There are approximately 440 species of Butterfly in Europe and North Africa. I have seen but a small part of them but hope eventually to come across most of them and perhaps include them in these pages, currently there are about 270 species included.
Limenitis reducta |
Contents: Regional Information: Possible destinations within Europe for seeing butterflies. Now including checklists for all European countries. UK Information: Detailed UK specific information, including flight times and 244 places to see wild butterflies. Identification: A key for species identification, about half way through, an ongoing project, comments please! Life-Cycle: Detailing the remarkable change from egg through to adult. Photography: Some ideas on equipment and technique for capturing butterflies on film. Survival: Butterfly predators, how butterflies elude capture and habitat preferences. General Information: What makes a butterfly, classification, numbers of species, a glossary, species checklists and other areas of interest. Tropical: Tropical species pictured during a trip to Venezuela and in UK butterfly farms. Bibliography: A selection of field guides and other books on Butterfly related topics. Links: Hand-picked butterfly and general nature links. Comments/Contact: Suggest changes and improvements to the site. News: What has been updated or added lately. Search: Search the site, or the web. Index: An systematic list of the species in these pages. Site Map: A more detailed contents of the site. |
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Est. January 1997
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