Weblinks: Lepidoptera

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.
These can be either downloaded or read for free at archive.org
 
Volume 1

Description of the Proctotrupidae family of parasitic wasps found in North America.
 

The journal for butterfly, moth, and dragonfly enthusiasts.
 

Butterfly Conservation was formed by a small group of dedicated naturalists in 1968 following the alarming decline of many beautiful butterflies

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!

Website for those interested in recording moths
regularly in their garden, anywhere in the UK and Ireland.

Photographic gallery of insects found around Osnabrück in Germany. Manly hymenoptera, including Ichneumonidae, Vespidae, Chrysididae, Symphyta, and Apidae. Other insect orders too including Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Hemiptera.

 

Eggs, Larvae and pupae of Butterflies and Moths.

Online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

Wild About Britain has hundreds of thousands of pages about British wildlife, the Environment and the Great Outdoors; from birds, butterflies, fungi and trees to climate change, marine life, astronomy and the weather.