Selected butterfly and butterfly gardening references:
| Acorn, John 1993 Butterflies of Alberta. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton, Canada |
| Arbuckle, Nancy and Cedric Crockers, eds. 1991 How to Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies. Ortho Books |
| Heitzman, J. Richard and Joan E. Heitzman 1987 Butterflies and Moths of Missouri. Missouri Department of Conservation |
| Klassen, Paul, A. Richard Westwood, Bill Preston, and Brian McKillop 1989 The Butterflies of Manitoba. Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg |
| Krischik, Vera Butterfly Gardening. Minnesota Extension Service, AG-BU-6711-S |
| Lewis, Alcinda (Guest Editor) 1985 Butterfly Gardens Luring Nature's loveliest pollinators to your yard. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Publications , Handbook 143 |
| Minnesota DNR 199? A guide to Minnesota's Scientific and Natural Areas |
| Opler, Paula. and G. O. Krizek 1984 Butterflies East of the Great Plains. John Hopkins |
| Pyle, Robert Michael 1992 Handbook for Butterfly Watchers Houghton Mifflin, NY |
| Royer, Ronald A. 1988 Butterflies of North Dakota, an Atlas and Guide. Minot State University, Science Monograph Number One. |
| Scott, James A. 1986 Butterflies of North America, a natural history and field guide. Stanford University Press |
| Shull, Ernest M. 1987 The Butterflies of Indiana. Indiana University Press |
| Stokes, Donald, Lillian Stokes, and Ernest Williams 1991 The butterfly book. An easy guide to butterfly gardening, identification, and behavior Little, Brown and Company, Boston |
| Tekulsky, Mathew 1985 The Butterfly Garden: Turning your garden, window box or backyard into a beautiful home for butterflies. The Harvard Common Press, Harvard and Boston |
| Xerces Society/Smithsonian institution 1990 Butterfly Gardening, creating summer magic in your garden. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco |
To order, try local bookstores, www.amazon.com, or: BioQuip Products, 17803 LaSalle Avenue, Gardena, CA 90248 Phone 310-324-0620. Don't forget to check for books with your local library!