Phillip Schappert is a charter member of the North American Butterfly Association. He obtained his doctorate in Biology at York University in Toronto and is currently teaching and conducting research in plant/butterfly interactions at the University of Texas in Austin. He is also the editor of the "News of the Lepidopterists' Society" and of "Passiflora," the publication of Passiflora Society International, and has authored a number of magazine articles and scientific papers about butterflies and plants.