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etephani — Cercyonis. carineta (not California). 



sthenele (Boisd.) Neominois ridings! (not California). 



sylvestris (Edw.) Neonympha henshawi (not California). 



stephani (Wr.) rubrica (not California). 



wheeleri (Edw.) CEneis californica — nevadensis. 



Chionobas californicus — CEneis neva- chryxus (D.& H.) 



densis. iduna — nevadensis. 



chryxus — CEneis. ivallda — cliryxus. 



gala'^tinus^ — Coenonympha cat- nevadensis (Feld.) 



it'ornica. macounii (eastern). 



iduna--CEneis nevadensis. Papilio alope — Cercyonis. 



ivallda — CEneis chryxus. pamphilius — Coenonympha. 



nevadensis — CEneis. Satyrus alope— Cercyonis alope. 



Coenonympha brenda — ochracea. adriane — Cercyonis alope. 



californica D.& H. atlantus — Cercyonis. 



eryngii — californica. baroni — Cercyonis alope. 



galactina — californica. boopis Cercyone alope. 



inornata (not California). californica — Coenonympha. 



ochracea Edw. charon^ — Cercyonis alope. 



panphilioides — pamphilius. nephele — Cercyonis alope. 



pamphilius (Linn.) cetus — Cercyonis alope. 



piiUa — californica. paulis — Cercyone. 



Hipparchia boopis — Cercyonis alope. silvestris — Cercyonis. 



sylvestris — Cercyonis cetus. sthenele — Cercyonis. 



Libythea bachmanii (not California.) wheeleri — Cercyonis. 



ITHOMIID>e. 



These are southern forms only rarely reaching California. The food habits 

 of very few are accurately known. 



Ceratinia lycaste — Dynothea. Mechanitis californica Reak. 



Dynothea lycaste (Fabr.) Papilio lycaste — Dynothea. 



Ithomia lycaste — Dynothea. Papilio lycaste — Dynothea. 



LYMNADID/E. 



The common well known milkweed butterfly sometimes called the monarch. 

 Sometimes these butterflies assemble in dense swarms which when alighting 

 on a tree almost hide the color of the leaves. 

 Anosia plexippus (Linn.) Danais archippus — Anosia plexippus. 



RIODINID/E. 



A small family closely allied to the Lycaenidse. Food habits unknown. 



Apodemla mormo — Chrysobia. Lemonias australis — Calephelis. 



Calephilis australis — (Edw.) mormo — Chrysobia. 



nemesis Edw. virgulti — Chrysobia. 



Charis australis — Calephelis. Nemeobius virgulti—Chrysobia. 

 Chrysobia mormo (Feld.) 



LYC/ENID/C. 



The dainty little blue and copper colored butterflies constitute this family. 



Figure 20. (Opposite page.) A series of the commoner California butterflies. 



