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Some selected reading.
Field Guides for North America
National
Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies by Robert Michael Pyle
Butterflies are among the natural world's most colourful and
intriguing creatures, so what could be more useful than a handy field
guide with more than 1,000 photographs of all the butterflies of North
America north of Mexico, including all true butterflies, the most common
skippers, and many moths.
A
Field Guide to Western Butterflies (Peterson Field Guide
Series) by Lisa White(Editor), et al
This
all-new edition includes more than 590 species, illustrated in lifelike
positions on beautiful new colour plates. With descriptions of all the
butterflies that occur west of the 100th meridian in the United States and
Canada, this guide has accurate information on ranges, habitats, flight
times etc..
A
Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field
Guides) by Paul A. Opler, Roger Tory Peterson
Replacing Alexander Klot's 1951 classic, A
field guide to the butterflies, this new guide describes 524
species--all those known to occur in North America east of the 100th
meridian--including all the most important information for each butterfly.
The descriptions are enhanced by colour paintings and photographs.
Butterflies
Through Binoculars : The East by Jeffrey
Glassberg
This
unique field guide to the butterflies of the eastern United States and
southeastern Canada provides readers with a complete overview of more than
300 species of butterflies native to North America. Also includes tips on
butterfly photography. 900 halftones. 23 linecuts. 12 phenograms.
Butterflies
Through Binoculars : A Field Guide to Butterflies in the Boston New York
Washington Region by Jeffrey
Glassberg
In
this unique field guide, Glassberg has made butterfly watching a less
frustrating and far more rewarding pastime, showing readers how to find,
identify, and enjoy the nearly 160 species that inhabit the Northeast. The
first guide to combine photographs of living butterflies with the
traditional specimens.
Butterflies
Through Binoculars : A Field and Finding Guide to Florida Butterflies
by Jeffrey Glassberg, et al
The
Butterflies of North America : A Natural History and Field
Guide by James A. Scott
An
illustrated field guide to North American butterfly species also acts as a
complete natural history, fully describing the biological and ecological
world of butterflies for collectors and advanced naturalists alike.
Field Guides for Other Areas
Collins
Field Guide to The Butterflies of Britain and Europe Tom
Tolman
A comprehensive and well illustrated guide to all the European Butterfly
species.
The
Millennium Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland Jim Asher
Very up-to-date and accurate distribution information. Superbly produced,
packed with useful information.
Butterflies of Cyprus
1998 by Eddie John
Available from the Amateur Entomologists Society, PO Box 8774, London SW7 5ZG. The (UK) price is
GBP3.60 post free, but the A. E. S. advises: "Outside UK please add 10% to
order value for postage by surface mail. For postage by air mail outside Europe
please add 30% to order value."
The
Butterflies of Ireland : A Field Guide by Norman
E., Dr. Hickin, et al
The
Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia by John
Tennent
The first work on the Butterflies of this region for a considerable time!
Guide
to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region series editor
G.C.Bozano
An A4 sized guide to the butterflies of the whole palearctic region,
published in parts containing about 100 species each. Distributional information
as well as identification details.
- Satyridae part I (Elymniinae:
Lethini)
- Satyridae part II (Satyrinae:
Ypthimini)
- Lycaenidae part I (Lycaeninae)
The
Butterflies of Canada by Ross A. Layberry, et al
The most perfect
book about butterflies in a specific region ever made! It contains the
latest information about all butterflies in Canada and it is well
illustrated with 32 great colour plates covering all species.
This is the only book you need about butterflies in Canada.
The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural
History by Philip J. Devries, et al
A comprehensive guide to Costa Rica Butterflies.
Pennington's
Butterflies of Southern Africa by E. L. L.
Pringle(Editor), et al
This book is regarded as the ultimate reference guide on Southern
African butterflies, and not without reason. It contains an excess of 800
plates, covering virtually every species and subspecies of the region.
Every family, genus and species are discussed in detail
The
Butterflies of Papua New Guinea : Their Systematics and
Biology by Michael Parsons
"The world of butterfly books includes many that are large,
lavishly illustrated, richer in form than substance. However, this one is
excellent. In addition to being an attractive book for butterfly
enthusiasts, it will be a valuable resource on butterfly systematics and
on the ecology"
The
Butterflies of Hong Kong by Gweneth Johnston, et al
The book provides a detailed ecological and
biogeographic discussion of Hong Kong and the surrounding area of southern
China; description of the butterfly fauna and habitats; and a superbly
illustrated and detailed biology of butterflies.
The
Butterflies of Australia by Common & Waterhouse
A detailed guide to the Butterflies of the region.
Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly
Gardening : Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden by Xerces Society
This new edition of the classic handbook describes how to
attract butterflies and other beneficial and beautiful insects to you
garden.
Garden
Butterflies of North America : A Gallery of Garden Butterflies & How
to Attract Them by Rick Mikula, Claudia Mikula
Mikula, author of Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Butterfly
Garden, offers readers a study of 40 North American butterflies,
including swallowtails, brushfoots, whites, sulphurs, skippers,
heliconians, blues, hairstreaks, and crescents. Mikula gives details on
habitat, diet, size, colour.
Creating
a Butterfly Garden : A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Butterfly
Visitors by Marcus H. Schneck
Practical and
beautiful, this book shows how to attract butterflies to a back yard
garden--and turn it into a fluttering paradise. Marcus Schneck explains
the life cycles, migration patterns, and mating behavior of these
creatures, and offers invaluable information on everything from
pesticide-free.
The
Butterfly Garden: Turning Your Garden, Window Box, or Backyard into a
Beautiful Home for Butterflies by Mathew Tekulsky, Robert M. Pyle (Designer)
The
Butterfly Garden is a complete manual on how to attract this elusive
creature to your garden or backyard by planting common plants and flowers
that butterflies use for nectar, food, and pollination. Includes
butterflies and plants specific to each region.
Miscellaneous
Butterflies
of the World by Valerio Sbordoni, Saverio
Forestiero
Libraries that do not already own this lovely,
accessible, and informative description of butterflies (and some moths)
and their evolution, anatomy, physiology, and ecology will want to
seriously consider this edition. Translated from the Italian.
Nabokov's
Butterflies : Unpublished and Uncollected Writings by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Nabokov's achievements as a lepidopterist are finally being
accorded the respect they deserve. Nabokov's Blues assessed his
contributions to science, and now this literary cornucopia illuminates
further his lifelong love affair with butterflies and the fruits of his
many years in the field.
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