The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2016
400 pages
978-1-4863-0101-0 (ISBN)
Description
As fascinating as they are beautiful, butterflies are a pleasure to watch and an important group of invertebrates to study. This second edition of the award-winning book The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia is a fully updated guide to all butterfly species on Australia''s mainland and remote islands. Written by one of Australia''s leading lepidopterists, the book is stunningly illustrated with colour photographs, many of which are new, of each of the 435 currently recognised species. There is also a distribution map and flight chart for each species on the Australian mainland, together with information on similar species, variation, behaviour, habitat, status and larval food plants.The introduction to the book covers adult structure, higher classification, distribution and habitats, as well as life cycle and behaviour. A new chapter on collecting and preserving butterflies is included. There is also an updated checklist of all species, a glossary, a bibliography and indexes of common and scientific names.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Adult structure
- Higher classification
- Distribution and habitats
- Life cycle and behaviour
- How to use this book
- How to identify Australian butterflies
- Collecting and preserving butterflies
- Swallowtails Family Papilionidae
- Skippers Family Hesperiidae
- Whites and Yellows Family Pieridae
- Nymphs Family Nymphalidae
- Metalmarks Family Riodinidae
- Blues Family Lycaenidae
- Islands
- Checklist of Australian butterflies
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index to common names
- Index to scientific names
- Further information
