Introduction
Welcome to Mexico and Central America and the world of butterflies!
About this book
Names
About the plates
Abbreviations and glossary
About the maps
Swallowtails: Archaic and Battus Swallowtails; Battus Swallowtails; Cattlehearts: Males with green; females with red and white; Cattlehearts: Males without green; females without white; Mimoides Swallowtails; Kite-Swallowtails; Kite-Swallowtails and Tiger Swallowtails; Tiger and "Giant" Swallowtails; "Giant" and Black Swallowtails; Swallowtails (Papilio) with red spots below; Magnificent and Band-gapped Swallowtails
Whites and Yellows: Whites; Yellows; Mimic-Whites
Gossamerwings: Hairstreaks; Coppers and Blues


Metalmarks: Theopes (almost always land with their wings closed); Theopes (green/gray eyes) and Sombermarks (black eyes); Sombermarks (almost always land with wings closed); Sombermarks; Sombermarks and Eyemarks; Eyemarks; Napaea and Relatives (almost always land with their wings open); Beautymarks and others; Yellowmarks, Geomarks and Sun-and-moon Metalmark; Fiestamarks and One Geomark; Scintillants; Scintillants, Adelos, Silvermarks and Mottlemarks; Greenmarks (and a Jewelmark); Jewelmarks (rarely open wings when landed); Bluemarks and others; Mimicmarks and others; Tanmarks 1 (A complicated genus that needs further work); Tanmarks 2; Tanmarks 3; Lemmarks, Graylers and Others (usually land with their wings open); Metalmarks with extensive white; Checkered Metalmarks, genus Apodemia; Yellow/orange-striped Metalmarks
Brushfoots: Actinotes, True-Brushfoots; Admirals and relatives; Leafwings and Emperors; Owls, Satyrs, Monarchs, Ticlears
Skippers: Firetips; Spreadwing Skippers; Skipperlings; Grass-Skippers
Appendix: Selected bibliography; Selected websites
About NABA
Dedication.