Language: English
Covers over 400 butterfly species or subspecies, including four Central Asian species new to science, each supplied with a brief account of its taxonomy, status, ecology, biology, variability, and distribution. Virtually each taxon is illustrated by 1:1 colour photographs of the male and female both from upper side and beneath, with several old and new type specimens involved. In the cases of sibling/similar forms, their genital distinguishing characters are depicted as well.