The Butterfly Book

Beginning with the basics of anatomy, life cycle, and diet, this book covers all the aspects of studying, classifying, and collecting butterflies.

“What hand would crush the silken-wingèd fly, The youngest of inconstant April’s minions, Because it cannot climb the purest sky, Where the swan sings, amid the sun’s dominions? Not thine.”  -Shelley

You have to click a few times to get to the gorgeous color images in the html version of the book, but they are worth it.  Black and white illustrations are abundant in the text.

There are lots of images that show the anatomy of caterpillars and butterflies.

Download The Butterfly Book from gutenberg.org.