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Limenitis sybilla. WHITE ADMIRAL. 



1. Formerly more common and widely distributed than 

 now, though still to be met with in a few counties in the 

 South of England ; the New Forest is its head quarters. 

 Unknown in Scotland and Ireland. 



2. Honeysuckle (Loniccra periclymenum) . 



3. June to August. 



4. Forests, woods, and brambly hedges. 



A pat Una iris. PURPLE EMPEROR. 



1. This beautiful butterfly is confined to the oak forests 

 of the Eastern, Midland, and Southern counties of England, 

 where it is not uncommon. Unknown in Scotland and 

 Ireland. 



2. Sallow (Salix caprea) and Poplar (Populus alba). 

 3. July to August. 



4. Oak forests and woods, filthy pools and ditches ; 

 especially fond of feasting on carrion. 



Melanangia galathea. MARBLED WHITE. 



1. Not uncommon, but local ; it is fairly well distributed 

 over the Midland and Southern counties of England. 

 Unknown in many of the Northern counties and in Scotland 

 and Ireland. 



