This is the first complete field guide to all butterfly species on Australia's mainland and its remote islands. It covers the five major family groups: Hesperiidae, Paplionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae, as well as the family Riodinidae, which has but a single species in Australia. The introduction to the book covers adult structure, classification, distribution and habitats, and life cycle and behaviour. This is followed by accounts of each of the 416 species, giving common name, scientific name, and other names (if any), as well as details of behaviour, habitat, status, and larval food plants. Accompanying each species is a distribution map, and photographs of the upperside and underside of both male and female specimens. The book also contains a checklist of all species, a list of entomological contacts, a glossary, a bibliography, an index of common names and an index of scientific names.|The first complete field guide to all butterfly species on Australia’s mainland and its remote islands.
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Dr Michael Braby has spent the last 24 years collecting and studying Australian butterflies. He has reared and photographed numerous species and has built up a private collection of more than 5000 specimens. He is the author of the major two-volume standard text, Butterflies of Australia, which won the Whitley Medal in 2000 and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Harvard University.
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first edition).Octavo,340 pp.,colour photographs, other illustrations, softcover, signs of wear. This complete field guide to all butterfly species on Australia's mainland and its remote islands includes the five major family groups: Hesperiidae, Paplionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae, as well as the family Riodinidae, which has but a single species in Australia. The introduction to the book covers adult structure, classification, distribution and habitats, and life cycle and behaviour. This is followed by accounts of each of the 416 species, giving common name, scientific name, and other names (if any), as well as details of behaviour, habitat, status, and larval food plants. Accompanying each species is a distribution map, and photographs of the upperside and underside of both male and female specimens. Seller Inventory # 37146
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia. Reprint 2008. Softcover (15 x 22 cm), 339 pages. ISBN: 0643090274. Very Good condition. Covers bumped, scuffed/scratched, rolled/creased at edges, corners. White mark (approx 2cm) on rear cover, along hinge. Weight (before packaging): 680g. Seller Inventory # 3346
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Complete Field Guide to the Butterflies of Australia This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780643090279
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES IN FULL COLOUR WITH DESCRIPTIONS. None. Seller Inventory # 001568
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Condition: Very Good. 339, col photos, distribution maps. 215x148mm. PB. Fine. Reprinted with corrections, first published 2004. First complete field guide to all Australia's 416 butterfly species, with information on scientific and common names, behaviour, habitat, status and larval foodplants. Illustrations show male and female, upper- and underside for all 416 species. [9780643090279]. Seller Inventory # S65266
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Paperback. Condition: Like new. 1st Edition. A 'like new' condition 1st edition paperback of 'The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia' by Michael F. Braby. Stunningly illustrated with colour photographs of each of the 416 currently identified species. A tight, bright, and clean copy of 339pp, with no creases and no inscriptions. (15x22cm). Seller Inventory # 302