| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 803 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; BIOLOGY; GAZETIEER AND LIST OF REGIONAL WORKS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; THE CATALOGUE; ADDENDUM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
The result of more than 20 years of research and collaboration by international butterfly experts, this book is the first comprehensive catalogue to the butterfly fauna of any major tropical region and, as such, provides a basic research tool for any worker with an interest in African butterflies. Covering 3593 recognised species in 300 genera, it deals with about 20% of the world butterfly fauna. Included are entries for all genus-group, species-group and infra-subspecific names applicable to the Afrotropical butterflies, a total of about 14 000 names. This work has a more wide-ranging appea |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-748) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Papilionidae -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Hesperiidae -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Butterflies -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Butterflies -- Arabia, Southern
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NATURE -- Butterflies & Moths.
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Butterflies
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Hesperiidae
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Papilionidae
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Schmetterlinge
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Lepidoptera.
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Insecta.
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Papilionidés -- Afrique noire.
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Hespériidés -- Afrique noire.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Southern Arabia
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Ostafrika
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África.
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| Genre/Form |
Katalog.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ackery, Phillip Ronald.
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Smith, C. R. (Campbell R.)
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Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin.
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| ISBN |
0643055614 |
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9780643055612 |
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9780643100787 |
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0643100784 |
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