Life Cycles of British and Irish Butterflies

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Thomas, J.A., Elmes, G.W., Wardlaw, J.C. & Woyciechowski, M. (1989) Host specificity among Maculinea butterflies in Myrmica ant nests, Oecologia, 79, 452-457.

My copy arrived a couple of days ago… Magnificent! I am sure we are all thankful for the massive effort you have put in to this work.”– Paul Harfield, UK Butterflies Forums

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What can I say that hasn’t been said already? Phenomenal, simple phenomenal. I cannot begin to imagine the work that has gone into it. The quality of the images is amazing! This is a book that will find its place alongside the great historical volumes.”– essexbuzzard, UK Butterflies forums Brakefield, P.M. (1979) An experimental study of the maintenance of variation in spot pattern in Maniola jurtina. PhD thesis. García-Barros, E. (2006) Number of larval instars and sex-specific plasticity in the development of the Small Heath butterfly, Coenonympha pamphilus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), European Journal of Entomology, 103, 47-53. While aimed at the typical butterfly enthusiast, the book's content has been successfully tested by conservation scientists who need to record all stages when measuring the impact of habitat management and climate change. The book also includes recent discoveries that are documented here for the first time.

Over the past decade or so, Peter Eeles has patiently compiled photographs of every stage of the life cycle of every regularly breeding British butterfly, 59 species in all. The result is a profusely illustrated book which documents the development of the butterfly from egg to adult in greater detail than ever before [...]" Stefanescu, C., Soto, D.X., Talavera, G., Vila, R. & Hobson, K.A. (2016) Long-distance autumn migration across the Sahara by Painted Lady butterflies: exploiting resource pulses in the tropical savannah, Biology Letters, 12. Masterman, A. (2010) The Distribution and Habitat of Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron (Knoch) in Scotland, Atropos, 41, 10-18. Oates, M. (2012) Adventures with caterpillars: The larval stage of the Purple Emperor butterfly, British Wildlife, 23, 335-342. Feltwell, J. (1982) Large White Butterfly – the biology, biochemistry and physiology of Pieris brassicae Linnaeus). Dr. W. Junk, The Hague.Asher, J., Warren, M., Fox, R., Harding, P., Jeffcoate, G. & Jeffcoate, S. (Eds) (2001) The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press, Oxford. The Bibliography only lists books – the following is a list of all references, including both books and papers: Humphreys, H.N & Westwood, J.O. (1841) British Butterflies and their Transformations. William Smith, London. Masterman, A. (2012) Changes in Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron (Knoch) Habitat with Altitude in Scotland, Associations with Topography and Possible Effects of Climate Warming, Atropos, 47, 43-54.