HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



The Cosmopolite 

 Vanessa carrfiu (Va-nes'sa car'du-i) 



Plate XXVI, Fig. 5, 6 



This butterfly resembles the preceding very closely in color 

 and markings. There is, however, a smaller proportion of 

 orange markings; and on the lower surface of the hind wings 

 there is a submarginal row of four or five eyelike spots. Ex- 

 panse of wings two and one-half to three inches. 



Caterpillar. — Length one and one-fourth inches. The 

 head is dark colored and has hairs on the top instead of spines. 

 The body is dull greenish yellow mottled with black, and has 

 a brighter yellow stripe along the side. The spines are 

 bristly and yellowish in color. 



Food-plants Thistle, mallow, everlasting. 



Nothing makes us feel more neighborly to 

 Europe, Asia, Japan and Australia than to realize 

 that the butterfly we saw this morning hovering 

 over the thistle blossoms in the pasture is haunt- 

 ing the thistle blossoms of these diverse coun- 

 tries. The cosmopolite is the most widely dis- 

 tributed of any of our butterfly species; only South 

 America and the Arctic regions are unfavored by 

 the presence of this beautiful creature. It is a 

 strong flyer and has been discovered hundreds of 

 miles out at sea ; and there are records that it 

 migrates in flocks from clime to clime. On its 

 rose-lined wings it rises to the cold heights of 



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