PART III

THE SKIPPER BUTTERFLIES--SUPERFAMILY Hesperioidea 266 GIANT SKIPPERS (Megathymidae) 267 Yucca-borer Skipper COMMON SKIPPERS (Hesperiidae) 268 The Tribe of the Larger Skippers: Silver-spotted Skipper; Long-tailed Skipper; Juvenal's Dusky-wing; Sleepy Dusky-wing; Persius's Dusky-wing; Sooty Wing 269 The Tribe of the Smaller Skippers: Tawny-edged Skipper; Roadside Skipper; Least Skipper 278

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VICEROY BUTTERFLIES VISITING STRAWBERRIES (On Cover) THE REGAL FRITILLARY Frontispiece THE CAROLINA LOCUST 33 THE BLACK SWALLOWTAIL 48 THE CYNTHIA MOTH 49 GIANT SWALLOWTAILS 64 THE BLUE SWALLOWTAIL 65 TWO OF THE SWALLOWTAILS: PALAMEDES AND GIANT 66 THE GREEN-CLOUDED SWALLOWTAIL 67 CATERPILLARS OF THE GREEN-CLOUDED SWALLOWTAIL 80 THE TIGER SWALLOWTAIL 96 IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY 97 CLOUDED SULPHUR BUTTERFLY 112 THE ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL: SUMMER FORM 112-113 THE ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL VISITING PAPAW BLOSSOMS 112-113 SOME OF THE TRIBE OF YELLOWS 113 SILVER-SPOT FRITILLARY AND GULF FRITILLARY 128 GULF FRITILLARY, SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY, AND BALTIMORE CHECKER-SPOT 129 THE HOP MERCHANT 144 THREE ANGLE-WINGS (AMERICAN TORTOISE-SHELL, RED ADMIRAL, VIOLET-TIP): UPPER SURFACE 160-161 THREE ANGLE-WINGS (AMERICAN TORTOISE-SHELL, RED ADMIRAL, VIOLET-TIP): LOWER SURFACE 160-161 THE PAINTED BEAUTY 161 THREE MORE ANGLE-WINGS: BUCKEYE, PAINTED BEAUTY, COSMOPOLITE 176 THE MOURNING-CLOAK 177 SOME COMMON SKIPPERS 192 THE STAGES OF THE VICEROY 193 BANDED PURPLE, RED-SPOTTED PURPLE, AND BLUE-EYED GRAYLING 208 THREE EMPEROR BUTTERFLIES 209 THE ZEBRA BUTTERFLY 224 MONARCH BUTTERFLY, CRYSALIS AND CATERPILLAR 241 SPRING AZURE, FALCATE ORANGE-TIP, BRONZE COPPER, AND GREAT PURPLE HAIR-STREAK 256 SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER 273

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SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY JUST OUT OF CHRYSALIS 16 TIGER SWALLOWTAIL; HAMMOCK CATERPILLAR 17 BUTTERFLY FEIGNING DEATH; BUTTERFLY IN HIBERNATING POSITION 32 MONARCH BUTTERFLY: CHANGE FROM CATERPILLAR TO CHRYSALIS 32-33 MONARCH BUTTERFLY: CHANGE FROM CHRYSALIS TO ADULT 32-33 MIGRATION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES 48-49 THE IMPROVED OPEN VIVARIUM 48-49 BLACK SWALLOWTAIL VISITING THISTLE 64-65 IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY, MAGNIFIED 64-65 IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY; BLUE-EYED GRAYLING 81 FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES: VICEROY AND MOURNING-CLOAK 145 MONARCH BUTTERFLY RESTING; FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH OF MONARCHS IN MIGRATION 160 PHOTOGRAPHS OF A PET MONARCH BUTTERFLY 225 THE SNOUT BUTTERFLY; THE GIANT SWALLOWTAIL 240 STAGES OF THE GRAY HAIR-STREAK 257 THE SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER 272

BUTTERFLIES WORTH KNOWING

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