The butterfly guide

by W. J. Holland

INDEX OF ENGLISH OR TRIVIAL NAMES, AND COMMON TERMS

• Aaron’s Skipper, [220]
• Abdomen of butterfly, [22]
• Acadian Hair-streak, The, [153]
• Admiral, Lorquin’s, [113];
• Red, [99], [100];
• White, [110]
• Alpines, The;
• Common, [133];
• Red-streaked, [133]
• American Copper, The, [161]
• Angle-wings, The, [92];
• Currant, [96]
• Antennæ, [13]
• Aphrodite, [75]
• Araxes Skipper, The, [199]
• Arctics, The, [140];
• Katahdin, [141];
• Macoun’s, [142]
• Arctic Skipper, The, [209]
• Arizona Blackamoor, The, [134];
• Checker-spot, [85]
• Bag-veins, The, [105];
• Texas, [106]
• Baltimore, The, [83]
• Banded Elfin, The, [156]
• Banded Hair-streak, The, [153]
• Banded Purple, The, [112]
• Banded Reds, The, [117]
• Bates’ Crescent-spot, [88]
• Beauty, Karwinsky’s, [118]
• Behr’s Hair-streak, [158]
• Blackamoors, The, [133];
• Arizona, [134]
• Blues, The, [58], [147], [162];
• Aster, [163];
• Common, [165];
• Cowper’s, [163];
• Dwarf, [167];
• Eastern-tailed, [166];
• Indian River, [168];
• Orange-margined, [164];
• Marine, [169];
• Pygmy, [167];
• Red-margined, [168];
• Scudder’s, [164];
• Silvery, [169];
• Varied, [169];
• Western-tailed, [166];
• West Indian, [167]
• Blue-spots, The, [147];
• Florida, [148]
• Boisduval’s Hair-streak, [152]
• Brazilian Skipper, [216]
• Broad-winged Skipper, [219]
• Bronze Copper, The, [161]
• Brown Elfin, The, [155]
• Brown-margined Hair-streak, [155]
• Brown, The Gemmed, [128]
• Brush-footed, The, [15], [16], [58], [59]
• Buckeye, The, [103]
• Buff Emperor, The, [117]
• Butterflies, anatomy of, [14];
• how to breed, [54];
• caterpillars of, [29];
• chrysalids of, [34];
• how to collect, [40];
• eggs of, [27];
• habits of, [13];
• life-history of, [27];
• how to mount, [47];
• how to preserve, [56]
• Butterfly, Papaw, [187];
• Reef, [197]
• Cabbage Butterfly, The, [173]
• Cadmium Orange, The, [185]
• Calicoes, The, [122];
• White-skirted, [123]
• Californian Sister, The, [114]
• Callippe, [79]
• Camberwell Beauty, The, [97]
• Camillus Crescent-spot, The, [88]
• Canadian Skipper, The, [211]
• Carbonate of ammonia, [43]
• Carbon bisulphide, [46]
• Carolinian Satyr, The, [129]
• Caterpillars of butterflies, [29]
• Chalcedon, [84]
• Checkerling, The, [203]
• Checker-spots, The, [83];
• Arizona, [85];
• Harris’s, [85];
• Least, [86];
• Macglashan’s, [84]
• Chloroform, [45]
• Chrysalids, [34]
• Clouded Wood-nymph, The, [137]
• Clytie Hair-streak, [159]
• Cobweb Skipper, The, [212]
• Colorado Hair-streak, The, [150]
• Colorado Parnassian, The, [186]
• Comma Butterfly, The, [93]
• Common, Alpine, [133];
• Blue, [165];
• Hair-streak, [151];
• Snout-butterfly, [143];
• Sulphur, [180];
• White, [172];
• Wood-nymph, [136]
• Compton Tortoise, The, [98]
• Coppers, The, [58], [147], [160];
• American, [161];
• Bronze, [161];
• Great, [160];
• Least, [161];
• Purplish, [162]
• Coral Hair-streak, [158]
• Cork for lining boxes, [45], [57]
• Couper’s Blue, [163]
• Creole, The, [126]
• Crescent-spots, The, [86];
• Bates, [88];
• Camillus, [88];
• Meadow, [88];
• Painted, [89];
• Pearl, [87];
• Poey’s, [90];
• Texan, [90]
• Crimson-patch, The, [91]
• Currant Angle-wing, The, [96]
• Cyanide of potash, [42]
• Dagger-wings, The, [107]
