Smithsonian Handbooks: Butterflies & Moths

by Carter, David A.

• ISBN13: 9780789489838
• ISBN10: 078948983X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-15
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy and accurate.

Author Biography

David Carter is an entomologist at the Natural History Museum, London, where he has specialized in Lepidoptera for nearly 40 years, and has managed part of the vast National Collection of World Insects. He has written several books, technical manuals and has contributed to many scientific papers. David lives with his wife Brenda in Surrey, England

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 10
Author's Introduction	p. 6
How This Book Works	p. 9
Butterfly or Moth?	p. 10
Life Cycle	p. 12
Early Stages	p. 14
Survival	p. 16
Conservation	p. 18
Observation	p. 20
Rearing	p. 22
Butterfly Garden	p. 24
Zoogeographical Regions	p. 26
Butterflies	p. 36
Hesperiidae	p. 36
Papilionidae	p. 46
Pieridae	p. 62
Lycaenidae	p. 76
Nymphalidae	p. 106
Moths	p. 188
Thyatiridae	p. 188
Drepanidae	p. 189
Uraniidae	p. 190
Geometridae	p. 192
Lasiocampidae	p. 204
Eupterotidae	p. 210
Anthelidae	p. 212
Bombycidae	p. 214
Brahmeidae	p. 216
Saturniidae	p. 218
Sphingidae	p. 236
Notodontidae	p. 246
Noctuidae	p. 252
Agaristidae	p. 266
Lymantriidae	p. 267
Arctiidae	p. 273
Castniidae	p. 284
Sesiidae	p. 286
Limacodidae	p. 287
Zygaenidae	p. 288
Cossidae	p. 291
Hepialidae	p. 294
Glossary	p. 298
Index	p. 299
Acknowledgments	p. 304
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