British and Irish Butterflies

A wonderful butterfly book, the first to cover all the adult forms, including subspecies, in the British Isles. It provides clear directions and field tips on where to find them (incl. OS grid references), as well as details of identification and behaviour, and is complemented with stunning colour photographs of living specimen of all the taxa.

This volume is supported by Butterfly Conservation in their efforts to protect the butterfly fauna of these islands, whilst at the same time, encouraging greater awareness of their existence and beauty.

Note for booksellers: This book is distributed by BEBC Ltd.

How to use this book

As stated in the Introduction, each species, subspecies and major form is treated in the text with equal status and, for ease of reference, the individual accounts are divided into standard sections. ...

Literature references, Subspecies type locality and authority, General distribution and status: General distribution, Status, Legal status, Distribution of records, Flight period, Larval foodplants, Habitat requirements, Identification characters, variation and similar species, Field tips and Regional prime sites.

What our readers say:

'I greatly admire Adrian Riley's butterfly book; it is a masterly tour de force and the photographs are superb, by far the best I've seen. The habitat information is great.

Mr. Ferguson