• Dark Wood-nymph, The, [138]
• Dash-wing, The, [119]
• Delila, [69]
• Diana, [74]
• Dingy Purple-wing, The, [105]
• Dog-face Butterflies, The, [179];
• Southern, [179]
• Dreamy Dusky-wing, The, [205]
• Dun, Iowa, [210];
• Little, [209]
• Dun Skipper, The, [218]
• Dusky-wings, The, [201];
• Dreamy, [205];
• Funereal, [207];
• Horace’s, [207];
• Juvenal’s, [206];
• Lucilius’, [205];
• Martial’s, [207];
• Northern, [201];
• Petronius, [206];
• Sleepy, [205];
• Southern, [201]
• Dusted Skipper, [222]
• Dwarf, Yellow, [175];
• Blue, [167]
• Early Hair-streak, The, [157]
• Eastern Swallow-tail, The, [193]
• Eastern-tailed Blue, [166]
• Edwards’ Hair-streak, [152];
• Marble-wing, [177]
• Eggs of butterflies, [27]
• Elfin, Banded, [156];
• Brown, [155];
• Hoary, [156]
• Emperor Butterflies, The, [114];
• Buff, [117];
• Red, [116];
• Tawny, [116]
• Envelopes for holding butterflies, [45]
• Eufala Skipper, [216]
• Eye, The pearly, [126]
• Eyed Nymphs, The, [125]
• Fairy Yellow, The, [184]
• Falcate Orange-tip, The, [176]
• Faun, The, [93]
• Fawn-edged Skipper, [217]
• Feet of butterflies, [16]
• Fiery Skipper, [215]
• Florida Blue-spot, The, [148]
• Florida White, The, [171];
• Yellow, [183]
• Fritillary, The Great-Spangled, [75];
• Gulf, [70];
• Little, [80];
• Meadow, [82];
• Mexican, [72];
• Regal, [73];
• Silver-bordered, [81];
• White Mountain, [81];
• Variegated, [71]
• Funereal Dusky-wing, [207]
• Gemmed Brown, The, [128]
• Georgian Satyr, The, [128]
• Giant Skippers, The, [222]
• Giant Swallow-tail, The, [192]
• Goat-weed Butterfly, The, [121];
• Morrison’s, [121]
• Godart’s Sulphur, [178]
• Golden-banded Skipper, The, [202]
• Golden Skipper, The, [211]
• Grass-nymph, The, [126], [127]
• Great, Copper, [160];
• Purple Hair-streak, [149];
• Southern
• White, [172]
• Green White-spotted Hair-streak, [158]
• Grimy Skipper, [222]
• Grizzled Skipper, [203]
• Gulf Yellow, The, [183]
• Hackberry Butterfly, The, [115]
• Hair-streaks, The, [22], [58], [147], [148];
• Acadian, [153];
• Banded, [153];
• Bahr’s, [158];
• Boisduval, [152];
• Brown-Margined, [155];
• Clytie, [159];
• Colorado, [150];
• Coral, [158];
• Common, [151];
• Early, [157];
• Edwards’, [152];
• Great Purple, [149];
• Green White-spotted, [158];
• Henry’s, [157];
• Olive, [154];
• Southern, [150];
• Striped, [154];
• Texas, [151];
• White-M, [149];
• Wittfeld’s, [151]
• Harris’ Checker-spot, [85]
• Harvester, The, [34], [159]
• Hayhurst’s Sooty-wing, [204]
• Head of butterfly, [14]
• Heliconians, The, [61], [67]
• Henry’s Hair-streak, [157]
• Hesperids, The, [199]
• Hoary-edge, The, [201]
• Hoary Elfin, The, [156]
• Hobomok Skipper, [221]
• Horace’s Dusky-wing, [207]
• Hunter’s Butterfly, [100]
• Indian Skipper, The, [212]
• Indian River Blue, [168]
• Iowa Dun, The, [210]
• Iowa Skipper, [220]
• Ithomiids, [22], [61], [64]
• Jars for poisoning insects, [42]
• Julia, [69]
• Juvenal’s Dusky-wing, [206]
• Karwinsky’s Beauty, [118]
• Katahdin Arctic, The, [141]
• Klug’s Dircenna, [66]
• Least, Checker-spot, [86];
• Copper, [161];
• Skipper, [210];
• Wood-nymph, [139]
• Legs of butterflies, [15]
• Leonard’s Skipper, [213]
• Leopard-spots, The, [106]
• Leto, [74]
• Little Dun, The, [209]
• Little Metal-mark, The, [145]
• Little Sulphur, The, [183]
