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7. Fore wings with certain veins greatly swollen at the base. Mediumsized
dull-colored butterflies frequently tawny, brown, gray, or
dusky and with eyespots; feeble fliers; cosmopolitan. (Satyrs, Graylings,
Meadow-browns, Heaths.) SATYRIDlE p. 510
Fore wings without greatly swollen veins. Neotropical BRASSOLID)E
8. Hind wings depressed along the anal margins to embrace the abdomen.
Large brillillnt and metallic, often blue, tropical butterflies much
used in the arts. (Morphos.) MORPHOIDlE p. 510
Hind wings without anal depressions. 1-.1edium-sized to large varicolored
butterflies common throughout the world (Fritillaries, Crescent
Spots, Anglewings, 'Four-footed Butterflies, Brush-footed
Butterflies.) NYMPHALIDlE p. 511
9. Costa of hind wings thickened to meet the humeral angle; Sc with
basal spur or humeral vein. Neotropical. (Metal Marks.)
RIODINIDlE
Costa of hind wings not thickened at bast;; humeral vein absent. Small
to medium-sized common butterflies; mostly metallic blue above,
variable below. (Gossamer-winged Butterflies, Blues, Coppers,
Hairstreaks.) . L YClENIDlE p. 513
Family PAPILIONIDAi: Leach 1819 (Pa-pil'i.on'i-dre, from the Latin papilio,
butterfly). German, Edelfalter. French, Papilionides. Swallowtails, Birdwinged
Butterflies.
Beautiful large, brightly colored butteriHf::s which are among the finest of all
living creatures. Mostly iridescent black or very dark blue or green with bright
c
FIG. 166. A skipper butterfly, Calpodes ethlius (Cramer). a, adult; b, caterpillar; c and d.
chrysalids with long sheathed rostrums. (After Chittenden, U.S.D.A. from Insects oj Western
NOTth America.)
yellow, orange, red, green, or blue markings; antennre strongly knobbed; legs
fully developed; wings very large; hind pair with the vein lA absent; with or
withQut one or two pairs of rather short, variously shaped tails which are
marginal extensions of the region of the vein M3 of the hind wings. Papilio