THE CAMBERWELL BEAUTY 
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Haunts and Distribution. Being a migratory species, this 
butterfly in certain years invades our eastern shores in large 
numbers, in all probability from Norway, where it is abundant. 
Owing to its powerful flight, it is able to accomplish, under 
favourable weather conditions, the 300 miles over the North 
Sea in a few hours. 
In Wales it is very rare and in Ireland it is but very seldom 
met with. 
The Camberwell 
Beauty is one of the 
most widely-distri¬ 
buted of all butterflies, 
occurrin g th roughou t. 
the temperate regions 
of the northern hemi¬ 
sphere. Having no 
special haunts in this 
country, it may occur 
anywhere, especially in 
the eastern and south¬ 
ern counties. 
It seems particularly 
attracted to the ex¬ 
uding sap of trees, and 
has on more than one 
occasion been taken on 
“ sugared ” trees, and 
rotten fruit it is especi¬ 
ally fond of, also putre¬ 
fying matter suits its 
taste. Flowers seem 
least attractive to this 
beautiful insect. 
Time of Appearance. The greatest number of specimens 
have occurred m August and September and a few in October. 
Those that survive hibernation reappear the following spring. 
I have records of its appearance on the wing, and others found 
in a hibernating state during the winter and early spring, of 
which may be mentioned one seen on the wing at Havle, 
Cornwall, early in January, 1900 ; also one caught while 
The Camberwell Beauty depositing. 
Sketched from life. noon. 14.4.1902. 
