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The Migrations of the Painted Lady Butterfly

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ELSEWHERE in this issue (p. 535) is a short account of our present, very incomplete knowledge of the migrations of the Painted Lady butterfly (Pyrameis cardui). This article has been written with the sole object of obtaining co-operation in a problem which can only be solved by the combined efforts of a number of observers who know what to look for and are kept interested by knowing what relation their observations bear to the whole question.

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WILLIAMS, C. The Migrations of the Painted Lady Butterfly. Nature 115, 533 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115533b0

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