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.