Butterflies of Britain and Western Europe and Their Caterpillars : An Identification Guide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moussus, Jean-Pierre.

Series:

WILDGuides Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A comprehensive photographic field guide to the butterflies and caterpillars of Britain and Western Europe--as well as the Canaries, the Azores, Madeira, and Cyprus This is the first field identification guide to the adult butterflies of Britain and Western Europe that also covers most of their caterpillars and egg types, providing all the tools.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

GEOGRAPHICAL AND SYSTEMATIC LIMITS OF THE GUIDE

A PRIMER OF EUROPEAN BUTTERFLY BIOGEOGRAPHY AND DIVERSITY

HOW TO USE THIS FIELD GUIDE

KEY TO IMAGES

KEY TO BUTTERFLY FAMILIES

KEY TO HESPERIIDAE

KEY TO PAPILIONIDAE

KEY TO PIERIDAE

KEY TO LYCAENIDAE

KEY TO NON-SATYRINE NYMPHALIDAE

KEY TO SATYRINAE

Species accounts

THE PAPILIONIDS (14 SPECIES)

THE SKIPPERS (49 SPECIES)

THE PIERIDS (57 SPECIES)

THE LYCAENIDS (125 SPECIES) AND RIODINIDS (1 SPECIES)

THE NON-SATYRINE NYMPHALIDS (79 SPECIES)

NYMPHALIDAE

Introduction to the Use of Genitalia to Identify a Butterfly

Introduction to Caterpillar Identification

KEY TO CATERPILLARS

Introduction to the Biology of Butterfly Eggs and Oviposition

KEY TO THE MAIN EGG TYPES

Bibliography

Photographic Credits

Index of Scientific Names

Index of English Names

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-691-27191-7

9780691271910

OCLC:

1561173015