Butterflies of the world - Martin, Gilles, 1956-; Baran, Myriam (New York : Abrams, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and indexes.
Translated from the French.
Keywords: Butterflies; Butterflies -- Pictorial works