European Butterflies and Zygaenids: Ecology, Conservation, Habitats, Imagines and Pre-Imaginal Stages. Northern and Central Europe Including the Alps

Description:

20 volume set. This unprecedented 20 volume set is the result of an 8-year project that has assembled all the ecological and biological information available for all central and northern European butterflies, Burnet and Forester Moths, in total 353 species, 42 of which are Zygaenidae species. The work covers an area from the French and northern Croatian Mediterranean coast to the North Cape in Norway, from the Rhône valley in the west to the Black Sea in the east and includes the UK and Ireland.

The authors have managed to take or acquire photos of more than 99% of all imaginal and pre-imaginal stages (i.e. egg, all larval instars, pupa, cocoon, and imago). This has never been tried or done before. All imaginal and pre-imaginal photos are of living specimens, rather than dead specimens held in collections.

The most important information about each species is summarised concisely: identification, larval habitats, larval host plants, phenology and development, threats and conservation, as well as overall distribution and a map of distribution in central and northern Europe. This information is then documented in detail with photos on the following pages for each species. Practically all species are illustrated in all pre-imaginal stages, often showing variations not only of the imagines but also of the pre-imaginal stages. The identification plates in Volume 3 show the upper and lower sides of males and females (if they are different), all typical egg and pupa forms, and many caterpillar forms of all 353 species covered. The book includes a list of all known larval host plants in alphabetical order, indicating the Lepidoptera species that feed on each.

The 20 volumes cover the following topics and families:

Vol. 1: Introduction; Life cycle; Threats and conservation

Vol. 2: Habitats

Vol. 3: Identification plates (imagines, eggs, pupae and mature larvae); Papilionidae

Vol. 4: Hesperiidae

Vol. 5: Zygaenidae I (Procridinae, Chalkosiinae, Zygaeninae I)

Vol. 6: Zygaenidae II (Zygaeninae II)

Vol. 7: Zygaenidae III (Zygaeninae III)

Vol. 8: Pieridae

Vol. 9: Riodinidae and Lycaenidae I (Theclini, Eumaeini, Lycaenini)

Vol. 10: Lycaenidae II (Polyommatini I)

Vol. 11: Lycaenidae III (Polyommatini II)

Vol. 12: Lycaenidae IV (Polyommatini III)

Vol. 13: Nymphalidae I (Danainae, Charaxinae, Libytheinae, Nymphalini, Limenitidinae, Apaturinae)

Vol. 13: Nymphalidae II (Argynnini)

Vol. 14: Nymphalidae III (Melitaeini I)

Vol. 15: Nymphalidae IV (Melitaeini II, Coenonymphini)

Vol. 16: Nymphalidae V (Melanargiini, Maniolini, Elymniini)

Vol. 17: Nymphalidae VI (Satyrini I)

Vol. 18: Nymphalidae VII (Satyrini II, Erebiini I)

Vol. 19: Nymphalidae VIII (Erebiini II)

Vol. 20: Nymphalidae IX (Erebiini III)

Volumes are not available individually.