Carcasson's African Butterflies: An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region

摘要: Intended for biologists with an interest in Africa and African butterflies, this book serves as a comprehensive catalogue to the entire butterfly fauna of Afrotropical region. It covers 3593 species 300 genera - about 20% world fauna; contains all genus-group, species-group infrasubspecific names applied fauna, total 14,000 names. Bibliographic reference provided genus, names, are type designation genus-group The sequence families, subfamilies, tribes reflects current knowledge classification. Information distribution, habitats known larval hostplants species. A introduction includes sections on general behaviour, biogeography early stage biology, together gazetteer list regional works. Features include: photographs which illustrate one representative each genus; cbibliography. text is fully indexed.