He BUTTERFLIES oloring “Dook Jan SovakBUTTERFLIES Coloring Book JAN SOVAK Captions by MONTY REID DOVER PUBLICATIONS, ING, New YorkPublisher’s Note Tnsees, with us everywhere ate unfortnately tooatten associated with wneleanbiness, desriction, pain and dlisease. Buterfles are the most nowable exception. AS Far as mos of us ae concerned, butterflies are simply beaut Although somecaterpllars(theeaterpillaris fof couree the fret, or larval, stage in the life of a Dattetly, as of a moth) can actually be seriously destructive to forest ees or erops the adults’ prominent ‘wings, often adigphanous kaleidoscope of sublets, invite ready forgiveness. A delicately hued butterfiy, pausing fora moment on an equally lovely wildlower Dlosiom, may seem the perfect expression of the ian: sient splendor of a mild summer's afternoon, ‘One or another ofthe worlds 20,000 or 0 species of batteries may be found almost everywhere on all continents except Antartica. About 700 species have been identified in North America north of Mexicn Anis Jan Sovak has drawn 43 ofthese fr the present ‘aloring book: for inspization he has also provided ‘mall color versions of his dravings, shown on the ‘avers. In addition, there are drawings depicting the only two butertly species native to Hawai Weiter Monty Reid has aed informative captions to the avsings, ‘The comaon and scientific names fotlow Robert Michael Pyle, The audubom Society Field Guide to North American Bulterftes (New York: Knopf, 1981), fs doce the order ofthe draveinge. With one exception, thiscrderis taxonomic (thats, based on considerations fof anatomy and evolution). The exception involves the Skippers. TheSkippersarcactually an entively separate s100p, oF “superfamily,” of Lepidoptera (onder of Dautefles, moths and heals) sharing some charac: teristics of moths ap well as of butterflies, These are traditionally classilied before tue butterflies, But, as they ae less amiliart most people, Pye paces thera at ‘he end, ap we do here. On the last page you will find alphabetieal istof both thescientificand thecommon \_, names af all the butterflies in this book. ‘Aah seed ude an Acie se eer Copyright Caaversons agit in Cay Gene Ping Company, Ld 0 Lesil Rod on aii Clarins oie new wrk phy Does Pon an owes Piloriale Archive somes “tis bok longo he Dover Pica Aree Svcs You hie ie dvigneand stan er gm a pcton ie a wa et oon pion ractana pene witc tow ubeatons ne, 31 a End Sar, cae tn repos fay taason anya icine sonata i Unie Sao