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.

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Butterflies.
Butterflies--Pictorial works.

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