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The Rainbow and the forest

United Kingdom, 1970
film

Of all the butterflies in the British Isles, the “Purple Emperor” is in a class of its own. Apart from the fact that it is so magnificent, most pe..

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The Swallowtail story: the life history of an English butterfly

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Rainbows on the wing

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Six minutes with nature

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Butterflies

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The Emperor moth

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The Wanderer or monarch butterfly

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Monarch butterfly story

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Butterfly botanists

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Butterfly man

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Butterflies are...

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Le Papillon: vanesse grande tortue

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Butterfly

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The Big green caterpillar. - 2nd ed.

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Secrets of nature: summertime meadow

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Kingdom of the Lyrebird

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The Cabbage butterfly

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Métamorphoses du papillon (Metamorphoses of the Butterfly)

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