A Field Guide to Eastern ButterfliesThis newly designed field guide features descriptions of 524 species of butterflies. One hundred color photographs as well as 348 color range maps accompany the species descriptions. The 541 exquisite color paintings clearly show even the most minute field marks. Introductory chapters include information on butterfly gardening, habitats, and conservation. |
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Contents
How to Use This Book 1 | 9 |
Sulphurs | 9 |
Sulphurs | 10 |
How to Study Butterflies | 14 |
Making a butterfly net | 18 |
Butterfly Gardening | 25 |
Butterfly Habitats | 34 |
SPECIES ACCOUNTS | 42 |
Brushfoots | 84 |
Brushfoots | 86 |
Brushfoots | 88 |
Brushfoots | 90 |
Brushfoots | 92 |
Brushfoots | 94 |
Milkweed Butterflies Satyrs | 96 |
Satyrs | 98 |
Flowers for Butterfly Gardens | 44 |
Eggs and Pupae Chrysalids | 50 |
Sulphurs | 64 |
Harvester Coppers Hairstreaks | 66 |
Hairstreaks | 68 |
Hairstreaks | 70 |
Hairstreaks and Blues | 72 |
Blues | 74 |
Blues and Metalmarks | 76 |
Snouts and Brushfoots | 78 |
Brushfoots and Acmon Blue | 80 |
Brushfoots | 82 |
Arctics | 100 |
Openwinged Skippers 31 Openwinged Skippers | 102 |
Openwinged Skippers | 106 |
Various Skippers | 108 |
Branded Skippers | 110 |
Branded Skippers | 112 |
Branded Skippers | 114 |
SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA | 125 |
Lycaenidae | 175 |
Branded Skippers 38 Branded Skippers 39 Branded Skippers and Yucca GiantSkippers | 391 |
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adult America Arctic areas Ariz band base black spots blue broods brown butterflies Canada Caterpillar cell spot Coast collection COMMON costa CRESCENT dark brown DUSKYWING EARLY STAGES east eastern edges eggs Euphyes extensive eyespots feed female fields FLIGHT flowers FOOD forests forewing forewing apex Fringes FRITILLARY gardens gray green HABITAT HAIRSTREAK head hindwing host Hübner insect Keys lacks late lateral lower Rio male marks median Mexico narrow nectar North America Northern orange outer margin pale patch pattern perch Pine plants PLATE pointed populations postmedian prairies RANGE Rare red-orange reported Resident Rio Grande Valley rounded scales sexes side SIMILAR SPECIES SKIPPER southern stray stripes submarginal SULPHUR summer SWALLOWTAIL Papilio tails Texas tropical Underside Underside of hindwing Upperside usually veins Veracruz white spots wings winter woods yellow zone