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Tables of Contents for A Field Guide to Western Butterflies
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Map of Area Covered
ii
Editor's Note
vii
Acknowledgments
viii
Preface
x
How to Use This Book
1
3
About Butterflies Their structure, life history, and behavior
4
10
How to Study Butterflies Watching, Photographing, and collecting
14
6
Butterfly Gardening
20
4
Conservation of Butterflies
24
3
Butterfly Distribution
27
3
Speciation and Variation of Western Butterflies
30
3
PLATES (See list on page xiii)
33
448
SPECIES ACCOUNTS
True Butterflies: Superfamily Papilionoidea
Parnassians and Swallowtails: Papilionidae
125
19
Whites and Sulphurs: Pieridae
144
41
Harvester, Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues: Lycaenidae
185
70
Metalmarks: Riodinidae
255
11
Brushfoots: Nymphalidae
266
106
SKIPPERS: SUPERFAMILY HESPERIOIDEA
Skippers: Hesperiidae
372
109
Life List of Western Butterflies
481
16
Glossary
497
6
References
503
5
Index to Host and Nectar Plants
508
7
Index to Butterflies
515