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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