The Butterflies of Kenya And Their Natural History

by Larsen, Torben B.

• ISBN13: 9780198500056
• ISBN10: 019850005X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is an illustrated identification guide to more than 870 butterfly species recorded from Kenya. All the adult butterflies known up to 1991 are illustrated on the 64 colour plates, which show about 1500 museum specimens especially photographed for this volume. The plates are supplementedby black-and-white drawings of the early stages for some of the species. Following the success of the hardback, this new paperback edition brings it completely up to date with a final section which describes all the butterfly species which have been discovered since the hardback waspublished.

Table of Contents

List of Plates	xv	(1)
List of Figures	xvi	(1)
List of Tables	xvii	(2)
The contents and use of this book	xix
PART I KENYAN BUTTERFLIES-GENERAL INTRODUCTION	3	(94)
1. Butterflies and other insects	3	(4)
2. The life cycle of Kenyan butterflies	7	(10)
3. The adult butterfly	17	(7)
4. Butterfly variation	24	(7)
5. Butterfly behaviour	31	(8)
6. Enemies and defence	39	(11)
7. African butterfly biogeography	50	(25)
8. Butterfly distribution and habitats in Kenya	75	(7)
9. Butterfly migration in Kenya	82	(7)
10. Butterflies as pests	89	(2)
11. Butterfly classification	91	(6)
PART II KENYAN BUTTERFLIES-SYSTEMATIC PART	97	(341)
Notes on the systematic part	97	(11)
Scientific nomenclature	97	(1)
Vernacular names	97	(1)
Glossary of technical terms	98	(2)
Food plant records	100	(1)
Life histories	100	(1)
Sources	100	(1)
Levels of accuracy	101	(1)
Plates	102	(1)
Gazetteer	103	(5)
PAPILIONOIDEA	108	(279)
PAPILIONIDAE	108	(11)
Papilioninae	109	(10)
PIERIDAE	119	(34)
Coliadinae	120	(4)
Pierinae	124	(29)
LYCAENIDAE	153	(100)
Lipteninae	154	(19)
Liphyrinae	173	(2)
Miletinae	175	(2)
Theclinae	177	(35)
Lycaeninae	212	(1)
Polyommatinae	213	(39)
Riodininae	252	(1)
NYMPHALIDAE	253	(134)
Libytheinae	253	(1)
Danainae	254	(8)
Satyrinae	262	(18)
Charaxinae	280	(25)
Charaxini	281	(22)
Euxanthini	303	(2)
Apaturinae	305	(1)
Nymphalinae	305	(12)
Limenitini	306	(15)
Neptini	321	(11)
Marpesiini	332	(1)
Catagrammini	333	(3)
Biblini	336	(3)
Nymphalini	339	(15)
Argynnini	354	(3)
Acraeinae	357	(30)
HESPERIOIDEA	387	(51)
HESPERIIDAE	387	(51)
Coeliadinae	388	(3)
Pyrginae	391	(17)
Hesperiinae	408	(30)
Appendix New genera, species, and subspecies	438	(8)
Bibliography	446	(11)
Postscript	457	(2)
Index of English names	459	(6)
Index of scientific names	465