Welcome to butterflies of america a website devoted to the study and enjoyment of american butterflies. Kaufman field guide to butterflies of north america kaufman focus. Whatever belief, everyone agrees that butterflies are among the most beautiful and mysterious insects on the planet. A field guide to tropical butterflies of american conservatories by christopher kline posted by david albaugh on april 22, 2020 for me, seeing butterflies in my yard, or out on a hike is a thrill, especially if there is a lot of them. There is something new to learn in each book and butterflies of north america is no exception. Garden butterflies of north america mountain valley growers. Extraordinary rare book selections from the american museum of natural history library, no 1 female. The riodinidae are members of the superfamily papilionoidea, the true butterflies. If you are interested in learning butterflies and live in the eastern usa, this is the only book you will ever need to purchase. The systematic arrangement of the catalogue is intuitive once a few principles are stated.
Our aim is to develop a comprehensive online resource that will include information on taxonomy and identification, distribution and. Currently, we show 160,500 images and list over 8,300 species, and these numbers are growing every day. Beautifully illustrated and detailed guide to butterflies of north america. If you know the scientific or common name the easiest way to find it is to. Take a trip outside to discover the butterfly species in your area with this list of butterfly field guides and checklists. Kaufman field guide to butterflies of north america kaufman focus guides. This massive movement of butterflies has been called one of the most. This was a great eyeopening, moving, well written book that deserves five stars. National audubon society field guide to butterflies by. It features butterflies from mexico through central america to. Kaufman field guide to butterflies of north america. Kaufman field guide to butterflies of north america by jim p. Titian peales lost manuscript, todays readers can appreciate both the insects and the striking images. Butterflies in the united states smithsonian institution.
A swift guide to butterflies of north america princeton university. Butterflies of america is a comprehensive image archive, currently including all american butterfly species and subspecies from the arctic circle to panama, and the caribbean islands except trinidad and tobago. Butterflies of north america by jeffrey glassberg, paperback. Attracting native pollinators is illustrated with hundreds of color photographs and dozens of specially created illustrations across four sections.
Introduction to the interactive list of american butterfly. This is a fun book to read, but it is not the best book to teach children about butterflies. After all, caterpillars do not eat oranges, or apples, or chocolate cake. Jeffrey glassbergs new field guide are the superb photographs of living butterflies. Use the arrows next to the search box to scroll through found choices. Cuban kite swallowtail, eurytides celadon, on live oak, from. Butterflies of america, 64 color illustrations, 1934 hardcover january 1, 1934 by lillian davids fazzini author. Butterflies of america foundation curator of butterflies, washington state burke memorial museum, university of washington, box 353010, seattle, wa 98195 author of. Jun 21, 2011 whatever belief, everyone agrees that butterflies are among the most beautiful and mysterious insects on the planet. Butterflies of america is especially useful for identifying northern neotropical hesperiidae, lycaenidae and riodinidae. Written by jeffrey glassberg, the pioneering authority on the field identification of butterflies, the guide covers more than 2,000 species and features over 3,700 large, gorgeous color photographs, the very best. Their books have been instrumental in my education of butterflies for many years. A catalogue of the butterflies of the united states and. Order garden butterflies of america by rick mikula hardcover 143 pages 1997.
Pearly eye, satyrodes, probably eurydice, plate ciii from the. Detailed descriptions of the butterflies life cycle, egg, pupa and adult are richly composed. Subspecific entries for each species are indented once, and are preceded by lowercase roman letters in alphabetical sequence. Click on a photograph to view full size, or click on a scientific name to go to a species profile. Butterflies of south america first edition by bernard dabrera author 3. 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. Books by bernard dabrera author of butterflies of south. A photographic field guide to the hairstreaks and metalmarks of central america, for the purpose of this books defined as the area between the. The guide breaks down how to identify butterflies correctly by telling you what to look for. Family riodinidae metalmarks butterflies and moths of. This type of guide will allow you to quickly move to a section of butterflies of similar colors. This book includes an entire chapter devoted to the resilient migrating monarch. The butterflies are presented in color photographs, both full and side views for each.
The american artist and naturalist titian ramsay pe. Many of the mounted butterfles we encounter in displays and. Aug 27, 2014 its meant as a chart of decorative species illustrations rather than an educational infographic. He is president of the north american butterfly association, editor of american butterflies magazine, and the author of many books, including the butterflies through. They join images from north and central american boa pages interactive list and the neotropical type specimens photo collections. A popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of north america by william jacob holland 2015, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Anyone with a strong interest in butterflies should get this book.
It features a durable vinyl biding, color plates visually arranged by shape and color, and thumbtab silhouettes for quick and easy identification of butterflies in the field. I have used the book only for a short time but i too have found the digitally edited photographs perfect for the purpose of illustrating a. The book i used the most for this project was butterflies of north america by brock jp and kaufman k. These authors teach us so much about the joy of butterflies. This book is just barely under 11 tall and 8 12 wide. Now discover the many amazing butterfly breeds in the complete book of north american butterflies, edited by butterfly expert paul opler. Butterflies and moths of north america bamona is an ambitious effort to collect, store, and share species information and occurrence data. Kaufman field guide to butterflies of north america by jim. Pontia occidentalis occidentalis reakirt, 1866 western white. Enter the magical world of butterflies with jeffrey glassberg, president of the north american butterfly association and driving force behind the current revolution in butterfly watching. A very good pictorial book on north american butterflies with information on their locations as well.
