Martin, Gilles,    1956- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/> Translated from the French. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0810959534 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780810959538 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005-027651 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Butterflies.<br/> Butterflies -- Pictorial works.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>595.789 MAR