PART II 



THE CLASSIFICATION OF BUTTERFLIES 



Superfamily Papilionoidea (Pa-pil-i-o-noi'de-a) 



In learning to know the butterflies the student 

 will find his work simplified, and his enjoyment 

 of it greatly increased, if he early learns some- 

 thing of the grouping of the species into families, 

 and of the principal divisions of the families. 



This can be done, without learning the more 

 technical characteristics upon which this group- 

 ing is based, by reference to the following synopsis 

 of families. The technical distinctions are given 

 later in a tabular form. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE GROUPS OF BUTTERFLIES 



The Parnassians, Family Parnassidce, p. 42. 

 The Swallow-tails, Family Papilionoidce, p. 45. 

 The Pierids, Family Pieridce, p. 69. 



The Whites, p. 71. 



The Orange-tips, p. 81. 



The Yellows, p. 84. 

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