Butterflies of The World: Over 5,000 Butterflies in Full Color

Butterflies of the World depicts full-color illustrations of over 5,000 butterflies. These photographs are taken from the world-renowned entomological collection in the British Museum's Natural History Dept in London. The illustrations are amplified by a textual section which gives generic & specific names, locations, & other brief descriptive information.

Includes butterflies from Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Indo-Australasia, & asia. Virtually all groups of species are represented, & some 90 percent of all but the most elusive species can be identified from the plates, text & index.