The Audubon Society field guide to North American butterflies /
Robert Michael Pyle ; visual key by Carol Nehring and Jane Opper.
- A Chanticleer Press ed.
- New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1981.
- 916 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
- Audubon Society field guide series .
Includes indexes.
Thumb Tab Guide -- Eggs, Caterpillars, and Chrysalises -- White Butterflies -- Sulphurs -- Folded-winged Skippers -- Spread-winged Skippers -- Swallowtails -- Angled-winged Butterflies -- Hairstreaks and Elfins -- Blue Butterflies -- Copper Butterflies -- Metalmarks -- Checkered Butterflies -- Fritillaries and Orange Patterned Butterflies -- Boldly Patterned Butterflies -- Eyespot Patterned Butterflies -- Text -- Swallowtails and Parnassians -- Whites and Sulphurs -- Gossamer Wings -- Metalmarks -- Snout Butterflies -- Brush-footed Butterflies -- Satyrs or Browns -- Milkweed Butterflies -- True Skippers -- Giant Skippers -- Butterfly-Watching Tips -- How to Photograph Butterflies.
Describes the habitat, behavior, range, and developmental stages of native butterflies, native skippers, and migrating tropical butterflies.
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