The Butterfly Hunter: Henry Walter Bates FRS, 1825-1892

by Anthony Crawforth

This is the epic, true and long overdue story of the young explorer who put forward the first ever case for the creation of a new species, providing what Charles Darwin called the "beautiful proof" for Natural Selection.

The major discovery of Batesian Mimicry was developed from Bates's fascinating 11-year journey and study of butterflies in the Amazon rainforest. He noted how certain animals adopt the look of others...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0956071619
• ISBN13: 9780956071613
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Buckingham Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"