The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia (gnv64)

The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia
by Michael F. Braby
CSIRO Publishing | November 2004 | ISBN-10: 0643090274 | PDF | 352 pages | 24.1 mb
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Field-Guide-Butterflies-Australia/dp/0643090274

This is the first complete field guide to all butterfly species on Australia’s mainland and its remote islands.
Written by one of Australia's leading lepidopterists, it is stunningly illustrated with color photographs of each of the 416 currently identified species. There is also a distribution map for each species on the Australian mainland.
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 covers adult structure, classification, distribution and habitats, and life cycle and behavior. 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 behavior, 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.

Features
* All 416 species photographed in colour
* Distribution map for each species on the Australian mainland
* Includes species found on Australia’s remote islands
* Complete introduction to the biology of butterflies, and their habitats
* Written by one of Australia’s leading lepidopterists

About the Author
Michael F. Braby has been collecting and studying Australian butterflies for more than 25 years. Travelling across most of the Australian continent, he has gained first-hand experience of more than 75% of Australia’s 416 species. He has reared and photographed numerous species and has built up an extensive private collection. Michael Braby is the author of the major two-volume standard text, Butterflies of Australia, which won the Whitley Medal in 2000. He is the author of more than 40 refereed scientific papers and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Harvard University.