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
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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.

List of Plates

(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

(94)

1. Butterflies and other insects

(4)

2. The life cycle of Kenyan butterflies

(10)

3. The adult butterfly

(7)

4. Butterfly variation

(7)

5. Butterfly behaviour

(8)

6. Enemies and defence

(11)

7. African butterfly biogeography

(25)

8. Butterfly distribution and habitats in Kenya

(7)

9. Butterfly migration in Kenya

(7)

10. Butterflies as pests

(2)

11. Butterfly classification

(6)

PART II KENYAN BUTTERFLIES-SYSTEMATIC PART

(341)

Notes on the systematic part

(11)

Scientific nomenclature

(1)

Vernacular names

(1)

Glossary of technical terms

(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

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