Book

The butterflies of North America / William H. Howe, coordinating editor and illustrator & twenty contributors--contributors, David L. Bauer [and others].

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975.

xiii, 633 pages, 97 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

"Comprehensive volume on the butterflies and skippers of Canada and the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. It is written for everyone who is interested in butterflies, from beginning student to professional."--Pref. Seventy pages of introductory material on biology, distribution, collecting, etc. List of Lepidopterists' societies and journals. Ninety seven color plates containing 2093 illustrations and 32 text figures. Descriptions at the generic and species levels include description of immature and adult stages plus distribution. Brief glossary and bibliography. Index to food plants and index to butterflies. Published 1975.

Butterflies -- North America.

Insects -- North America.

Howe, William H.

Bauer, David L.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-591) and indexes.

Preface --- The contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Harry K. Clench. What is a butterfly? -- How to tell males from females -- Life history: egg, larva, pupa, adult -- Adult morphology: head, thorax, wings, legs, abdomen, female and male genitalia -- Butterfly biology: mating, broods, life span, food habits, thermoregulation, enemies, mimicry, protective resemblance -- Distribution: faunal regions, life zones, precipitation zones -- Zoogeography: faunal interchange, movements within North America -- Classification and taxonomy: taxonomic hierarchy, zones of intergradation -- Scientific names and naming / Alexander B. Klots -- How to catch butterflies: net, killing bottle, forceps, envelopes, collecting bag, field notebook, optional equipment -- How to collect: when, where, collecting techniques -- How to make a collection: relaxing, mounting, storage -- Study techniques: venation, genitalia -- Data: field notes, pin labels, hints on labelling, data equipment -- Why collect butterflies? -- Disposing of your collection -- Sources of equipment and supplies -- Lepidopterists' societies and journals -- The butterflies of North America. Papilionoidea. Danaidae / William H. Howe. Danainae / William H. Howe ; Lycoreinae / William Howe ; Ithomiidae / William H. Howe ; Satyridae / Thomas C. Emmel. Satyrinae / Thomas C. Emmel ; Lethinae / Thomas C. Emmel ; Apaturidae / William H. Howe. Apaturniae / William H. Howe ; Charaxinae / William H. Howe ; Nymphalidae / William H. Howe. Marpesiinae / William H. Howe ; Limenitinae / William H. Howe, Edwin M. Perkins, Jr., Stephen F. Perkins ; Nymphalinae / William H. Howe [and others] ; Argynninae / William H. Howe, Jon H. Shepard ; Heliconiidae / William H. Howe ; Libytheidae / William H. Howe ; Riodinidae / Jerry A. Powell ; Liphyridae / William H. Howe ; Lycaenidae / William H. Howe. Theclinae / William H. Howe [and others] ; Lycaeninae / Paul A. Opler ; Plebejinae / William H. Howe, Robert L. Langston, John C. Downey ; Pieridae / William H. Howe. Dismorphiinae / William H. Howe ; Coliadinae / William H. Howe, Alexander B. Klots ; Pierinae / William H. Howe ; Papilionidae / William H. Howe. Papilioninae / John F. Emmel ; Parnassiinae / Jon H. Shepard, Sigrid S. Shepard -- Hesperioidea. Megathymidae / Kilian Roever ; Hesperiidae / C. Don MacNeill. Hesperiinae / C. Don MacNeill ; Pyrginae / C. Don MacNeill ; Pyrrhopyginae / C. Don MacNeill ; Addenda / William E. Howe -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Collections -- Index.

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