Butterflies of the world
By: photographs by Gilles Martin ; text by Myriam Baran ; translated from the French by Simon Jones.
Contributors: Baran, Myriam.
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Butterflies; Butterflies -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.      ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The genius of diversity. Butterflies by day, moths by night; title: Versatile mouths; title: The colors and shapes of survival; title: The world of caterpillars. Insatiable appetites; title: Too beautiful to touch; title: From caterpillar to butterfly; title: The world of butterflies and moths. Bodies built for love; title: Astonishingly keen senses; title: Hordes on migration; title: Lepidoptera and humans. The birthplace of silk; title: Great public and private collections; title: Conservation and the future.