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.
-- Henry Walter Bates
   
Henry Walter Bates   Name:
Henry Walter Bates
Type:
Environmentalist
Nationality:
English
Birth:
February 8, 1825
Death:
February 16, 1892
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