Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 31.6
Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea
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Description
Certificate of Commendation Winner at the 2001 Whitley Awards - Best Zoological Reference Section
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.
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 is introduced by a comprehensive historical and explanatory account of work on Australian butterflies. Details are given of all genus and species synonymies applicable to the Australian fauna. There are details of the type designations of all 507 available generic names, of type data for the 1,004 available species group names and of nomenclatural changes and changes in taxonomic status for most of the 136 valid genera, 400 species, and 371 subspecies. The butterflies have an enormous literature and this catalogue provides a guide to the significant literature of each taxon. An extensive list of larval food plants is also included, as well as succinct information on ecology and distribution and a comprehensive bibliography.
- Covers 136 valid genera, 400 species and 371 subspecies.
- Naming and status of types of Australian butterflies.
- Explicit reasons for establishment of types and type localities.
Reviews
“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)
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