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WINNER OF THE 2010 GUARDIAN NATURE BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE 1991 NATURAL WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Butterflies of Britain & Ireland provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident and migratory butterflies, including the latest information on newly discovered species such as Cryptic Wood White and the Geranium Bronze. When first published in 1991 it won the Natural World Book of the Year Award and won plaudits from all quarters. Fully revised, considerably expanded and reset in 2010, it was judged that year's Guardian Nature Book of the Year. Now revised again to reflect the latest research findings, and with up-to-date distribution maps, this remarkable book is THE guide to the appearance, behaviour, life cycle and ecology of the butterflies of Britain and Ireland.

Trade Review
Both authors are justly renowned for their work and this book remains a must-have classic for anyone interested in butterflies. -- Nigel Bourn * Butterfly Magazine *
Arguably the best book ever published on British butterflies … I have no hesitation in recommending adding the new edition to your library. -- Sam Ellis * Atropos *
It is, quite simply, the best book on the butterflies of Britain and Ireland bar none. -- Peter Eeles * Dispar: The Online Journal of Lepidoptera *
A book you must have on your bookshelves. -- Ray Collier * Highland News *

Table of Contents
Introduction Butterfly names and families Hesperiidae Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon Small Skipper Thymelicus slyvestris Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Papilionidae Swallowtail Papilio machaon Pieridae Wood White Leptidea sinapis Cryptic Wood White Lepitdea juvernica Pale and Berger's Clouded Yellows Colias hyale and Colias alfacariensis Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Black-veined White Aporia crataegi Large White Pieris brassicae Small White Pieris rapae Green-veined White Pieris napi Bath White Pontia daplidice Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines Lycaenidae Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Brown Hairstreak Thecia betulae Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni Large Copper Lycaena dispar Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus Geranium Bronze Cacyreus marshalli Bloxworth (Short-tailed) Blue everes argiades Small Blue Cupido minimum Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus Mazarine Blue Celastrina argiolus Large Blue Maculinea arion Riodinidae Duke of Burgandy Hamearis lucina Nymphalidae White Admiral Limenitis camilla Purple Emperor Apatura iris Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros Peacock Aglais io Comma Polygonia c-album Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia Marsh Fritillary Euphydrayas aurinia Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Wall Lasiommata megera Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops Marbled White Melanargia galathea Grayling Hipparchia semele Gatekepper Pyronia tithonus Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Large Heath Coenonympha tullia Monarch Danaus plexippus Further reading Societies to join Websites Names of plants Acknowledgements

The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/01/2019
      ISBN13: 9781472967190, 978-1472967190
      ISBN10: 1472967194

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      WINNER OF THE 2010 GUARDIAN NATURE BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE 1991 NATURAL WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Butterflies of Britain & Ireland provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident and migratory butterflies, including the latest information on newly discovered species such as Cryptic Wood White and the Geranium Bronze. When first published in 1991 it won the Natural World Book of the Year Award and won plaudits from all quarters. Fully revised, considerably expanded and reset in 2010, it was judged that year's Guardian Nature Book of the Year. Now revised again to reflect the latest research findings, and with up-to-date distribution maps, this remarkable book is THE guide to the appearance, behaviour, life cycle and ecology of the butterflies of Britain and Ireland.

      Trade Review
      Both authors are justly renowned for their work and this book remains a must-have classic for anyone interested in butterflies. -- Nigel Bourn * Butterfly Magazine *
      Arguably the best book ever published on British butterflies … I have no hesitation in recommending adding the new edition to your library. -- Sam Ellis * Atropos *
      It is, quite simply, the best book on the butterflies of Britain and Ireland bar none. -- Peter Eeles * Dispar: The Online Journal of Lepidoptera *
      A book you must have on your bookshelves. -- Ray Collier * Highland News *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Butterfly names and families Hesperiidae Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon Small Skipper Thymelicus slyvestris Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Papilionidae Swallowtail Papilio machaon Pieridae Wood White Leptidea sinapis Cryptic Wood White Lepitdea juvernica Pale and Berger's Clouded Yellows Colias hyale and Colias alfacariensis Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Black-veined White Aporia crataegi Large White Pieris brassicae Small White Pieris rapae Green-veined White Pieris napi Bath White Pontia daplidice Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines Lycaenidae Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Brown Hairstreak Thecia betulae Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni Large Copper Lycaena dispar Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus Geranium Bronze Cacyreus marshalli Bloxworth (Short-tailed) Blue everes argiades Small Blue Cupido minimum Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus Mazarine Blue Celastrina argiolus Large Blue Maculinea arion Riodinidae Duke of Burgandy Hamearis lucina Nymphalidae White Admiral Limenitis camilla Purple Emperor Apatura iris Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros Peacock Aglais io Comma Polygonia c-album Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia Marsh Fritillary Euphydrayas aurinia Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Wall Lasiommata megera Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops Marbled White Melanargia galathea Grayling Hipparchia semele Gatekepper Pyronia tithonus Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Large Heath Coenonympha tullia Monarch Danaus plexippus Further reading Societies to join Websites Names of plants Acknowledgements

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