The Butterflies of Canada / / Ross Layberry, Peter Hall, Don Lafontaine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Layberry, Ross,; Hall, Peter,; Lafontaine, Don,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 p.)

The first comprehensive guide to all the butterflies found in Canada. It contains descriptive individual accounts for 300 butterfly species, including descriptions of early stages of species development, subspecies, and a list of key features.Beautifully illustrated and clearly presented, The Butterflies of Canada is an indispensable guide to all aspects of butterfly study. Butterfly collecting has long been a popular summer activity, and as the growing popularity of butterfly watching and conservatories in Ontario and British Columbia shows, 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 and Agri-Food Canada, it contains descriptive individual accounts for the close to three hundred butterfly species recorded in Canada, including descriptions of early stages, subspecies, and key features that help distinguish similar species. Each species of butterfly has an individual distribution map, generated from 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 Canadian geography and butterfly distribution, conservation, gardening, photography, and the history of butterfly study in Canada. It also contains new and unpublished information on the classification of butterflies, their ranges, larval food plants, abundance, flight seasons, and noteworthy habits. Thirty two colour plates provide diagnostic details for each species, and also feature butterflies in their natural habitats. There is an extensive bibliography.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to Use This Book -- The History of Butterfly Study in Canada -- Canadian Geography and Butterfly Distribution -- Butterfly Observation -- Butterfly Gardening -- Butterfly Conservation -- What Is a Butterfly? -- Lepidoptera Classification -- Butterfly Life History -- Butterfly Systematics -- Species Accounts -- Family Hesperiidae -- Family Papilionidae -- Family Pieridae -- Family Lycaenidae -- Family Riodinidae -- Family Nymphalidae -- Checklist of Canadian Butterflies -- Dubious Records -- Collecting Guidelines -- Appendix: Canadian Locations Mentioned in the Text -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index to Larval Foodplants -- Index to Butterflies