| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 803 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"As used here, the Afrotropical Region ... include[s] all sub-Saharan Africa, the Malagasy subregion and southern Arabia. In terms of political rather than biogeographical entities, we would include Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Ethiopia, but not Morocco, Algeria, Libya or Egypt"--Page 49. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-748) and index. |
| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; BIOLOGY; GAZETIEER AND LIST OF REGIONAL WORKS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; THE CATALOGUE; ADDENDUM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
The result of more than 20 years of research and collaboration by international butterfly experts, this book is the first comprehensive catalogue to the butterfly fauna of any major tropical region and, as such, provides a basic research tool for any worker with an interest in African butterflies. Covering 3593 recognised species in 300 genera, it deals with about 20% of the world butterfly fauna. Included are entries for all genus-group, species-group and infra-subspecific names applicable to the Afrotropical butterflies, a total of about 14 000 names. This work has a more wide-ranging appea. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Papilionidae -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Papilionidae. |
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Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Hesperiidae -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Hesperiidae. |
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Butterflies -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Butterflies. |
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Butterflies -- Arabia, Southern.
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Southern Arabia. |
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África. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Katalog.
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| Added Author |
Ackery, Phillip Ronald.
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Smith, C. R. (Campbell R.)
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Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin.
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| Added Title |
African butterflies |
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Annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical region |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Carcasson, R.H. (Robert Herbert). Carcasson's African butterflies. East Melbourne, Vic., Australia : CSIRO Australia ; London : Natural History Museum, ©1995 0643055614 (OCoLC)33417005 |
| ISBN |
0643055614 (electronic book) |
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9780643055612 (electronic book) |
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9780643100787 (electronic book) |
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0643100784 (electronic book) |
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