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description: The Butterflies of Canada is beautifully illustrated guide to all aspects of the study of butterflies. It is the first comprehensive guide available for Canada and contains descriptions of close to three hundred butterfly species including their early stages subspecies key identification features as well as individual distribution maps. More than just a field guide The Butterflies of Canada includes chapters on Canadian geography and butterfly distribution butterfly systematics conservation gardening photography and the history of butterfly study in Canada. It makes available new and unpublished information on butterflies their classifications ranges larval food plants abundance flight seasons and noteworthy habits. There is also an extensive bibliography to provide a starting point for further study.
language: English
title: Butterflies of Canada
publisher: University of Toronto Press