butterfly biology - help wanted

[C. Wernicke]

On 23 Oct 1999 11:01:53 -0700, cguppy at quesnelbc.com (Cris Guppy & Aud
Fischer) wrote:

>Try "Butterflies of North America" by James A. Scott (1986), and look under
>"color" in the index. Most libraries have the book. "The Lives of
>Butterflies" by Matthew M. Douglas (1986) is less commonly in libraries, but
>is good. "Butterflies and Moths: a Companion to Your Field Guide" by Jo
>Brewer and Dave Winter (1986) is also good.

these are excellent ref's. a few others to add might be:

Atlas of western USA butterflies : including adjacent parts of Canada
and Mexico /by Ray E. Stanford and Paul A. Opler, pub 1993
Library of Congress (LOC)#  QL551.W3 S8 1993

A field guide to western butterflies / Paul Opler ; illustrated by Amy
Bartlett Wright.  2nd ed.  Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Series title:  The Peterson field guide series.
LOC# QL 551 W3 O61f 1999

Lepidoptera of North America / by Paul A. Opler.  Fort Collins, Colo.
Dept. of Entomology, Colorado State University, 1995.
LOC# QL548 .O65 1995 1-2 (1995)

good luck! looks like you have plenty to go by!

carl