Abstract

The author of this book is a professional insect artist who loves caterpillars beyond all else. And you can see that from the exquisite and delicate artwork she displays. The book introduces the full transformation of three typical butterflies we can spot anywhere in Japan. It is not easy to view all of their transformational stages if it were not for the book. You would have to observe them very patiently to actually see such changes. First a cabbage white and then a swallowtail is shown in sequence. The different colors they become according to their stages are amazing. And last comes a small pale-silver colored butterfly, curetis acuta, which does not have a common name perhaps because of its restrictive habitat range. At the end of the book, an informative commentary is added to explain the stages of transformation.
※Size：H266 × W195 mm

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