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Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies

by Matsuka, H.

Publisher : Matsuka Shuppan
Published In : Tokyo
Illustrations : 1105 colour photos, maps, text figs

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Description:

An outstanding book (the result of the author's 20 years field work) on the birdwing butterflies, including for the first time, photos of all species in the field. The fine colour plates enable easy identification of all species and subspecies. The fully bilingual text (English/Japanese) includes much new information on biology. 119 pages of field photographs, illustrating all 32 species in their natural habitat. Also 195 photos of early stages; 44 pages of specimen photos (442 specimens) depicting all 159 known subspecies (male, female, upperside, underside), distribution maps; 214 photos of foodplants (flowers, fruits and leaves for 51 species of Aristolochia, Pararistolochia, Thottea)