Mike Boppré holds the Chair of Forest Zoology and Entomology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany. Guided largely by curiosity, his research deals with biology, physiology, ecology and evolution of intra- and inter-specific communication in

insects, particularly the interrelationships of male pheromones, chemical defense and mimicry in Lepidoptera. He has made numerous field-studies in Africa and Asia; his main current interests concern communities of arctiine moths in Costa Rica and Perú, and the diversity of their traits. Michael views Lepidoptera in the context of gaining basic understanding of functional biodiversity, conservation, environmental education, and ecoliteracy.

Rick Cech is the principal author and photographer of Butterflies of the East Coast. A long-time NABA contributor, Rick is an affiliate curator of entomology at Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven. Recent projects

include editing and photography for the iApp “Audubon Butterflies - A Field Guide to North American Butterflies,” and development of the FoldingGuides regional butterfly series. Earlier, Rick wrote “A Distributional Checklist of the Butterflies and Skippers of the New York City Area” and co-authored The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior.

Dean Jue has been a birdwatcher and outdoor photographer for over 40 years and started watching and photographing butterflies in 2002. He has biology degrees from the University of

Contributors California at Berkeley and the University of California at Davis and has been a member of the research faculty at Florida State University since 1987. Through state wildlife grants awarded to the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI), Dean coordinated collection of distribution data on Florida’s rare and threatened butterfly species from 2007 through 2013.

Sally Jue has had a lifelong interest in natural history. She has bird watched for many years and became interested in butterflies in 2002 while attending a Florida Ornithological Society meeting in south Florida. Sally received her biology degree from Emory University and advanced biology training from the University of California at Davis. As the Conservation Lands Biologist for FNAI, Sally manages a comprehensive map-based database on federal, state, local, and private conservation lands throughout Florida.

Mike Reese updates the NABA Recent Sightings web pages. He enjoys photographing wild flowers, birds, dragonflies, and, of course, butterflies. He is an educator in Wautoma, Wisconsin and has been recording and documenting the

butterflies that are found there for over 15 years. He also maintains a website on the Butterflies of Wisconsin.

Rob Santry has been a butterfly enthusiast for many years and has focused on butterfly photography since retiring as the Geographic Information Systems Manager for the City of Redding, California in 2010. He specializes in the butterfly fauna of his home state of California. His

pictures have been included in butterfly field guides, books, magazines, scientific papers, regional newsletters and a childrens’ coloring book. He participates in many of the various NABA counts in the Northern California area. Expect to see Rob on some of California’s mountaintops, desert washes, volcanoes, or riparian areas with camera in hand.

Marianna Treviño-Wright is Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center, in Mission, Texas, where she has the distinct pleasure of serving members and visitors who wish to explore and learn more about this flagship project of the North American Butterfly Association. A graduate of McAllen High School, in

McAllen, Texas and of Columbia University in New York City, Marianna grew up bouncing between the city, country and coast, where her

exposure to wildlife engendered a deep affection for the diverse and remarkable creatures of the Rio Grande Valley. Before joining the NBC, she was Executive Director of the Foundation for the Mission Regional Hospital. Now, she is privileged to spend her days “chasing butterflies” and sharing the NABA’s mission with stakeholders, school children and prospective supporters, in order to increase enjoyment of wild butterflies and awareness of issues related to their survival.

Richard (‘Dick’) Vane-Wright has been associated with The Natural History Museum for over 50 years, where he specialized on butterflies. Following retirement in 2004, he benefited from a 3-year Fellowship from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, and is currently Honorary Professor of Taxonomy at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent. Dick co-chairs the NABA Names Committee. His publications include Milkweed Butterflies (1984), The Biology of Butterflies (1984) and The Seymer Legacy (2005). He now largely divides his time between the history of entomology and evolutionary biology, butterfly taxonomy, and studies on worldviews, attitudes to nature and the conservation of biological diversity.

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