Butterflies of the world /
Martin, Gilles, 1956-
Butterflies of the world / cover title. photographs by Gilles Martin ; text by Myriam Baran ; translated from the French by Simon Jones. - New York : Abrams, 2006. - 220 p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index.
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.
Translated from the French.
0810959534 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780810959538
2005027651
GBA634644 bnb
013432461 Uk
Butterflies.
Butterflies--Pictorial works.
QL542 / .M37213 2006
595.78/9
Butterflies of the world / cover title. photographs by Gilles Martin ; text by Myriam Baran ; translated from the French by Simon Jones. - New York : Abrams, 2006. - 220 p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index.
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.
Translated from the French.
0810959534 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780810959538
2005027651
GBA634644 bnb
013432461 Uk
Butterflies.
Butterflies--Pictorial works.
QL542 / .M37213 2006
595.78/9