Illustrated guide to the most frequently encountered and most brightly coloured species of butterflies to be found in the region, from Trinidad with its South American species to Florida and its North American endemics.
The West Indies - the area and its butterflies; West Indian and Floridian habitats; how to study butterflies; the butterflies; Milkweeds - Danaidae; Clearwings - Ithomiidae; Ringlets - Satyridae; Fritillaries, etc. - Nymphalidae; Heiconias - Heliconiidae; metalmarks - Riodionidae; Blues and Hairstreaks - Lycaenidae; Whites and Sulfurs - Pieridae; Swallowtails - Papilonidae; Skippers - Hesperidae; Owls - Brassolidae; Morphos - Morphidae.