THE ENTOMOLOGISTS 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 163.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1859. [Price ltf. 
COMMON BUTTERFLIES. 
“ I have caught something prime,” 
says Jones; “I’ve caught a Purple 
Hair-Streak.” “Oh!” replies Brown, 
“that’s nothing to brag of; Thecla 
Quercus is common enough every- 
where.” Robinson’s face of derision can 
be imagined, and Jones’ crestfallen 
look; but, in a fit of inspiration, he 
turned round on Brown, “ Pray, can 
you tell me which are the Butterflies 
that are common everywhere?” Brown 
was posed, and said he could not 
answer that question himself, but he 
would write to the ‘ Intelligencer.’ 
Of our sixty-five British Butterflies 
twenty-five are common and generally 
distributed throughout the country ; not 
that these are everywhere to be met 
with, but where they find suitable 
localities we may expect to find them 
— North or South, East or West. Their * 
geographical range is not limited, but 
they may be expected from Norfolk to 
Killarney and from the Isle of Wight 
to Caithness, if only they find the 
heaths, the woods, the meadows or 
lanes which they delight to haunt. 
Now, what are these twenty -five 
common Butterflies ? for that is the 
question to which our correspondent 
Brown craves a reply. Their names 
are as follows : — 
4 Pieridi. 
Pieris Brassicae. 
... Rapae. 
... Napi. 
Anthocharis Cardamiues. 
6 Satyhidi. 
Lasiommata Algeria. 
... Megaera. 
Hipparchia Semele. 
Janira. 
... Hyperanthus. 
Coenouympha Pamphilus. 
3 Vanessidi. 
Vanessa Urticae. 
... Atalanta. 
Cynthia Cardui. 
4 Argynnidi. 
Melitasa Artemis. 
Argynnis Aglaia. 
... Euphrosyne. 
... Selene. 
6 Lycjenid.®. 
Thecla Quercus. 
... Rubi. 
Chrysophanus Phloeas. 
Polyommatus Alsus. 
... Alexis. 
... Ageslis. 
2 Hesperid^. 
Thymele Alveolus. 
Thanaos Tages. 
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