Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1905 — Butterflies and Moths. [ARTICLE]

Butterflies and Moths.

Though butterflies and moths are found widely distributed all over the globe they are by far most abundant In the tropics. For instance, Brazil can show to the collector not less than 700 different species within an hour’s walk of Para. There are not half as many in all Europe. In Britain there are 07 species, and In all Europe there are 390 different kinds. They are found as far north as Spitzbergen, on the Alps to a height of 9,000 feet and on the Andes np to 18,000 feet. As there are some 200,000 species it is easy to see why butterfly hunters are great travelers.