This treasury of detailed, accurately rendered illustrations (including two double-page spreads) invites coloring book enthusiasts to bring over 40 species of butterflies to life in vivid color. Here are such delicately beautiful creatures as the black, salmon-orange, white and blue painted lady, the rapid-flying dogface butterfly, with wing markings that look like a poodle's profile, and a host of others: pipevine swallowtail, monarch, buckeye, white admiral, olive hairstreak, Milbert's tortoiseshell, great spangled fritillary, ruddy daggerwing, fiery skipper, mourning cloak, tiger swallowtai... Read More
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This treasury of detailed, accurately rendered illustrations (including two double-page spreads) invites coloring book enthusiasts to bring over 40 species of butterflies to life in vivid color. Here are such delicately beautiful creatures as the black, salmon-orange, white and blue painted lady, the rapid-flying dogface butterfly, with wing markings that look like a poodle's profile, and a host of others: pipevine swallowtail, monarch, buckeye, white admiral, olive hairstreak, Milbert's tortoiseshell, great spangled fritillary, ruddy daggerwing, fiery skipper, mourning cloak, tiger swallowtai... Read More
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This treasury of detailed, accurately rendered illustrations (including two double-page spreads) invites coloring book enthusiasts to bring over 40 species of butterflies to life in vivid color. Here are such delicately beautiful creatures as the black, salmon-orange, white and blue painted lady, the rapid-flying dogface butterfly, with wing markings that look like a poodle's profile, and a host of others: pipevine swallowtail, monarch, buckeye, white admiral, olive hairstreak, Milbert's tortoiseshell, great spangled fritillary, ruddy daggerwing, fiery skipper, mourning cloak, tiger swallowtail, red admiral, and many more, all of them found in the United States or Canada. Fact-filled captions provide information about each species' coloration, range, habitat, special characteristics, and more. All are shown in full color on the covers. An excellent source of nature illustrations for artists and craftspeople, this delightful coloring book can also be used as an accurate, inexpensive nature identification guide.
Jan Sovak is an illustrator, designer, and fine artist recognized as one of Canada's foremost natural history illustrators. With advanced degrees in both fine art and zoology, Jan has had his work published in over 170 books in more than 15 languages. His illustrations have also appeared on educational television and on Discovery Channel Worldwide.
Table of Contents
Phoebus Parnassian Pipevine Swallowtail Tiger Swallowtail Zebra Swallowtail Sara Orangetip Dogface Butterfly California Dogface Orange-barred Giant Sulphur Harvester Ruddy Copper Colorado Hairstreak Great Purple Hairstreak Olive Hairstreak Blackburn's Bluet Orange-bordered Blue Common Blue Little Metalmark Gulf Fritillary Julia Zebra Longwing Diana Chalcedon Checkerspot Question Mark Mourning Cloak Milbert's Tortoiseshell Painted Lady Red Admiral Kamehameha Buckeye Malachite White Admiral Red-spotted Purple Lorquin's Admiral California Sister Blue Wing Ruddy Daggerwing Pavon Canada Arctic Monarch Queen Arizona Skipper Long-tailed Skipper Fiery Skipper
This treasury of detailed, accurately rendered illustrations (including two double-page spreads) invites coloring book enthusiasts to bring over 40 species of butterflies to life in vivid color. Here are such delicately beautiful creatures as the black, salmon-orange, white and blue painted lady, the rapid-flying dogface butterfly, with wing markings that look like a poodle's profile, and a host of others: pipevine swallowtail, monarch, buckeye, white admiral, olive hairstreak, Milbert's tortoiseshell, great spangled fritillary, ruddy daggerwing, fiery skipper, mourning cloak, tiger swallowtail, red admiral, and many more, all of them found in the United States or Canada. Fact-filled captions provide information about each species' coloration, range, habitat, special characteristics, and more. All are shown in full color on the covers. An excellent source of nature illustrations for artists and craftspeople, this delightful coloring book can also be used as an accurate, inexpensive nature identification guide.
Jan Sovak is an illustrator, designer, and fine artist recognized as one of Canada's foremost natural history illustrators. With advanced degrees in both fine art and zoology, Jan has had his work published in over 170 books in more than 15 languages. His illustrations have also appeared on educational television and on Discovery Channel Worldwide.
Phoebus Parnassian Pipevine Swallowtail Tiger Swallowtail Zebra Swallowtail Sara Orangetip Dogface Butterfly California Dogface Orange-barred Giant Sulphur Harvester Ruddy Copper Colorado Hairstreak Great Purple Hairstreak Olive Hairstreak Blackburn's Bluet Orange-bordered Blue Common Blue Little Metalmark Gulf Fritillary Julia Zebra Longwing Diana Chalcedon Checkerspot Question Mark Mourning Cloak Milbert's Tortoiseshell Painted Lady Red Admiral Kamehameha Buckeye Malachite White Admiral Red-spotted Purple Lorquin's Admiral California Sister Blue Wing Ruddy Daggerwing Pavon Canada Arctic Monarch Queen Arizona Skipper Long-tailed Skipper Fiery Skipper
