vanessid

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Weismann experimented also with a small vanessid butterfly, _Araschnia levana_, common on the European continent, though unknown in our islands, which is double (or at times treble) brooded, its spring form (_levana_) alternating with a larger and more brightly coloured summer form (_prorsa_).

The Life-Story of Insects 1902