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 Museums 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.