The Butterflies of Canada by Ross A. Layberry, Peter W. Hall, J. Donald Lafontaine, with specimen plates by John T. Fowler.
Approx 376 pages, 32 colour illustrations. Cloth (0-8020-0898-4) $75.00,
Paper (0-8020-7881-8) $29.95
Co-publication of the University of Toronto Press and NRC Research Press (National Research
Council of Canada)
Text is taken from the Spring & Summer 1998 University of Toronto Press Catalogue:
Butterfly watching is a perennial summer activity, and as the growing popularity of butterfly
conservatories in Ontario and British Columbia can attest, butterflies are a continuing source of
delight and interest to Canadians.
The Butterflies of Canada is the first comprehensive guide to all the butterflies found in Canada.
Based on the national butterfly collection maintained by Agriculture Canada, it contains descriptive
individual accounts for all of the close to three hundred butterfly species recorded in Canada,
including descriptions of early stages of individual species and subspecies, and a list of key features.
Each species of butterfly has an individual distribution map based on a database of more than 90,000
location records.
More than just a field guide to identifying Canadian butterflies, however, The Butterflies of Canada
includes chapters on butterfly gardening, photography, conservation, collecting and the history of
butterfly study in Canada It also contains new and unpublished information on butterflies, their
ranges, larval food plants, abundance, flight seasons and noteworthy habitats. Thirty-two colour
plates provide diagnostic details for each species, and also features butterflies in their natural habitats.
There is also an extensive bibliography.
Beautifully illustrated and clearly laid-out, The Butterflies of Canada is an indispensable guide to all
aspects of butterfly watching and collection
Ontario-Quebec coordinator of the annual summary of the Lepidopterists' Society form 1984 -
1996, Ross A. Layberry has been building a database of butterfly distribution in Canada since 1985,
now at over 90,000 records. Peter W. Hall is presently Acting Director General, Strategies and
Planning, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. J. Donald Lafontaine is a research
scientist at the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, where he has worked in the
Lepidoptera Unite in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (CNC) for the past twenty-six
years.
Release date: April 1998
Orders to Canada, U.S., Australia and New Zealand: Customer Order Department, University of
Toronto Press - 1-800-565-9523 (Toll Free in Canda and U.S.) or utpbooks@utpress.toronto.ca.
With offices and distributors in England, Japan, India, and the United States (Seattle, Chicago, New
York, Richmond (Va))
A World for Butterflies is a profusely illustrated primer on butterfly biology and insect conservation. To illuminate the plight of insects in general the book examines the lives and conservation issues faced by the "charismatic megafauna" of the insect world, the butterflies. Five chapters introduce butterflies and insect conservation, and consider their diversity, their worldwide distribution, their day-to-day lives and intriguing behaviors, and conservation issues specific to butterflies and other insects.
With 320 pages and more than 300 beautiful full-color photos of butterflies in nature, taken by some of the world's finest butterfly photographers, the book provides insight into the lives and behaviors of these fascinating creatures. By examining the forces—both good and bad—acting on them and their immature stages we learn that our knowledge of most insects is woefully incomplete. How do we conserve what we do not know?
The Author ...
Phil Schappert received his doctorate, with distinction, in Biology at York University in Toronto, Canada. He has taught ecology and conservation biology but is currently devoting his time to research in plant/butterfly interactions at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the editor of the News of the Lepidopterists' Society, and has authored a number of magazine articles and scientific papers about butterflies and their host plants. He and his wife, Pat, manage the Stengl “Lost Pines” Biological Station near Smithville, Texas.
Two editions of the book are currently available: a Canadian edition from Key Porter
Books, and an American edition from Firefly Books. Only the covers differ between the two editions.
Canadian Edition - ISBN 1-55263-143-0
Key Porter Books
Available from bookstores in Canada.
Available online from Chapters.
The Butterflies of Greece
For the first time in Greece, the richness of the fauna of its butterflies is presented in a book, as a result of a 14-years detailed research and photography made by Lazaros N. Pamperis
All 232 butterflies of Greece were studied after hard work in the field, with patience and perseverance, in 1169 actual localities all over Greece.
All species were photographed free in their natural habitats. In the book there are comments on the external features of the butterflies, the environment of Greece, the ecology and the detailed description of all 232 species of the butterflies of Greece.
The book also includes 1174 excellent photographs in colour, 123 distribution maps of not threatened species, 232 diagrams of the altitude of the localities for all species and 37 figures, maps, plates and diagrams. There is also an estimation of the status for all species and the factors of threat.
Web Site located at: http://www.hol.gr/business/basple/buter1.html
The Butterflies of Point Pelee National Park: A Seasonal Guide and
Checklist (authored by Alan Wormington)
This is published by the Ontario Natural History Press, Leamington
(1998); 10 pp in checklist (pocket) size; 85 species are detailed.
Includes areas to find butterflies at Point Pelee, status, flight season,
abundance, bar graphs (with dates), record high counts and space to
record one's sightings (4 blank columns).
Prices and ordering information can be obtained at www.Point-Pelee.com
