Butterflies of Southern Africa A Field Guide

About this book

Photographic field guide covering c.300 species, arranged according to colour and size on the plates. The text describes identifying characteristics, habitat and distribution, behaviour, and flight patterns.

Contents

Part 1: basic butterfly biology; observing butterflies in nature; identifying butterflies in the field; how to use this guide; common South African butterflies. Part 2: the papilionids (family Papilionidae); the pierids (family Pierdae); the nymphalids (family Nymphalinae); the nymphalines (subfamily Nymphalinae); the charaxines (subfamily Charaxinae); the acraeines (subfamily Acraeinae); the satyrines (subfamily Satyrinae; the danaines (subfamily Danainae); the libytheines (subfamily libytheinae); the lycaenids (family Lycaenidae); the lipenines (subfamily Lipeninae); the miletines (subfamily Miletinae); the theclines (subfamily Theclinae); the lycaenines (subfamily Lycaeninae); the polyommatines (subfamily Polyommotinae); the hesperids (family Hersperiidae). Part 3: checklists; genera and families of larval foodplants. Index of scientific names. Index to Afikaans scientific names. Index to English scientific names.

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