Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea, Volume 31

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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.

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Contents

Introduction
1
Hesperioidea
27
Coeliadinae
28
Hesperiinae
36
Pyrginae
70
Trapezitinae
79
Papilionoidea
129
Liphyrinae
131
Argynninae
284
Charaxinae
290
Danainae
294
Heliconiinae
324
Libytheinae
327
Limenitinae
329
Nymphalinae
337
Satyrinae
357

Polyommatinae
132
Lycaenesthini
147
Polyommatini
149
Riodininae
197
Theclinae
198
Deudorigini
203
Hypolycaenini
210
Luciini
213
Ogyrini
247
Zesiini
261
Nymphalidae
275
Acraeinae
277
Amathusiinae
280
Apaturinae
282
Tellervinae
405
Papilionidae
409
Papilioninae
411
Pieridae
443
Coliadinae
444
Pierinae
462
Abbreviations and Symbols
491
Museum Acronyms
492
HostLepidoptera Associations
493
Taxonomic Index
561
Common Name Index
605
Summary of Proposed and Published VolumesParts
611
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