Blanca Huertas is Principal Curator of Lepidoptera at the Natural History Museum in London, where she oversees the world’s largest collection of butterflies. Blanca’s research focuses on taxonomy, species limits, and conservation of tropical butterflies, and has been featured in scientific publications, TV, and other media around the world. Shinichi Nakahara is Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, where his research centers on Neotropical butterfly systematics.

"The quality of information presented in the book is valid for insectophiles of all levels, but it is especially valuable for the butterfly lover who yearns to learn more. To understand the physiology and life history of a butterfly, beyond visual appreciation and enjoyment, takes one from novice to proficient citizen scientist. In no time at all you will understand the entire structure of a butterfly and its world, including the enchanting process of holometabolous development."---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds

Blanca Huertas is Principal Curator of Lepidoptera at the Natural History Museum in London, where she oversees the world’s largest collection of butterflies. Blanca’s research focuses on taxonomy, species limits, and conservation of tropical butterflies, and has been featured in scientific publications, TV, and other media around the world. Shinichi Nakahara is Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, where his research centers on Neotropical butterfly systematics.

"The quality of information presented in the book is valid for insectophiles of all levels, but it is especially valuable for the butterfly lover who yearns to learn more. To understand the physiology and life history of a butterfly, beyond visual appreciation and enjoyment, takes one from novice to proficient citizen scientist. In no time at all you will understand the entire structure of a butterfly and its world, including the enchanting process of holometabolous development."---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds