C. M. W.
| PAGE | |
| [Preface] | v |
| [List of Colored Illustrations] | xi |
| [List of Other Illustrations] | xiii |
| PART I | |
| [INTRODUCTION] | |
| [Butterfly Transformations] | 5 |
| [Butterflies and Moths] | 13 |
| [The Scents of Butterflies] | 15 |
| [Butterfly Migrations] | 16 |
| [Hibernation or Winter Lethargy] | 17 |
| [Aestivation or Summer Lethargy] | 21 |
| [Feigning Death in Butterflies] | 22 |
| [Coloration of Butterflies] | 24 |
| [Selective Color Sense in Butterflies] | 32 |
| [Warning Coloration and Mimicry] | 33 |
| [Heliotropism] | 35 |
| [List and Shadow Observations] | 37 |
| [Parasitic Enemies] | 40 |
| [Rearing Butterflies from Caterpillars] | 43 |
| [Photographing Butterflies] | 47 |
| [Butterfly Collections] | 49 |
| PART II | |
| PAGE | |
| [True Butterflies]—Superfamily Papilionoidea | 55 |
| [Parnassians] (Parnassiinae) | 56 |
| [The Swallowtails] (Papilionidae) Black Swallowtail; Giant Swallowtail; Blue Swallowtail; Green-clouded Swallowtail; Tiger Swallowtail; Palamedes Swallowtail; Short-tailed Papilio; Zebra Swallowtail; Synopsis of the Swallowtails | 57 |
| [Whites, Orange-tips, and Yellows] (Pieridae) | 82 |
[The Tribe of the Whites]: White or Imported Cabbage Butterfly; Gray-veined White; Checkered White; Great Southern White; Synopsis of the Whites | 83 |
[The Tribe of the Orange-tips]: Falcate Orange-tip; Olympian Orange-tip; Synopsis of the Orange-tips | 92 |
[The Tribe of the Yellows]: Brimstone or Cloudless Sulphur; Dog's-head; Clouded Sulphur; Orange Sulphur; Pink-edged Sulphur; Black-bordered Yellow; Little Sulphur; Dainty Sulphur; Synopsis of the Yellows | 97 |
| [Nymphs] (Nymphalidae) | 111 |
[The Tribe of the Fritillaries]: Gulf Fritillary; Variegated Fritillary; Diana Fritillary; Regal Fritillary; Great Spangled Fritillary; Silver-spot Fritillary; Mountain Silver-spot; White Mountain Fritillary; Meadow Fritillary; Silver-bordered Fritillary; Synopsis of the Fritillaries | 115 |
[The Tribe of the Crescent-spots]: Baltimore Checker-spot; Harris's Checker-spot; Silver Crescent; Pearl Crescent; Synopsis of the Crescent-spots | 135 |
[The Tribe of the Angle-wings]: Violet-tip; Hop-merchant or Comma; Gray Comma; Green Comma; Red Admiral or Nettle Butterfly; Painted Beauty; Painted Lady or Cosmopolite; Mourning-cloak; American tortoise-shell; White J Butterfly or Compton Tortoise; Buckeye; Synopsis of the Angle-wings (I. Polygonias—II. Vanessids) | 150 |
[The Tribe of the Sovereigns]: Viceroy; Banded Purple; Red-spotted Purple; Vicereine; Synopsis of the Sovereigns | 192 |
[The Tribe of the Emperors]: Goatweed Emperor; Gray Emperor; Tawny Emperor; Synopsis of the Emperors | 207 |
| [Meadows-browns or Satyrs] (Agapetidae) Common Wood Nymph or Grayling; Southern Wood Nymph; Pearly Eye; Eyed Brown; White Mountain Butterfly; Arctic Satyr; Little Wood Satyr; Other Meadow-browns; Synopsis of Meadow-browns | 214 |
| [Heliconians] (Heliconidae) Zebra Butterfly | 229 |
| [Milkweed Butterflies] (Lymnadidae) Monarch; Queen | 232 |
| [Snout Butterflies or Long-beaks] (Libytheidae) Snout Butterfly | 236 |
| [Metal-marks] (Riodinidae) Small Metal-mark; Large Metal-mark | 239 |
| [Gossamer-wings] (Lycaenidae) | 240 |
[The Tribe of the Hair-streaks]: Great Purple Hair-streak; Gray Hair-streak; Banded Hair-streak; Striped Hair-streak; Acadian Hair-streak; Olive Hair-streak; Synopsis of the Hair-streaks | 242 |
[The Tribe of the Coppers]: Wanderer; American Copper; Synopsis of the Coppers | 252 |
[The Tribe of the Blues]: Spring Azure; Scudder's Blue; Tailed Blue; Silvery Blue: Synopsis of the Blues | 258 |
| PART III | |
| PAGE | |
| [The Skipper Butterflies]—SuperfamilyHesperioidea | 266 |
| [Giant Skippers] (Megathymidae) Yucca-borer Skipper | 267 |
| [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 |