This book lets you enjoy butterflies of the world in actual size. It includes specimen photos of 3,525 species and 5,766 items from 104 countries, arranged in large plates across 708 pages. This is about 1/5 of the butterflies described in the world. As you turn the pages, you will see a wide range of colors and patterns that change from island to island and from mountain to mountain. Each specimen photo shows the scientific name and collecting location based on the Pteron World Collection. You can see butterflies from all over the world at a glance and directly compare the differences among species. The book covers all families and major subfamilies of the superfamily Papilionoidea, including swallowtails, skippers, whites, blues, metalmarks, brush-footed butterflies, and more. It is valuable both as a research book and as a photo book for viewing pleasure. Open the pages and enjoy meeting butterflies you have never seen before.