The Butterflies of Canada

Ross Layberry; Peter Hall; Don Lafontaine

Published by University of Toronto Press 1998

The Butterflies of Canada

Ross Layberry , Peter Hall and Don Lafontaine

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442623163

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About this book

The first comprehensive guide to all the butterflies found in Canada. It contains descriptive individual accounts for 300 butterfly species, including descriptions of early stages of species development, subspecies, and a list of key features.

Author / Editor information

Layberry Ross :

Ross A. Layberry has been building a database of butterfly distribution in Canada since 1985, now at over 90,000 records.
Hall Peter :

Peter W. Hall is presently Acting Director General, Strategies asnd Planning Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada.
Lafontaine Don :

J. Donald Lafontaine is a research scientist at the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, where he has worked in the Lepidoptera Unit in the Canadian National Collection of insects (CNC) for the past twenty-six years.

Reviews

"The Butterflies of Canada is at once a field guide, a butterfly life-history reference, a coffee table book, a source for encouraging further study, and perhaps a benchmark for other future natural history publications. Both casual and serious naturalists will enjoy this book as an addition to their ever-growing libraries.'

'Even those who don't have lepidopterist leanings will find it hard not to admire the lively colour and visual appeal the photographs of butterflies offer.'

"All in all, an indispensable feast of feathery little beasts.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
How to Use This Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
The History of Butterfly Study in Canada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Canadian Geography and Butterfly Distribution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Butterfly Observation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Butterfly Gardening Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Butterfly Conservation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
What Is a Butterfly? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Lepidoptera Classification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Butterfly Life History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Butterfly Systematics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Species Accounts
Family Hesperiidae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Family Papilionidae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Family Pieridae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Family Lycaenidae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Family Riodinidae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Family Nymphalidae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Checklist of Canadian Butterflies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Dubious Records Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Collecting Guidelines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Appendix: Canadian Locations Mentioned in the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index to Larval Foodplants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Index to Butterflies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 354
Keywords: DISCOUNT-C

eBook

Published: December 15, 1998
ISBN: 9781442623163