100 Butterflies and Moths: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica
Автор:Jeffrey C. Miller, Daniel H. Janzen, Winifred Hallwachs Год: 2007 Издание:Belknap Press Страниц: 272 ISBN: 067402334, 067402334X, 067402334X Walking a forest trail in Costa Rica, a visitor might be struck by the sight of an iridescent blue morpho butterfly fluttering ahead in the filtered daylight, or an enormous silk moth, as magnificently patterned and subtly colored as a Persian carpet, only emerging to fly at night. Elsewhere, vivid yellow and orange sulphur butterflies flock to puddles to sip the concentrated minerals. Such is the dazzling variety of the butterflies and moths unique to this region. Gathered by biologists Daniel Janzen and Winifred Hallwachs in the forests of northwestern Costa Rica, 100 tropical butterflies and moths represent the diversity in large-format photographs by Jeffrey Miller that document the dizzying variety of shapes, colors, and markings....
