| This 55-minute, 1998 production features the many beautiful butterflies, including Hayden's Ringlet and the Yellowstone Checkerspot, that abound in and around Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. It's an educational venture supported by music and the natural sounds that surround the 115 species of butterflies known to live there. Butterflies featured in the video are identified by common and scientific names. Species of all major families are represented, including the Hesperiidae (Skippers), Pieridae (Whites, Sulfurs), Papilionidae (Parnassians, Swallowtails), Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers),Satyridae (Alpines, Arctics, Ringlets),Danaidae (Monarch), and Nymphalidae (Crescents, Fritillaries, Checkerspots and other "brush-footed" species). The beautiful and striking video is supported by natural background sounds of crickets, birds, water and visitors, with music of Beethoven, Gershwin, Grieg, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Vivaldi and others. Footage includes behaviors related to courtship, feeding, flight, mineral concentration, as well as sexual dimorphisms and key characters. SPECIES CHECKLIST INCLUDED.
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