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Terias nicippe, Fab. The Nicippe Butterfly. 
The larva is of a pale green color, with a more obscure dorsal 
line, a white band extending down each side marked with five yel¬ 
low points. 
Feeds on clover, cassia and senna. 
Terias lisa, Bd. The Lisa Butterfly. 
Larva green, with four longitudinal whitish lines. 
Feeds on Leguminous plants. 
D ANAIDA. 
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This family is represented in Illinois by but one species —Danais 
archippus. 
Danais archippus, Fabr. The Archippus Butterfly. 
The first act of the 
young larva of this 
species, like that of 
Pieris rapce , is to de¬ 
vour the shell of the 
egg from which it has 
hatched. At first it is 
only about 0.12 inches 
Fig. 13.—Danais archippus. ? Y 1 * n d r i C a 1 
i -i i .. . throughout and of a 
pale, greenish-white color; there are black conical points situated 
near the top of the second and eleventh segments, which afterward 
develop into fleshy horns; on the dorsal part of each segment are 
six black warts from which proceed minute black bristles • on the 
anterior part of the segment they are placed four in a row and on 
the posterior part, one on each side; on each side there are three 
similar warts; head shining black. In a few days a dark band an- 
pears across each segment. It undergoes three molts before chang¬ 
ing to a chrysalis; after each molt the color becomes brighter the 
yellow and white being very obscure after the first molt, and the 
horns become visible longer. When full grown it presents a very 
