BUTTERFLIES {Rhopalocerd) 



Butterflies and Moths together constitute the order of Scale- 

 winged Insects {Lepidopterd), in which the four wings are opaque 

 and coloured, owing to the presence of minute dust-like scales. 

 Typical Butterflies are diurnal in habit, their antenna are club- 

 shaped, and they bring the wings together above the back when 

 they settle. Those figured are among the most attractive of 

 tropical and British species, belonging to the Fritillaries (1-4) and 

 Swallow-tails (5, 6). 



I. Giant Blue (Moriho cyhris), ) „ ... 



■' ^— pical America. 



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2. Resplendent Ptolemy {M. neoptolemus). 



3. Purple Emperor {Apatura Iris), oakwoods in the southern 



English counties. 



4. Peacock Butterfly {Vanessa lo), Europe (including Britain) 



and N. Asia to Japan. 



5. Common Swallow-tail [Papilio machaoti), ranges from Britain 



to the Himalayas. 



6. Imperial Swallow-tail ( Tinopalpus imperialis), male ; in the 



female each hind-wing has two tails. Sikkim. 



