Zoological Catalogue 31.6 Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea

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This very detailed compendium of data on taxonomy and nomenclature of Australian butterflies is another in the Catalogue series produced by the Australian Biological Resources Study, a sub-program of Environment Australia. Expanding on the butterfly section of the earlier Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia by Nielsen, Edwards & Rangsi (1996) this Catalogue contains the fine details of naming and status of types of Australian butterflies, and information critical for fixing the scientific names of the species. It thus compliments the Checklist and the more recently published, and more general, Butterflies of Australia: Their Identification, Biology and Distribution by Michael Braby. This volume is the 'Who's Who' for the Australian butterfly fauna, the very basic information we all need, but find so difficult to access and evaluate for ourselves. It has been prepared by renowned lepidopterist, E.D. (Ted) Edwards, and is appended by an easily accessible host list (i.e. larval food - plant or animal).

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"The present catalogue with detailed annotations compiled by the team of E. D. Edwards et al. is a very important basic book not only for Australian lepidopterists, but it represents a valuable contribution to our general knowledge of butterflies. It is a basic companion book to the recently published monograph of M. F. Braby: Butterflies of Australia also from CSIRO Publishing ... We congratulate the authors and the publisher." -- K Spitzer and J Jaros (European Journal of Entomology 98:300, 2001)

"This publication is one of the most complete sources available for the literature of butterflies of any country. ... As this volume contains a wealth of information, including larval hosts, anyone with an interest in the butterflies of the Australian fauna should seriously consider adding it to their holdings." --Frederick H. Rindge, American Museum of Natural History, NY, NY (J. New York Entomological Society v.109 nos. 3-4 2001)