Quote by: Henry Walter Bates

Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers.


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Author Bio


  • NameHenry Walter Bates
  • DescriptionEnglish naturalist and explorer
  • BornFebruary 8, 1825
  • DiedFebruary 16, 1892
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionExplorer; Entomologist; Zoologist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society