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The Audubon Society field guide to North American butterflies / Robert Michael Pyle ; visual key by Carol Nehring and Jane Opper.

LIBRA QL548 .P94 1981
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical Subjects:
Genre:
  • Field guides.
Physical Description:
916 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Edition:
A Chanticleer Press edition.
Other Title:
Field guide to North American butterflies.
Place of Publication:
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1981.
Summary:
Butterflies are among the natural world's most colorful and intriguing creatures, so what could be more useful than a handy field guide with more than 1,000 photographs of all the butterflies of North America north of Mexico, including all true butterflies, the most common skippers, and many migrants and strays. The color plates are visually arranged by shape and color, and thumb-tab silhouettes provide a convenient index to identification of butterflies in the field. The species account for each butterfly provides measurements, descriptions of each stage of the life cycle, and information on coloring or distinguishing markings, flight period, habitat, and range.
Contents:
  • Thumb Tab Guide 36
  • Eggs, Caterpillars, and Chrysalises 1
  • White Butterflies 52
  • Sulphurs 85
  • Folded-winged Skippers 133
  • Spread-winged Skippers 241
  • Swallowtails 316
  • Angled-winged Butterflies 361
  • Hairstreaks and Elfins 382
  • Blue Butterflies 463
  • Copper Butterflies 511
  • Metalmarks 541
  • Checkered Butterflies 556
  • Fritillaries and Orange Patterned Butterflies 592
  • Boldly Patterned Butterflies 643
  • Eyespot Patterned Butterflies 688
  • Part II Text
  • Swallowtails and Parnassians 321
  • Whites and Sulphurs 350
  • Gossamer Wings 400
  • Metalmarks 518
  • Snout Butterflies 534
  • Brush-footed Butterflies 537
  • Satyrs or Browns 662
  • Milkweed Butterflies 711
  • True Skippers 716
  • Giant Skippers 846
  • Butterfly-Watching Tips 865
  • How to Photograph Butterflies 869.
Notes:
Includes indexes.
ISBN:
0394519140
OCLC:
7646788

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