Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction. The painted lady 1
5. 1. Meeting the butterfly 9
6. 2. Chasing the clouded yellow 18
7. 3. Graylings the birth of a passion 41
8. 4. Gatekeepers collecting with jean Froissart, john Fowles and Vladimir Nabokov 60
9. 5. Lady glanville’s fritillary 78
10. 6. At the sign of the Chequered skipper 101
11. 7. The golden hog or the wonderful names of butterflies 124
12. 8. Seeing red the admiral 142
13. 9. Fire and brimstone butterflies and the imagination 154
14. 10. Silver washes and pearl borders painting butterflies 175
15. 11. Endgame the large blue and other dropouts 195
16. 12. The wall or how to protect a butterfly 215
17. 13. Envoi aurora or the daughter of dawn 231
18. Appendix. British butterflies 237
19. Notes 263
20. Bibliography 279
21. Acknowledgements 285
22. Index 289