• Little Wood-satyr, The, [129]
• Long-dash, The, [214]
• Long-tailed Skipper, The, [200]
• Lorquin’s Admiral, [113]
• Lucilius’ Dusky-wing, [205]
• Lycaste Butterfly, [65]
• Macglashan’s Checker-spot, [84]
• Macoun’s Arctic, [142]
• Magnolia Swallow-tail, The, [193]
• Malachites, The, [123];
• Pearly, [124]
• Many-spot, The, [146]
• Marble-wings, The, [177];
• Edwards’, [177];
• Rosy, [177]
• Marine Blue, [169]
• Martial’s Dusky-wing, [207]
• Meadow, Crescent-spot, The, [88];
• Fritillary, [82]
• Mead’s Satyr, [138]
• Metal-marks, The, [16], [58], [144];
• Little, [145];
• Northern, [145]
• Mexican Yellow, The, [183]
• Milbert’s Tortoise-shell, [98]
• Milkweed Butterfly, [36]
• Mimic, The, [109]
• Mohave Sooty-wing, The, [204]
• Monarch, The, [63]
• Mormons, The, [145];
• Palmer’s, [145]
• Morrison’s Goat-weed Butterfly, [121]
• Mountain Silver-spot, The, [78];
• Swallow-tail, [196]
• Mourning Cloak, The, [97]
• Mulberry-wing, The, [219]
• Mustard White, The, [173]
• Nets, for taking butterflies, [40]
• Newfoundland Swallow-tail, The, [195]
• New Mexican Sooty-wing, The, [204]
• Northern Dusky-wing, The, [201]
• Northern Metal-Mark, The, [145]
• Nova Scotian, The, [141]
• Ochre Ringlet, The, [131]
• Ocola Skipper, [216]
• Olive Hair-streak, [154]
• Orange-banded Red, The, [118]
• Orange-margined Blue, The, [164]
• Orange, Cadmium, [185]
• Orange, Small, [182]
• Orange Sulphur, The, [181]
• Orange-tips, The, [175];
• Falcate, [176];
• Lucas, [177];
• Western, [176]
• Pacific Tiger, [191]
• Painted Crescent-spot, The, [89]
• Painted Lady, The, [99], [102]
• Palatka Skipper, [218]
• Palmer’s Mormon, [145]
• Pamphilids, The, [208]
• Papaw Butterfly, The, [187]
• Parnassians, The, [185]
• Parnassian, Colorado, [186]
• Patch-spots, The, [91]
• Peacock Butterflies, [102]
• Peacock, The White, [104]
• Pearl Crescent, The, [87]
• Pearly Eye, The, [126]
• Pearly Malachite, The, [124]
• Peck’s Skipper, [215]
• Pepper-and-salt Skipper, [209]
• Petronius’ Dusky-wing, [206]
• Pinching butterflies to disable them, [43]
• Pins, insect, [47]
• Pipe-vine Swallow-tail, The, [197]
• Plain Ringlet, The, [131]
• Poey’s Crescent-spot, [90]
• Pontiac’s Skipper, [217]
• Proboscis of butterflies, [14]
• Purple, The Banded, [112]
• Purple, The Red-spotted, [111]
• Purple-wing, The Dingy, [105]
• Purplish Copper, The, [162]
• Pygmy Blue, [167]
• Queen, The, [64]
• Question-sign, The, [93]
• Reakirt’s Satyr, [139]
• Red Admiral, The, [99], [100]
• Red Emperor, The, [116]
• Red-margined Blue, [168]
• Red, The Orange-banded, [118]
• Red Satyr, The, [130]
• Red-spotted Purple, The, [111]
• Red-streaked Alpine, The, [133]
• Reds, The Banded, [117]
• Reef Butterfly, The, [197]
• Relaxing dried butterflies, [52]
• Rhodope, [80]
• Ridings’ Satyr, [134]
• Ringlets, The, [130]
• Ringlet, The Ochre, [131];
• The Plain, [131]
• Roadside Skipper, The, [208]
• Rosy Marble-wing, The, [117]
• Sachem, The, [214]
• Satyrs, The, [61], [124];
• Carolinian, [129];
• Georgian, [128];
• Mead’s, [138];
• Reakirt’s, [139];
• Red, [130];
• Ridings’, [134];
• Scudder’s, [135]
• Scales on wings of butterflies, [10]
• Scudder’s, Blue, [164];
• Satyr, [135]
• Setting blocks, [47]
• Silver-spot, The Mountain, [78]
• Sisters, The, [114];
