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Seeing butterflies : new perspectives on colour, pattern & mimicry /

Explains how butterfly colors and designs have evolved and how they are protected by camoflage, mimicry and deception.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howse, P. E. (Philip Edwin)
Corporate Author: Royal Entomological Society (Great Britain)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkshire, UK : Papadakis, 2014.
Subjects:
Butterflies > Color.
Protective coloration (Biology)
Mimicry (Biology)
Butterflies > Adaptation.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Jeremy Thomas
  • Seeing : illusion, deceit & survival
  • Defence & illusion
  • Dinosaurs, butterflies & colour
  • Peacocks & bird eyes
  • Tortoiseshells, admirals, ladies & pashas
  • The danaid butterflies
  • Blue morphos & the purple emperor
  • Whites & yellows
  • The swallowtail & birdwing butterflies
  • The tropical vine & clearwing butterflies
  • The hawk moths
  • The giant silkmoths.