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Complete Field Guide to the Butterflies of Australia - Softcover

Braby, Michael

 
9780643090279: Complete Field Guide to the Butterflies of Australia

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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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9781486301003: The Complete Field Guide to the Butterflies of Australia: Second Edition

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ISBN 10:  1486301002 ISBN 13:  9781486301003
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing, 2016
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