• Californian, [114]
• Skippers, The, [22], [58], [198];
• Aaron’s, [220];
• Araxes, [199];
• Arctic, [209];
• Brazilian, [216];
• Broad-winged, [219];
• Canadian, [211];
• Cobweb, [212];
• Dun, [218];
• Dusted, [222];
• Eufala, [216];
• Fawn-edged, [217];
• Fiery, [215];
• Giant, [222];
• Golden, [211];
• Golden-banded, [202];
• Grimy, [222];
• Grizzled, [203];
• Hoary-edge, [201];
• Hobomok, [221];
• Indian, [212];
• Iowa, [220];
• Least, [210];
• Leonard’s, [213];
• Long-tailed, [200];
• Ocola, [216];
• Palatka, [218];
• Peck’s, [215];
• Pepper-and-salt, [209];
• Pontiac’s, [217];
• Red-tailed, [199];
• Roadside, [208];
• Silver-spotted, [200];
• Tessellated, [202];
• Uncas’, [213];
• Vernal, [218];
• Wisconsin, [212];
• Woven-winged, [209];
• Wright’s, [211];
• Yucca, [223];
• Zabulon, [221]
• Sleepy Dusky-wing, [205]
• Small, Orange, The, [182];
• Wood-nymph, [137]
• Snout-butterflies, The, [61], [142], [143];
• Common, [143]
• Sooty-wings, The, [203];
• Catullus’, [203];
• Common, [203];
• Hayhurst’s, [204];
• Mohave, [204];
• New Mexican, [204]
• Southern, Dog-face, [179];
• Dusky-wing, [201];
• Hair-streak, [150];
• Wood-nymph, [136]
• Spangled-Nymphs, The, [127]
• Spice-bush Swallow-tail, The, [193]
• Striped Hair-streak, The, [154]
• Sulphurs, The, [179];
• Common, [180];
• Cloudless, [178];
• Godart’s, [178];
• Little, [183];
• Great, [177];
• Orange, [181]
• Swallow-tails, The, [58], [170], [186];
• Eastern, [193];
• Giant, [192];
• Magnolia, [193];
• Mountain, [196];
• Newfoundland, [195];
• Pipe-vine, [197];
• Pacific Tiger, [191];
• Spice-bush, [193];
• Three-tailed, [192];
• Tiger, [188];
• Two-tailed, [191];
• Western, [196];
• White-striped
• Tiger, [191]
• Tawny Emperor, The, [116]
• Tessellated Skipper, The, [202]
• Texan Crescent-spot, The, [90]
• Texas, Bag-vein, The, [106];
• Hair-streak, [151]
• Thistle-butterfly, The, [102]
• Thorax of butterfly, [15]
• Three-tailed Swallow-tail, [192]
• Tiger, Pacific, [191]
• Tiger Swallow-tail, The, [191]
• Toper, The, [95]
• Tortoise-shells, The, [96];
• Compton, [98];
• Milbert’s, [98]
• Tropic Queens, The, [108]
• Two-tailed Swallow-tail, [191]
• Uncas’ Skipper, [213]
• Varied Blue, [169]
• Vernal Skipper, [218]
• Viceroy, The, [103]
• Violet-wings, The, [104]
• Waiter, The, [108]
• Western, Swallow-tail, The, [196];
• Tailed Blue, [166];
• Orange-tip, [176]
• West Indian Blue, [167]
• Whirlabout, The, [213]
• Whites, The, [171];
• Cabbage, [173];
• Common, [172];
• Florida, [171];
• Great Southern, [172];
• Mustard, [173]
• White Admirals, The, [110]
• White-M Hair-streak, The, [149]
• White Mountain Butterfly, The, [141]
• White Mountain Fritillary, The, [81]
• White Peacock, The, [104]
• White-skirted Calico, The, [123]
• White-striped Tiger Swallow-tail, [191]
• Wings of butterflies, [16]
• Wisconsin Skipper, The, [212]
• Wittfeld’s Hair-streak, [151]
• Wood-nymphs, The, [135];
• Clouded, [137];
• Common, [136];
• Dark, [138];
• Least, [139];
• Small, [137];
• Southern, [136]
• Wood-satyr, The Little, [129]
• Woven-winged Skipper, [209]
• Wright’s Skipper, [211]
• Yellows, The, [181];
• Dwarf, [175];
• Fairy, [184];
• Florida, [183];
• Gulf, [183];
• Mexican, [183]
• Yucca Skipper, [223]
• Zabulon Skipper, [221]
• Zebra, The, [67]