Description
A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies of Australia is an easy-to-use, introductory photographic guide to 280 species of butterfly commonly seen in Australia. It is suitable for all levels of naturalist, and is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from Martin Purvis and from Australia’s other top nature photographers are accompanied by John Nielsen’s detailed species descriptions, which include omenclature, size, distribution, habitat and habits. The user-friendly introduction covers the structure and life cycle of butterflies and their behaviour as a key to observing them. Also included is an up-to-date checklist of the butterflies of Australia encompassing, for each species, its common and cientific names and its IUCN status. The fully updated third edition includes extensive updates to the text and taxonomy as well as many new images of the species covered.