TABLE OF CONTENTS: LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF COLOR PLATES
LIST OF TABLES
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE CONTENT AND USE OF THIS BOOK
MAPS
ONE. THE BIOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS OF BUTTERFLIES
Butterfly Life Cycle and Morphology
Enemies and Butterfly Defenses against Them
Mimicry: Mimics Don't Hide, They Advertise
Butterfly Biologists and the New World
Butterfly Systematics
Collecting and Studying Butterflies
TWO. FAUNAL REGIONS, HABITATS, AND RIODINID DIVERSITY
A GUIDE TO THE RIODINADAE OF COSTA RICA
Corrachiinae
Euselasiinae
Riodininae
Mesosemiini
Eurybiini
Incertae sedis
Riodinini
Symmachiini
Charitini
Emesini
Lemoniini
Nymphidiini
Appendix I. SOME MAJOR COLLECTING LOCALITIES IN COSTA RICA
APPENDIX II. HOST RECORDS FOR GENERA OF RIODINIDAE IN COSTA RICA
APPENDIX III. TRIBAL AND SUBFAMILY CHARACTER DIAGNOSES OF RIODINIDAE
APPENDIX IV. CHECKLIST OF COSTA RICAN RIODINIDAE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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