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Butterflies of the world / photographs by Gilles Martin ; text by Myriam Baran ; translated from the French by Simon Jones.

By: Martin, Gilles, 1956-.
Contributor(s): Baran, Myriam.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : H.N. Abrams, 2006Description: 220 p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.ISBN: 0810959534 (hardcover : alk. paper).Uniform titles: Papillons du monde. English Subject(s): Butterflies | Butterflies -- Pictorial works | Butterflies | Butterflies -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 595.78/9
Contents:
The genius of diversity. Butterflies by day, moths by night -- Versatile mouths -- The colors and shapes of survival -- The world of caterpillars. Insatiable appetites -- Too beautiful to touch -- From caterpillar to butterfly -- The world of butterflies and moths. Bodies built for love -- Astonishingly keen senses -- Hordes on migration -- Lepidoptera and humans. The birthplace of silk -- Great public and private collections -- Conservation and the future.
Summary: A guide to butterflies that describes physical characteristics of various species, metamorphosis, behavior, and endangerment. 'Includes photographs.
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Translation of: Papillons du monde.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and indexes.

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A guide to butterflies that describes physical characteristics of various species, metamorphosis, behavior, and endangerment. 'Includes photographs.

The genius of diversity. Butterflies by day, moths by night -- Versatile mouths -- The colors and shapes of survival -- The world of caterpillars. Insatiable appetites -- Too beautiful to touch -- From caterpillar to butterfly -- The world of butterflies and moths. Bodies built for love -- Astonishingly keen senses -- Hordes on migration -- Lepidoptera and humans. The birthplace of silk -- Great public and private collections -- Conservation and the future.

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