Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology: Being an Account of the Natural History of the Danainae, a Subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae
by Ackery, P. R. ; Vane-Wright, R. I
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- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0801416884
- ISBN 13
- 9780801416880
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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press and British Museum. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of . jacket.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801416884 . vii, 425 pp, systematic index, geographical index, bibliography Many black and white photos and illustrations and 12 color plates plus color frontispiece photo. The amazing migration champion monarch butterfly is the best known milkweed butterfly and this scholarly volume describes its biology and that of its danaine family members in detail. The book provides a revised cladistic classification of all 157 species, and includes chapters on mimicry, migration, reproduction and ecology. A valuable lepidoptery reference. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Title
- Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology: Being an Account of the Natural History of the Danainae, a Subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae
- Author
- Ackery, P. R. ; Vane-Wright, R. I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801416884
- ISBN 13
- 9780801416880
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press and British Museum
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0801416884, Milkweed Butterflies, Lepidoptery, BUTTERFLIES, Insect Biology, ENTOMOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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