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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Jeffrey S. Pippen, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University; Nicky Davis, Wild Utah Project, Butterflies
and Moths; Linden Gledhill, photographer, Philadelphia, PA; Adrian Hoskins, LearnAboutButterflies.com, Hampshire,
England; Teh Su Phin, Panang Butterfly Farm, Malaysia; Lizanne Whiteley, Conservation of Butterflies in South Africa;
Robert N. Wiedenmann, Dept. of Entomology, University of Arkansas; Silvia Mecenero, South African Butterfly
Conservation Assessment; Steve Woodhall, President, Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa; Jean-Claude Petit,
Butterflies of Sangau National Park, Ecuador; Niklas Wahlberg, Dept. of Biology, University of Turku, Finland;
Andr Victor Lucci Freitas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, S o Paulo, Brazil;
Museum Victoria’s Discovery Centre, Victoria, Australia; Gareth S. Welsh, Butterfly World,
Stockton-on-Tees, England; Thomas Neubauer, ButterflyCorner.net, Germany; John J. Obrycki, Chair,
Dept. of Entomology, University of Kentucky; Halmar Taschner, South African Nursery Assoc.; Melani Hugo,
Butterfly Garden at Ludwig’s Rose Farm, Gauteng, South Africa; Tim Loh, British Columbia, Canada
Text ©
2011 by Dianna Aston.
Illustrations ©
2011 by Sylvia Long.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced
in any form without written permission from the publisher.
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Dilshan Madawala. —D. A.
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For my father—Frank J. Carlisle, Jr.—the blue-eyed
sailor, who is my source for all things wise and wonderful.
Among other things, he taught me the value of an interest
in the natural world and our place in it. —S. L.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Jeffrey S. Pippen, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University; Nicky Davis, Wild Utah Project, Butterflies
and Moths; Linden Gledhill, photographer, Philadelphia, PA; Adrian Hoskins, LearnAboutButterflies.com, Hampshire,
England; Teh Su Phin, Panang Butterfly Farm, Malaysia; Lizanne Whiteley, Conservation of Butterflies in South Africa;
Robert N. Wiedenmann, Dept. of Entomology, University of Arkansas; Silvia Mecenero, South African Butterfly
Conservation Assessment; Steve Woodhall, President, Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa; Jean-Claude Petit,
Butterflies of Sangau National Park, Ecuador; Niklas Wahlberg, Dept. of Biology, University of Turku, Finland;
Andr Victor Lucci Freitas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, S o Paulo, Brazil;
Museum Victoria’s Discovery Centre, Victoria, Australia; Gareth S. Welsh, Butterfly World,
Stockton-on-Tees, England; Thomas Neubauer, ButterflyCorner.net, Germany; John J. Obrycki, Chair,
Dept. of Entomology, University of Kentucky; Halmar Taschner, South African Nursery Assoc.; Melani Hugo,
Butterfly Garden at Ludwig’s Rose Farm, Gauteng, South Africa; Tim Loh, British Columbia, Canada
Text ©
2011 by Dianna Aston.
Illustrations ©
2011 by Sylvia Long.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced
in any form without written permission from the publisher.
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Wings can help butterflies camouflage,
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Wings can help butterflies camouflage,
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The warning colors of some butterflies’ wings—yellows,
reds, oranges, whites, and blacks—tell predators that
they are poisonous or bad-tasting. Monarchs, wanderers,
and pipevine swallowtails eat poisonous plants as
caterpillars so that they become poisonous as adults.
Birds and other insects have learned not to eat them!
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The warning colors of some butterflies’ wings—yellows,
reds, oranges, whites, and blacks—tell predators that
they are poisonous or bad-tasting. Monarchs, wanderers,
and pipevine swallowtails eat poisonous plants as
caterpillars so that they become poisonous as adults.
Birds and other insects have learned not to eat them!