This outstanding work is a manual that enables one to identify pupae, or empty pupal skins, of about two thirds (some 2,600 species) of the Central European Lepidoptera. The text part of about 560 pages comprises a short introduction, identification keys, and species-for species accounts including succinct descriptions of pupal morphology as well as information about habitats, life-style and food plants. The illustration part consists of 271 plates including more than 8,000 line drawings of the treated pupae and/or structural details pertinent for their identification.
- ISBN10 8788757471
- ISBN13 9788788757477
- Publish Date 1 January 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Publisher Brill
- Imprint Apollo Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 862
- Language English
- URL brill.com/product_id58692