Author: Tennent, J.
Title: Butterflies of the Solomon Islands: Systematics and Biogeography
Description: Storm 2002 413, 90 colour plates. A4. HB. As new in d/w.. The Solomon Islands, an archipelago of more than a thousand islands, stretches over 1000 miles in the south Pacific, and contains a large percentage of endemic butterflies. This book presents the first account of the 346 butterfly species recorded from the islands, together with a wealth of previously unpublished data on distribution and systematics. More than 1100 specimens (including types) are illustrated life-sized and in colour, with many species and subspecies (including Papilio and Graphium) never illustrated before.Includes for each species/race: description, flight/habitat, host-plants, distribution and taxonomic notes.. [9780954204501]

Keywords: Birdwing Butterflies; Ornithoptera; Papilionidae; Rhopalocera; Lepidoptera; Solomon Islands; South Pacific


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