How to Identify Butterflies - Couverture souple

Lewington, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0002201232 ISBN 13 : 9780002201230

Editeur : Collins, 1999

Synopsis

Every current field guide depends on the user having some knowledge of the subject. Collins How to Identify guides are designed to help even those with the most basicknowledge identify different species with confidence.

The latest title in this popular series, How to Identify Butterflies includes 75 of the most common species found in Britain and Northern Europe.

Each of the main species is illustrated together with a distribution map and a detailed description of identification features, habitat and life history. Commonly confusable species are also illustrated.

Packed with information that is both fascinating and practical, together with highly-detailed colour illustrations by the world’s leading butterfly artist, How to Identify Butterflies is the essential identification handbook for all those who are just starting out.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Lewington is one of the world's leading natural history illustrators, specialising in insects and other invertebrates. He has illustrated numerous books, including ‘How to Identify Butterflies’, ‘Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland’ and ‘Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland’. He lives in Oxfordshire, where he works as a freelance illustrator and regularly leads wildlife tours to various parts of Europe.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'How to identify Butterflies' is written and illustrated by Richard Lewington, one of the world's leading butterfly artists. It is designed to help even those with the most rudimetary knowledge identify different species with confidence.

• Lookalikes and commonly confusable species are also illustrated
• Calendar bars indicate when you can expect to see the species as an egg, caterpillar, pupa or fully grown butterfly.
• Main illustrations show the butterfly as it is most likely to be seen
• Key features, habitat and life-history if the main species are described in detail

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Collins
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0002201232
• ISBN 13: 9780002201230
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: HarperCollins Publishers, Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; HarperCollins, Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irlande