British Butterflies

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British Butterflies
James Duncan
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It is found in all parts of Eu- rope, in the United States of America, and the coun- tries of Africa skirting the Mediterranean. In the East Indies, and in the island of Teneriffe, it is re placed by a very closely allied insect, which beau- tifully exemplifies the nice and occasionally almost imperceptible gradations by which nature sometimes passes from one species to another. The latter is named & vulcania, and the distinctive marks which it presents are so slight, that they might seem rathe...r between those few days that intervene from the end ADMIRAL RED.
a casual modification of the characters of V. Atalanta^ than the indication of any specific difference ; yet tho two have a totally different range of geographical distribution. * " This insect very rarely appears, '* says a popular writer, speaking of V. Atalanta, " un- til late in September, and then so perfect and fresh in its plumage, as to manifest its recent production from the chrysalis. In some years they abound, and we may see twenty of these beautiful creatures ex- panding and closing their brilliant wings under the fruit trees on our walls, or basking upon the disc of some autumnal flower; and at another, perhaps, hardly a specimen is to be obtained ; nor do they seem, like the wasp, to be scarce or abundant ac- cording to the deficiency or plenty of the season, but influenced by other causes.


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