The Butterflies of North America
A Natural History and Field Guide
විසින් James C. Scott
- මෙම සංස්කරණයේ ප්රකාශන වසර: 1992
- පළමු ප්රකාශනයේ වසර: 1992
- ප්රකාශන වර්ගය: පොත
- භාෂාව: English
- ISBN-10: 0804720134
- පුස්තකාලය: Pusthakalaya · Washington, D. C.
- ඇමතුම් අංකය: QL548 .S38 1986
- ප්රකාශක: Stanford University Press
- මුල් මිල: 65.00 USD
- මූලපද: Insects (entomology), North America, Lepidoptera, Nature, Science/Mathematics, Butterflies & Moths, Nature / Butterflies, Identification, Butterflies, Insects
The only field guide to cover all North American butterfly species, this monumental work is also a complete natural history, fully describing the biological and ecological world of butterflies in general. It is without question the most important book on butterflies in several decades, and the most complete treatment of a major butterfly faun ever published.
The book is written at several levels of detail, most of it accessible to anyone, and employs the minimum of technical terms necessary for ensuring scientific accuracy. Extensive introductory material―a book in itself―stresses butterfly biology and ecology: structure, flight, metamorphosis, hibernation, physiology, roosting, migration, mating, egg laying, intelligence, social behavior, larval and adult foods, enemies, mimicry, variation, evolution, habitats, distribution, and conservation. The main text is arranged in phylogenetic sequence, and characteristics or behavior common to all members of a family, subfamily, or tribe are discussed at those levels. The skippers, a large group often excluded, are treated in full.
The book is written at several levels of detail, most of it accessible to anyone, and employs the minimum of technical terms necessary for ensuring scientific accuracy. Extensive introductory material―a book in itself―stresses butterfly biology and ecology: structure, flight, metamorphosis, hibernation, physiology, roosting, migration, mating, egg laying, intelligence, social behavior, larval and adult foods, enemies, mimicry, variation, evolution, habitats, distribution, and conservation. The main text is arranged in phylogenetic sequence, and characteristics or behavior common to all members of a family, subfamily, or tribe are discussed at those levels. The skippers, a large group often excluded, are treated in full.