Product Description

The most user-friendly butterfly guide ever published, still handy and compact, now updated with the very latest information

- Follows the latest classification, recognizing more than forty additional species

- Includes four new color plates of Mexican-border rarities

- More than 2,300 images of butterflies in natural poses

- Pictorial table of contents

- Convenient one-page index

- Range maps on text pages

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17522 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Vinyl Bound
• 392 pages

From Publishers Weekly
From its durable, flexible cover to its color-coordinated index, this field guide will serve as an excellent identification resource for experienced and novice lepidopterists. Kaufman (Kingbird Highway) provides butterfly watchers with more than 2,200 digitally edited photographs and an easy-to-use species index-a format that defines the Kaufman Focus Guides. The photographs have been gleaned from scores of skilled nature photographers. Co-author Brock (Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona) brings more than 30 years of butterfly watching around the world to the informative, non-technical writing in the book. The readable capsule narratives are enhanced by the startling clear color images, which make identification of species much easier. The guide offers images of larval (caterpillar) stage butterflies along with details on feeding preferences of butterflies in their different stages of development. It also gives migratory information on these delicate and beautiful creatures. The book ranges geographically from the lower 48 states through Canada and Alaska, with maps provided for all butterflies depicted. These maps also indicate both common and rare species, along with seasonally occurring butterflies. This book will appeal to bird watchers, hikers, gardeners and outdoor enthusiasts.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Based on Kaufman's successful Birds of North America, this guide contains 2300 images.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
The beautiful, day-flying butterflies are a group of insects with which everyone is familiar, and the relatively new sport of butterfly watching is gaining adherents. This new field guide has been produced to illustrate all of the species in the North American continent. Each species is listed by common name and scientific name and receives a several-sentence description, including flight time and larval food plants. All except very local or accidental species also are shown on range maps. The illustrations are opposite the written description, with most species pictured in multiple images. As in Kaufman's Birds of North America, the illustrations are created by digital enhancement of photographs, which allows the sizes of the individual butterflies and the lighting characteristics of the photos to be evened out on an individual plate, making the illustrations directly comparable. An index of larval food plants is a nice addition, and the main index of common names also acts as a checklist for species seen. An essential purchase for all libraries. Nancy Bent
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Customer Reviews

Making Sense
Organization is the key to this excellent field guide. Butterflies are difficult to see clearly. This guide allows the observer to quickly get into the proper grouping or order, which is necessary before individual markings or behaviors can be noted. Good for anyone, I think this guide will be especially helpful for beginning butterfly watchers.

Best Butterfly Guide
No, question, the best field guide to North American Butterflies on the market today. One can never have enough field guides, but this one should be at the top of your list!

Comprehensive guide
Easy format to use for quick identification. I bought it used; it was in great condition. Thanks!