PAPTLIONIDiE. 
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If one desires to rear it in numbers, a female should be captured 
and induced to lay her eggs on a bunch of the food plant, and when 
the young caterpillars appear they should be fed with tender shoots 
and protected from the parasites. 
Papilio asterias. Female. 
There are two broods in one season, and the last, after hatching 
into larvse and turning to chrysalides, hibernate during the winter in 
this state. 
The male and female butterflies may readily be distinguished 
from one another, the former being usually smaller and more strik¬ 
ingly marked, with the yellow spots brighter and more sharply de¬ 
fined. The female frequently lacks the inner row of large yellow 
Spots seen on the upper wings of the male, they being sometimes re¬ 
duced in size or wholly wanting, while the lower wings are usually 
adorned with more blue than is to be found on the wings of the male. 
Beautifully colored varieties of this butterfly are occasionally 
taken, where yellow and rusty red occupy a large part of the area 
of the wings. 
