With a good field guide, you can identify the butterflies in your yard and garden. Look for a guide that will be easy to read outdoors. Study the book and decide whether it answers your questions. Check out the guide's size and durability. Decide if you want a guide for a specific location.
Some publishers have field guides for butterflies indigenous to specific regions, areas, or states.
Choose a guide based on the user's level of experience. For the young naturalist, choose one that has good photos of common butterflies and simple prose. Peterson Guides use paintings or drawings in place of photos. The carefully drawn pictures highlight specific markings to aid identification. Inc. How things get done.