Butterflies of the world /
Martin, Gilles, 1956-
Butterflies of the world / photographs by Gilles Martin ; text by Myriam Baran ; translated from the French by Simon Jones. - New York : Abrams, 2006. - 220 p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and indexes.
The genius of diversity. Butterflies by day, moths by night -- Versa tile mouths -- The colors and shapes of survival -- The world of caterp illars. Insatiable appetites -- Too beautiful to touch -- From caterpil lar to butterfly -- The world of butterflies and moths. Bodies built fo r love -- Astonishingly keen senses -- Hordes on migration -- Lepidopte ra and humans. The birthplace of silk -- Great public and private colle ctions -- Conservation and the future.
Translated from the French.
0810959534 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780810959538
2005-027651
Butterflies.
Butterflies -- Pictorial works.
595.789 MAR
Butterflies of the world / photographs by Gilles Martin ; text by Myriam Baran ; translated from the French by Simon Jones. - New York : Abrams, 2006. - 220 p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and indexes.
The genius of diversity. Butterflies by day, moths by night -- Versa tile mouths -- The colors and shapes of survival -- The world of caterp illars. Insatiable appetites -- Too beautiful to touch -- From caterpil lar to butterfly -- The world of butterflies and moths. Bodies built fo r love -- Astonishingly keen senses -- Hordes on migration -- Lepidopte ra and humans. The birthplace of silk -- Great public and private colle ctions -- Conservation and the future.
Translated from the French.
0810959534 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780810959538
2005-027651
Butterflies.
Butterflies -- Pictorial works.
595.789 MAR