Author | Thomas, J. & Lewington, R. |
Year | 1991 |
Title | The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland |
ISBN | 0-86318-591-6 |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
Source | 224pp, Dorling Kindersley |
Illustrations | Beautiful colour paintings printed at very high quality |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Produced by Dorling Kindersley in association with The National Trust. A beautiful work with several pages devoted to each species. Each description includes a distribution map and describes the life history, ecology, conservation, threats and other topics at some length. There is also a full page of paintings showing ova, larvae, pupae, adult male and female, upperside and underside, diagnostic features, appearance (gizz) in the field, and anything else the authors could think of! |
Examine | with Binoculars ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful) |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | PAPILIONOIDEA | butterflies | Animalia: Lepidoptera |
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