Contents
Introduction: The Painted Lady
3. Graylings: The Birth of a Passion
4. Gatekeepers: Collecting with Jean Froissart, John Fowles and Vladimir Nabokov
5. Lady Glanville’s Fritillary
6. At the Sign of the Chequered Skipper
7. The Golden Hog or The Wonderful Names of Butterflies
9. Fire and Brimstone: Butterflies and the Imagination
10. Silver Washes and Pearl Borders: Painting Butterflies
11. Endgame: The Large Blue and Other Dropouts
12. The Wall or How to Protect a Butterfly