Butterflies of Europe, Vol. 2: Introduction to Lepidopterology

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Volume 2 of this series is a comprehensive introduction to the biology of butterflies. It includes a guide to the major museums institutes and societies which have been engaged in lepidopterological research, and which hold important libraries and are depositories of major butterfly collections. A "Who's Who" of lepidopterology provides information about great deceased European lepidopterologists. The presentation of the morphology of all stages of development is followed by a detailed discussion of various aspects of the phylogeny of our recent butterflies. This volume deals in full detail with such topics as genetics, laryotypesof families, genera and speciies; also with various enzyme electrophoretic methods, because of their importanceand application in systematics and phylogeny. Methods of breeding butterflies are clearly explained, teir parasites are described, and the volume concludes with a chapter on the behavior and movements of butterflies. Wiesbaden. Aula. 557 pp., 4 color plates with 32 photographs, 93 figs, 25 tabels, 2 diagrams, cloth bound gr. 8 [15.5 x 23.5 cm] [with dust jacket].

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Title
Butterflies of Europe, Vol. 2: Introduction to Lepidopterology
Author
Kudrna, O. [ed.]
Publication year
1990
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