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| Author | Peter Laufer |
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| Cover artist | Georgiana Goodwin |
| Series | Peter Laufer's untitled animal trilogy |
| Subject | Butterflies |
| Publisher | Lyons Press |
Publication date | 5 May 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-1-59921-555-6 |
| OCLC | 244418059 |
| 595.78/9/075 | |
| LC Class | QL542 .L38 2009 |
| Followed by | Forbidden Creatures |
The Dangerous World of Butterflies: The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists is a 2009 book by Doctor of Philosophy Peter Laufer. It is the first book in his untitled animal trilogy, preceding Forbidden Creatures in 2010 and No Animals Were Harmed in 2011. The book explores the presence of the butterfly in the fields of organized crime, ecological devastation, species depletion, natural history museum integrity, and chaos theory.