Butterflies of the World: Papilionoidea—A Portrait of Global Butterfly Diversity. Volume I

See the world’s butterflies at life-size. Butterflies of the World — Volume I opens this visual atlas with portraits from across the globe, each image labeled with its taxonomic name and locality to invite clear, side-by-side comparison. Colors and patterns shift from island to island, mountain to mountain—revealing the breadth of form that makes butterflies so compelling. Coverage: Papilionidae, Hedylidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae, and the opening sections of Nymphalidae (Libytheinae, Danainae, and Charaxinae, part). Drawn from the Pteron World Collection, the life-size plates provide a consistent framework for study, identification, and sheer visual enjoyment. Created for enthusiasts, photographers, naturalists, and researchers alike, Volume I stands on its own as a global visual reference—and pairs with Volume II, which continues and completes the coverage of Nymphalidae. Across the two volumes, the series presents 3,525 species from 104 countries in 5,766 life-size photographs—nearly one-fifth of the world’s described butterflies.