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

Butterflies of The World: Over 5,000 Butterflies in Full Color by H.L. Lewis. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780517481653.

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.