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Author Orr, Albert, 1953-

Title The butterflies of Australia / Albert Orr and Roger Kitching; illustrated by Albert Orr
Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010

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 W'BOOL  595.7890994 Orr/Boa  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 296 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 28 cm
Contents Pt.1. Biology of butterflies -- Introducing the butterflies -- Australian butterflies and their habitats -- Relationships with plants and other animals -- Butterflies and humans -- Pt.2. Butterflies -- Family hesperiidae - skippers -- family papilionidae - Swallowtails, birdwings, triangles and swordtails -- Family pieridae - Whites and yellows -- Family nymphalidae - dynps and their allies -- Family lycaenidae - blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Summary Butterflies of Australia offers a unique guide to help identify the nearly 400 species to which our continent plays host; but with its focus on living butterflies, it is much more than an identification guide. Within its pages is a concise but broad, non-technical introduction to butterfly biology, history, ecology, evolution and conservation
Analysis Butterflies
Lepidoptera
Notes "Jacana Books."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-284) and index
Subject Butterflies -- Australia -- Identification.
Butterflies -- Ecology -- Australia.
Butterflies -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
Butterflies -- Australia -- Geographical distribution.
Butterflies -- Australia -- Geographic distribution
Butterflies -- Australia -- History.
Butterflies -- Australia.
Genre/Form Illustrated works.
Author Kitching, R. L. (Roger Laurence), 1945-
ISBN 9781741751086 (paperback)