A series of five volumes entitled “A Handbook to the Order Lepidoptera” was published as part of Lloyd’s Natural History by Edward Lloyd, Ltd. in London, 1896. The series was edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe who was a curator in the Zoological Department of the British Museum. Sharpe was an extremely knowledgeable Ornithologist and worked closely with John Gould on his projects finishing some after Gould’s death. This particular series was authored by the eminent,W.F. Kirby, from the Zoology Department of the British Museum and one of the World’s Authorities on Butterflies and Moths. He was the Author of “European Butterflies and Moths” which is a great reference work and numerous other books.
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Volume 1
Butterflies
A handbook to the order Lepidoptera (1896)
Atropos
The journal for butterfly, moth, and dragonfly enthusiasts.
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Butterflies
An arbitary division in the order Lepidoptera, which everyone can recognize but few can categorize. The other division being the Moths.
FrançaisButterfly Monitoring Scheme
The scheme has monitored changes in the abundance of butterflies throughout the United Kingdom since 1976. Over the 32 years of the scheme, recorders have made over 170,000 weekly visits to 1500 separate sites, walking over 375,000 km and counting over 12.5 million butterflies!
Hesperiidae
A family of butterflies known as Skippers. These are small to medium sized butterflies that are rarely larger the 2 inches in size.
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 40% of the known butterfly species.
Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae are a widely distributed family of butterflies with some 5,000 species.
Papilionidae
A family of butterflies common called the Swallowtails. There are about 550 of these large colourful butterflies. Most of them are tropical but members are found on all continents.
UK lepidoptera
Eggs, Larvae and pupae of Butterflies and Moths.
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