Emperors, admirals and chimney sweepers : the weird and wonderful names of butterflies and moths / Peter Marren.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lower Dairy, Toller Fratrum, Dorset : Little Toller Books, 2019Description: 261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781908213716
- 190821371X
- QL545 .M37 2019
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | QL545 .M27 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800177206 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-245) and indexes.
Introduction -- A note on names -- Book one. Butterflies and moths acquire their names. In the beginning ; The theatre of insects ; At last! : naming begins ; Enter the artists ; The Aurelians ; Georgian imaginations ; The invention of Latin names ; Enter the Victorians ; Naming the tinies -- Book two. An A to Z of weird and wonderful names -- Historical names of butterflies and moths.