Butterflies of Britain & EuropeThis butterfly guide covers 444 species, with each species fully illustrated with paintings of the male, female and all major forms, varieties and sub-species. The text covers all taxonomic nomenclature, distribution, flight period, vari ation, habitat and behaviour. |
Contents
Personal Tribute to L G Higgins and N D Riley | 6 |
Preface | 7 |
Acknowledgements | 8 |
Copyright | |
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absent according to locality Agrodiaetus Algeria Alpes-Maritimes Alps amongst areas Austria Balkans basal Behaviour Bivoltine Blue Range brown Bulgaria butterflies Canary Islands Cantabrian Mts Captive larvae Chelmos Coenonympha Corsica damp dark Description and Variation developed discal Distribution Europe European Turkey female Fennoscandia Festuca Flight-period flowery places France grassy Grayling Greece Habitat Hibernates High Atlas Hipparchia Italy July/August June/late laid larvae Larvae attended larvae feed Late Life-history Linnaeus 1758 TL Lycaena Male upf Male ups gc massif Mediterranean islands Middle Atlas Morocco NW Africa Oberthür ocelli orange pale paler pd band pd spots Plate Polyvoltine Portugal Pseudochazara pupa Pupates Pyrenees Pyrgus Republic of Macedonia require confirmation Resembles nominate form Ringlet Erebia rocky Sardinia scrub Sicily Skipper slopes small larva sometimes Spain species submarginal suffusion Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Turkey unh gc Univoltine Urals usually variable Voltinism widespread woodland clearings yellow