Table of contents for Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley regions / Arthur M. Shapiro ; illustrations by Tim Manolis.

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Preface	
Acknowledgments
		
Introduction		 
What Are Butterflies?	
	Regional Butterfly Geography	
	Where Are Our Butterflies From?	
	Butterfly Life History	
	Voltinism and Seasonality	
	Dormancy and Diapause	
	Natural Enemies	
	Population Dynamics and Metapopulations	
	Butterflies and Climate Change	
	Butterfly Behavior	
	Courtship and Territoriality	
	Mating	
	Egg-Laying (Oviposition)	
	Butterflies and Plants	
	Butterflies in the Anthropic Landscape 	
	Butterfly Classification
	
Species Accounts									
	How To Use This Section	
	Swallowtails and Parnassians (Papilionidae)	
	Whites, Orange-Tips, and Sulphurs (Pieridae)
	Coppers, Hairstreaks, Blues, and Metalmarks (Lycaenidae)
	Brushfoots (Nymphalidae)
	Skippers (Hesperiidae)
Things to Do with Butterflies	
	Butterfly Collecting	
	Butterfly Watching
	Butterfly Photography 	
	Butterfly Gardening 	
	Butterfly Rearing	
	Amateurs Can Do Important Science!	
	A Final Word about Conservation
Distributional Checklist	
Glossary
Resources		
Index
									
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Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Butterflies -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Butterflies -- California -- Sacramento Valley.