Klots, Alexander B. A Field Guide to the Butterflies.

Title A Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America East of the Great Plains: All Species of North America East of the 100th Meridian, with 494 Drawings, Photographs and Paintings, 247 in Color Author Klots, Alexander B. Series The Peterson Field Guide Series Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston Year 1951 ISBN 0395258596 (Paperback) Illustrations Statham, Marjorie (color paintings) & Florence Longworth (photographs) Table of Contents Contents Bibliography Butterfly Literature, Collections Etc. Index Index to Technical Terms and General Subjects, Index to Larval Food Plants, Index to Butterflies Pages 349 Categories field guide, butterflies, North America, biology Language English (en)

From the Book Cover

If you want to know how to identify all the butterflies of eastern North America; where to find them, and their habits, life zones, and life histories; and how to make a butterfly collection, A Field Guide to the Butterflies is an indispensable guide for both beginner and expert, and a basic book for anyone interested in nature.

• Detailed descriptions of every butterfly species found east of the Great Plains, from Greenland to Mexico
• 40 plates show all the butterflies of importance—247 species in color
• Each description gives common and scientific names, habits, range, food plants, habitat, subspecies, and much more
• Chapters on collecting and preserving, as well as accounts of families and subfamilies, life zones, indicator plants, and basic biology
• List of butterfly literature; checklist; indices to species, technical terms, and larval food plants; all the extra detail you expect from a Peterson Field Guide

No longer available (but if you send me an e-mail message, I'll try to find you a used copy):

• Paperback, ISBN 0395258596
• Hardcover, ISBN 0395078652