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Author Schlicht, Dennis W.

Title The butterflies of Iowa / Dennis W. Schlicht, John C. Downey, Jeffrey C. Nekola.

Publication Info. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series A Bur Oak guide
Bur Oak guide.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.
Contents pt. 1. An introduction to Iowa butterflies -- Natural communities of Iowa and their butterflies -- A history of butterfly collecting in Iowa -- Attracting butterflies -- Problems for future research -- pt. 2. Butterflies of Iowa -- Introduction to the species accounts -- Skippers : family Hesperiidae -- Swallowtails : family Papilionidae -- Whites, sulphurs, and marbles : family Pieridae -- Coppers, blues, hairstreaks, and harvesters : family Lycaenidae -- Brush-footed butterflies : family Nymphalidae -- Occasional strays and old records -- pt. 3. Plates, range maps, and flight diagrams -- Introduction to the plates -- Plates -- Introduction to the range maps and flight diagrams -- Range maps and flight diagrams -- Checklist of Iowa butterflies -- Butterfly collection data -- Glossary -- Plant names.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Summary This beautiful and comprehensive guide, many years in the making, is a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains states. It begins by providing information on the natural communities of Iowa, paying special attention to butterfly habitat and distribution. Next come chapters on the history of lepidopteran research in Iowa and on creating butterfly gardens, followed by an intriguing series of questions and issues relevant to the study of butterflies in the state.
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Subject Butterflies -- Iowa.
Butterflies.
Iowa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Downey, John C. (John Charles), 1926-2005.
Nekola, Jeffrey C. (Jeffrey Clark)
Other Form: Print version: Schlicht, Dennis W. Butterflies of Iowa. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2007 1587295326 9781587295324 (DLC) 2006932734 (OCoLC)124037883
ISBN 9781587297618 (electronic book)
1587297612 (electronic book)
1587295326
9781587295324
1587295334 (paperback)
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