CHAPTER VII


 FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE
 SUB-FAMILY Acrsina
Genus :
I. ACTINOTE GUATEMALENA (Bates).
 A woodland butterfly which floats around the
tops of high bushes in the jungle. I have taken it
in the Western District and also at San Pedro
Sarstoon, but it appears to be altogether absent
from the north. It is far from being a common
insect.

 SUB-FAMILY Heliconiine
2. HELICONIUS PETIVERANA (Doub).
 This and Heliconius charithonia (Linn) are the
two common members of this group. They afe
both very abundant in forest land through the
Colony. The flight is feeble, slow and fluttering,
and the insect is easily captured. It appears only
rarely to rest, but continues hovering fluttering
and slowly moving around low-growing plants and
bushes.
 The beautiful red colour of the insect when