Bernard dabrera has 12 books on goodreads with 15 ratings. Urbanus proteus linnaeus, 1758 longtailed skipper tl. Kaufman field guide to butterflies of north america 392. Kaufman field guide to butterflies of north america kaufman. Other subspecies perform minor migrations or none at all. Illustrated lists of american butterflies north and south. Spring 2003 saw publication of the second kaufman field guide, butterflies of north america, covering every butterfly found from south texas to the arctic. Introduction to the interactive list of american butterfly names. Urbanus proteus proteus linnaeus, 1758 continental. You can participate by taking and submitting photographs of butterflies, moths, and caterpillars.
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. Bernard dabreras most popular book is butterflies of south america. The only field guide to cover all north american butterfly species, this monumental work is also a complete natural history, fully describing the. Some of the organizational techniques are to group butterflies in the book by color, region, and type. Brock and kenn kaufman encouraged me to purchase this book. Butterflies by susanne gervay meet your next favorite book. Butterflies and moths both come in colors that range from bright primary shades to deep purples, browns, and grays. List of butterflies of trinidad and tobago wikipedia. Interactive listing of american butterflies from alaska. Using the same method of illustration as birds of north america, it features more than 2,300 pictures of butterflies in natural postures.
Written by jeffrey glassberg, the pioneering authority on the field identification of butterflies, the guide covers more than 2,000 species and features over 3,700 large, gorgeous color photographs, the very best images available, accompanied by authoritative facingpage text. So it doesnt have as much information as my other posts, but i did draw everything as true to life as i could. The books plates also have the region of the eastern us the butterflies are found, their migration months and habitat. The butterflies of north america, diurnal lepidoptera.
Wild butterflies in north america by the photographer and writer david lee myers, will make you fall in love first. A catalogue of the butterflies of the united states and canada updated 30i2011 view the catalogue. Lavishly illustrated and userfriendly, this watchers. This is a dynamic site which will change as our collection of photos grows. This book has all of this, including raising butterflies and the approx. Over 300 species of butterflies occurring in the eastern half of the united states and southeastern canada are covered. The book i read was called butterflies by susanne gervay. Butterflies of america, 64 color illustrations, 1934. James a scott 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. Once youve found a taxon, and its name appears in blue letters, click on it to display thumbnails. In the time of the butterflies, julia alvarez in the time of the butterflies is a historical fiction novel by julia alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the mirabal sisters during the time of the trujillo dictatorship in the dominican republic. These webpages are a result of collaboration between boa and tabdp.
Of course, my alltime favorite childrens book about butterflies is eric carles masterpiece. A swift guide to butterflies of mexico and central america. Jun 05, 2017 a swift guide to butterflies of north america is a field guiders field guide. Some 129 species have been recorded on the island of tobago that has a land area of only 300 km 2 116 mi 2 and is. The national audubon society field guide to butterflies is an easytouse, essential guide to all true butterflies, the most common skippers, and many migrants and strays. With 48 plates in colorphotography, reproductions of. Butterflies and moths of north america collecting and. This book is a must have for beginning butterfly enthusiasts. Its meant as a chart of decorative species illustrations rather than an educational infographic. Identification tools butterflies and moths of north america. They typically thrive in the tropical latitudes, especially those of the americas, and approximately 1,300 species are known. To view a subset of photographs, use any combination of filters and search boxes.
Butterflies of north america topics butterflies north america genres books prints scientific illustrations notes content. This is a revised second edition of a groundbreaking photographic field guide to the butterflies of mexico and central america. We will be adding countries and regions to our lists, so check back often. Interactive listing of american butterflies from alaska to panama and the caribbean 30xii12. Katherine is a seventeenyearold girl who lives with her mom and twentytwoyearold sister. This userfriendly guide, lavishly illustrated with more than 160 species, provides invaluable information. As of january, 2011, over 100,000 images are posted to the site. Hold down the control key on pc or the command key on mac, press f, then type the taxon name in the search box that appears. Monarch butterfly migration is the phenomenon, mainly across north america, where the subspecies danaus plexippus plexippus migrates each summer and autumn to and from overwintering sites on the west coast of california or mountainous sites in central mexico. Kaufman focus guides series more than 2,300 fullco.
The butterflies of north america meet your next favorite book. E usa, s ca, s az, s nm, tx to argentina m t s1 s2 hs il l1 l2 i1 i2 i3 h g. Urbanus proteus domingo scudder, 1872 bahamas and antilles m s. Small to medium in size, metalmarks vary widely in their patterns, behavior, and postures. Protecting north americas bees and butterflies published in 2011 by storey publishing, attracting native pollinators is coauthored by four xerces society staff members eric mader, matthew shepherd, mace vaughan, and scott black in collaboration with gretchen lebuhn, a san francisco state university botanist and director of the great. Interactive listing of american butterflies from alaska to. Image gallery butterflies and moths of north america. This is an older publication 1984 with relatively poor illustrations only pinned specimens compared to more recent publications. Glassberg here shows us how to find, identify, and enjoy all of the butterflies native to the eastern half of the united states.
A swift guide to butterflies of north america is a comprehensive and authoritative field guide illustrated with 3,500 photographs. Explore the variety of moths and butterflies in north america. Hesperiidae of the americas 21xi2017 list of butterflies. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the mirabal sisters. This magnificent field guide greatly expands on butterflies through binoculars. It is the shape and size of a traditional field guide. Most images of neotropical type specimens were scanned from print photographs taken by gerardo lamas, representing a lifetime of dedicated and. The book i used the most for this project was butterflies of.
The bostonnew yorkwashington regionidentified by defenders of wildlife magazine as the first to focus on netless butterflying and called a clear winner by the audubon naturalist. The designers of this book said we dont need no stinking. Butterflies of north america nypl digital collections. The index is in very small print and not easy to use.
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