Butterfly Stamps of the World-A glimpse of world butterflies from stamps

This book let makes an introduction of the essential knowledge about the morphology, taxonomy, and biology of butterflies with the aid of butterfly stamps issued in various countries over the world. It identifies the scientific and Chinese names of some representative species of butterflies on stamps and points out their positions in systematics. The characters and distribution of butterflies are also described. Within the book there are appended exquisite color pictures and a list of butterfly stamps released by various countries, which will, no doubt, be favorites with philatelists and lovers of butterflies.

1.Philately and the value of stamps
2.Flowers that can fly-butterflies
3.The species of butterflies and their distribution
4.Butterfly stamps
5.Butterflies on the world stamps
6.“Cinderella” butterfly stamps
7.A list of butterfly stamps issued in various countries
8.Scientific name Index
9.Chinese Name Index
10.Plates