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Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern Australia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (462 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781760462338
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern AustraliaDDC classification:
  • 595.7890994
LOC classification:
  • QL558 .B733 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Maps -- Plates -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Results and discussion -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Swallowtails (Papilionidae) -- 6. Skippers (Hesperiidae) -- 7. Whites and yellows (Pieridae) -- 8. Nymphs (Nymphalidae) -- 9. Blues (Lycaenidae) -- 10. Day-flying moths (Sesiidae, Castniidae, Zygaenidae, Immidae, Geometridae, Uraniidae, Erebidae and Noctuidae) -- Addendum -- Appendix I: List of larval food plants -- Appendix II: Conservation status evaluation for taxa with small geographic range sizes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Northern Australia is one of few tropical places left on Earth in which biodiversity is still relatively intact. However, scientific knowledge of that biodiversity is still in its infancy and the region remains a frontier for biological discovery. The butterfly and diurnal moth assemblages of the area exemplify these points.
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Intro -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Maps -- Plates -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Results and discussion -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Swallowtails (Papilionidae) -- 6. Skippers (Hesperiidae) -- 7. Whites and yellows (Pieridae) -- 8. Nymphs (Nymphalidae) -- 9. Blues (Lycaenidae) -- 10. Day-flying moths (Sesiidae, Castniidae, Zygaenidae, Immidae, Geometridae, Uraniidae, Erebidae and Noctuidae) -- Addendum -- Appendix I: List of larval food plants -- Appendix II: Conservation status evaluation for taxa with small geographic range sizes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Northern Australia is one of few tropical places left on Earth in which biodiversity is still relatively intact. However, scientific knowledge of that biodiversity is still in its infancy and the region remains a frontier for biological discovery. The butterfly and diurnal moth assemblages of the area exemplify these points.

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