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The butterflies of Iowa / Dennis W. Schlicht, John C. Downey, Jeffrey C. Nekola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schlicht, Dennis W.
- Series:
- Bur Oak guide.
- A Bur Oak guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Butterflies--Iowa.
- Butterflies.
- Insects--Iowa.
- Insects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This beautiful and comprehensive guide, many years in the making, is a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains states.It begins by providing information on the natural communities of Iowa, paying special attention to butterfly habitat and distribution. Next come chapters on the history of lepidopteran research in Iowa and on creating butterfly gardens, followed by an intriguing series of questions and issues relevant to the study of butterflies in the state.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part One: An Introductionto Iowa Butterflies; The Natural Communities of Iowa and Their Butterflies; A History of Butterfly Collecting in Iowa; Attracting Butterflies; Problems for Future Research; Part Two: The Butterflies of Iowa; Introduction to the Species Accounts; Skippers: Family Hesperiidae; Swallowtails: Family Papilionidae; Whites, Sulphurs, and Marbles: Family Pieridae; Coppers, Blues, Hairstreaks, and Harvesters: Family Lycaenidae; Brush-footed Butterflies: Family Nymphalidae; Occasional Strays and Old Records
- Part Three: Plates, Range Maps, and Flight DiagramsIntroduction to the Plates; The Plates; Introduction to the Range Maps and Flight Diagrams; Range Maps and Flight Diagrams; Checklist of Iowa Butterflies; Butterfly Collection Data; Glossary; Plant Names; Literature Cited; Index; Bur Oak Nature Guides
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes blbliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781587297618
- 1587297612
- OCLC:
- 297117919
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