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.
- ISBN10 0643090274
- ISBN13 9780643090279
- Publish Date 1 October 2004 (first published 1 January 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 April 2021
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint CSIRO Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English