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Outstanding Birdwing Butterflies

by Deslisle, G.; Sclavo, J.-P.

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Publisher : Ornitho Press
Illustrations : 9300 figs, 139 maps

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Description:

The most complete reference book about Birdwing Butterflies to date. Data on specimens mainly from the Jean-Pierre Sclavo and the Insectarium de Montréal (Deslisle Bequest) collections, but also from 50 of the most important reference collections of Birdwing Butterflies in the world. Male and female are illustrated life size, upper and underside in full colour, with their range of individual variations. Also with superb photographs of adults in the wild, early stages, host-plants and habitats. 11 identification keys. Genus Ornithoptera (subgenera Schoenbergia, Straatmana, Ornithoptera & Aetheoptera), 11 species, 27 subspecies, 57 local forms, 235 forms (75 new), 156 aberrations, 44 gynandromorphs, 52 combinations of hybrids (187 specimens).