Butterflies : a complete guide to their biology and behavior / Dick Vane-Wright.

By:

Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin

Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2015Copyright date: Â©2015Edition: Second editionDescription: 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781501700170
1501700170

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

595.78/9 23

LOC classification:

QL542 .V36 2015

Summary: "Butterflies immediately catch our attention with their beautiful wing patterns and colors. They exemplify metamorphosis with the creeping caterpillar transforming into a soaring butterfly. They have also come to be creatures of science, revealing much to biologists about evolution and the ecological processes and historical accidents that have generated the diversity of life on Earth. In Butterflies, Dick Vane-Wright provides a complete introduction to the biology, natural history, and classification of this major group. Using examples from around the world and eye-catching photographs, he explores what it means to be a butterfly, from how the yellow birdwing finds a mate to why the African gaudy commodores produce adults of different colors."-- back cover.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.

"Butterflies immediately catch our attention with their beautiful wing patterns and colors. They exemplify metamorphosis with the creeping caterpillar transforming into a soaring butterfly. They have also come to be creatures of science, revealing much to biologists about evolution and the ecological processes and historical accidents that have generated the diversity of life on Earth. In Butterflies, Dick Vane-Wright provides a complete introduction to the biology, natural history, and classification of this major group. Using examples from around the world and eye-catching photographs, he explores what it means to be a butterfly, from how the yellow birdwing finds a mate to why the African gaudy commodores produce adults of different colors."-- back cover.

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