This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive guide to the more than six hundred butterfly species/subspecies found in the West Indies and southern Florida. Beginning with an historical overview which surveys possible origins, the size of island faunas, and conservation problems, the book proceeds to individual descriptions of each butterfly, from family to sub-species. Descriptions highlight each species' range, West Indian distribution (including numerous new island records), key identification features, ...
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This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive guide to the more than six hundred butterfly species/subspecies found in the West Indies and southern Florida. Beginning with an historical overview which surveys possible origins, the size of island faunas, and conservation problems, the book proceeds to individual descriptions of each butterfly, from family to sub-species. Descriptions highlight each species' range, West Indian distribution (including numerous new island records), key identification features, observations on habitat choice and field behavior, and life history information. A taxonomic checklist, a list of plant genera families used as larval foodplants, an extensive bibliography, and a helpful index are also included. The book features the exquisite illustrations of Richard Lewington, all of which are presented in full color, many for the first time. Professional and amateur lepidopterists, zoologists, biogeographers, and natural historians will want this book for their libraries.
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** Signed on the title page by co-authors Lee D. Miller and Jacqueline Y. Miller **; Good++ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Ink name-stamp to the three textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Orange and black dust jacket with title in orange and white lettering; 1994, Oxford University Press; 346 pages; "The Butterflies of the West Indies and South Florida, " by David Spencer Smith, et al.
