LANGUAGE OF BUTTERFLIES

Beautiful book, lots of info, easy to read

What a lovely book! It covers historical facts, scientific discoveries and efforts from every single person on this planet for butterflies! It is so true that it is not too late to work together to protect our precious nature. Butterflies can be a beginning to raise significant awareness of damaging our natural world. It is just a beginning and a butterfly effect will be astronomical at the end. This is a great book to enjoy, learn and share with everyone on this planet!!!

An excellent book, lots of fascinating information well told as a story. I learned a great deal an$ thoroughly enjoyed the read.

A world of transience, resilience, transformation - a window opens to a vista both grand and fragile. Enjoy this journey to a revelation and discover the science and magic of lepidoptera: our friend the butterfly.

研究対象としてコレクションとして蝶を求める人々を通して蝶を追った本です。ダーウィンの進化論を支えた擬態、「蜜を吸う」口吻の本当のしくみなど興味深い話が載っています。後半は日本のアサギマダラのように長距離の渡りをする北米のオオカバマダラを主題に渡りの謎や飛行に耐える体のしくみ、保護に迫ります。著者が研究者ではなくジャーナリストなので蝶の生態については少し物足りないです。私が一番知りたかったのは蝶の変態、蛹の中で何が起こるのかだったのですが、この本では扱われていません。面白い読み物ですが少し残念だったので星４です。