| Description |
288 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 279) and index. |
| Summary |
In the text, Orenstein explains the latest scientific discoveries about the world's butterflies and moths. Marent's photographs provide close-up views from delicate browns and skippers to giant birdwings and glittering morphos. You'll discover the answers to many of your questions, from the evolution of color and pattern in butterfly wings to how butterfly populations can survive in a changing world and a warming climate. |
| Contents |
Introducing butterflies -- Swallowtails -- Skippers -- Whites, sulphers and yellows -- Brush-footed butterflies -- Gossamer-winged butterflies -- Metalmarks -- Butterfly wings -- Butterfly life history -- What butterflies eat -- Butterflies in their environment -- Myriads of moths. |
| Subject |
Butterflies -- Pictorial works.
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Butterflies.
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Butterflies. (OCoLC)fst00843103
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| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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| Added Author |
Orenstein, Ronald I. (Ronald Isaac), 1946- author.
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| ISBN |
9781770855809 (bound) |
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1770855807 (bound) |
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