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The butterfly guide

Chapter 56: Genus VICTORINA Blanchard (The Malachites).
By W. J. Holland
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A concise field manual for identifying common North American butterflies, presenting 295 colored figures that depict 255 species and varieties alongside succinct descriptions of wing patterns, sizes, ranges, and habits. The text opens with accessible explanations of butterfly anatomy, classification, and life history, then provides practical, field-oriented identification guidance, often illustrating only a single wing side or half when adequate. Emphasis is on clear visual comparison, terminology, and observation tips to assist naturalists and beginners in recognizing and distinguishing species across the United States and Canada.

Genus VICTORINA Blanchard
(The Malachites).

PL. LVIII

Large butterflies, conspicuously marked with pale green spots surrounded by darker color. On the under side the wings are paler, and have a satiny lustre, the edges of the light spots on this side marbled with brown. Neuration of fore wing singular in that the upper and lower discocellulars are wanting and the radials seem to spring from the lower side of the subcostal before the middle; the third median is strongly bowed upward. Hind wing tailed at end of the third median nervule.

There are five species of the genus thus far known, all belonging to the American tropics, one of which occurs in Florida and Texas.

(1) Victorina steneles (Linnæus), Plate LVIII, ♂ (The Pearly Malachite).

There is no need of an elaborate description of this species, as it is the only one of its genus in our borders, and the figure we give is fully recognizable. Expanse 3.50-4.00 inches.