



Vanessa io. PEACOCK. 



1. Abundant and generally distributed throughout 

 England and the Southern counties of Ireland and Scotland* 



2. Nettle (Urtica dioica). 



3. August to October. 



4. Flowery gardens, fields, and lanes. 



* Has been very scarce the last two years. 



Vanessa antiopa. CAMBERWELL BEAUTY. 



1. An occasional immigrant ; prior to 1748 it occurred 

 at Camberwell, Surrey. It has been met with singly in 

 almost every other English county, and not unfrequently 

 in Scotland and Ireland. 



