Pocket Guide to Butterflies
1st Edition
Published on 12. March 2015
192 pages
978-1-4729-1593-1 (ISBN)
Description
Bloomsbury Pocket Guides are essential photographic guides to the natural world.
This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text.
The introduction explains the basics of butterflies and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs.
The text covers information such as ID features, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts.
This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text.
The introduction explains the basics of butterflies and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs.
The text covers information such as ID features, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
150 photos
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-1593-1 (9781472915931)
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Bob Gibbons
Pocket Guide to Butterflies
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03/2015
Bloomsbury Natural History
€32.38
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Bob Gibbons is a renowned botanist, author and tour leader who is based in Dorset but has travelled across much of Europe and the world in search of wildlife. His previous titles include Wildflower Wonders, Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Insects and Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Trees and Shrubs.
Content
Introduction
Skippers, Hesperiidae
Dingy Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Chequered Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Small Skipper
Essex Skipper
Lulworth Skipper
Large Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
Swallowtails and Apollos, Papilionidae
Swallowtail
Scarce Swallowtail
Whites and Yellows, Pieridae
Wood White
Black-veined White
Orange-tip
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Bath White
Clouded Yellow
Pale Clouded Yellow
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Brimstone
Riodinidae
Duke of Burgundy
Coppers, Hairstreaks and Blues, Lycaenidae
Small Copper
Large Copper
Brown Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak
Green Hairstreak
White-letter Hairstreak
Black Hairstreak
Long-tailed Blue
Small Blue
Holly Blue
Short-tailed Blue
Green-underside Blue
Large Blue
Silver-studded Blue
Brown Argus
Northern Brown Argus
Mazarine Blue
Common Blue
Adonis Blue
Chalkhill Blue
Brush-footed or Four-footed Butterflies, Nymphalidae:
Fritillaries
Dark Green Fritillary
High Brown Fritillary
Silver-washed Fritillary
Niobe Fritillary
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Marsh Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Glanville Fritillary
Heath Fritillary
Aristocrats
Red Admiral
Painted Lady
Peacock
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Large Tortoiseshell
Camberwell Beauty
Map Butterfly
White Admiral
Southern White Admiral
Purple Emperor
Poplar Admiral
Lesser Purple Emperor
Browns
Speckled Wood
Wall
Large Wall Brown
Gatekeeper
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Small Heath
Pearly Heath
Large Heath
Scotch Argus
Mountain Ringlet
Marbled White
Grayling
Glossary
Bibliography
Useful Websites
Organisations
Index
Skippers, Hesperiidae
Dingy Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Chequered Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Small Skipper
Essex Skipper
Lulworth Skipper
Large Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
Swallowtails and Apollos, Papilionidae
Swallowtail
Scarce Swallowtail
Whites and Yellows, Pieridae
Wood White
Black-veined White
Orange-tip
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Bath White
Clouded Yellow
Pale Clouded Yellow
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Brimstone
Riodinidae
Duke of Burgundy
Coppers, Hairstreaks and Blues, Lycaenidae
Small Copper
Large Copper
Brown Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak
Green Hairstreak
White-letter Hairstreak
Black Hairstreak
Long-tailed Blue
Small Blue
Holly Blue
Short-tailed Blue
Green-underside Blue
Large Blue
Silver-studded Blue
Brown Argus
Northern Brown Argus
Mazarine Blue
Common Blue
Adonis Blue
Chalkhill Blue
Brush-footed or Four-footed Butterflies, Nymphalidae:
Fritillaries
Dark Green Fritillary
High Brown Fritillary
Silver-washed Fritillary
Niobe Fritillary
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Marsh Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Glanville Fritillary
Heath Fritillary
Aristocrats
Red Admiral
Painted Lady
Peacock
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Large Tortoiseshell
Camberwell Beauty
Map Butterfly
White Admiral
Southern White Admiral
Purple Emperor
Poplar Admiral
Lesser Purple Emperor
Browns
Speckled Wood
Wall
Large Wall Brown
Gatekeeper
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Small Heath
Pearly Heath
Large Heath
Scotch Argus
Mountain Ringlet
Marbled White
Grayling
Glossary
Bibliography
Useful Websites
Organisations
Index
