Butterflies of Yorkshire

This is the first-ever book dedicated solely to Yorkshire's butterflies, their distribution and lifestyle. It is a report on an eight-year distribution study intended to provide baseline information against which future assessments of the state of our butterflies can be made. The writers have tried to summarise our current knowledge, bringing together a mass of information previously scattered through 200+ years of entomological literature and reports.

The aim was to produce an attractive and very colourful book packed with unusual photographs and containing specially designed distribution maps which will put Yorkshire butterflies into a national and regional context. The book will be an important reference volume for anyone interested in our butterflies. It has also been designed to be of use to those working in the conservation field and to people involved in writing BAPs and other conservation management plans. Contents will be divided into: Background Articles; Current Species; Rare and Extinct Species. Although not intended as an ID book, a brief ID section will be included for all current species as a guide to the inexperienced.

Features 62 past and present species covered in depth Paintings of all current species. Full-colour species' maps showing 1995/2003 distribution. All 1995/2003 data turned into flight period diagrams (phenograms). Photos chosen to show habitats, behaviour, aberrations and varieties. A historical review for each species covering distribution over 200+ years. Life cycles and conservation needs examined. 10 background articles including: 200 years of weather with some startling conclusions about how volcanoes contributed to the extinction of Yorkshire butterflies in the 1800's ____________________________________ Contents Section 1 - Background Information Forward by Roy Bedford Introduction (Howard M Frost) The Shape of Yorkshire Butterfly Naturalists - A History of Recording Biological Records Centres in S Yorkshire N York Moors Forest District Recording (Peter Robinson) 200 Years of Weather Ever Changing Butterfly Distribution Butterflies and Brownfield Sites Butterflies and Plants Action to Conserve (Sam Ellis) Butterfly Migration in Yorkshire Variations in the Green Hairstreak Introductions/Re-introductions: A need to stop and think! Key to the Species Chapters Section 2 - Yorkshire's 35 Regular Breeding Species Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Dingy Skipper, Clouded Yellow, Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Green Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak, White-letter Hairstreak, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Northern Brown Argus, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Duke of Burgundy, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Comma, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Dark Green Fritillary, Speckled Wood, Wall Brown, Marbled White, Grayling, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Large Heath, Ringlet. Section 3 - Yorkshire's Rare, Extinct and Exotic Species Essex Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper, Grizzled Skipper, Swallowtail, Scarce Swallowtail, Wood White, Pale Clouded Yellow, Cleopatra, Black-veined White, Black Hairstreak, Small Blue, Silver-studded Blue, Chalk Hill Blue, Adonis Blue, Mazarine Blue, White Admiral, Purple Emperor, American Painted Lady, Large Tortoiseshell, Camberwell Beauty, Queen of Spain Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary, Marsh Fritillary, Glanville Fritillary, Scotch Argus, Monarch. Adventives and Escapees - Opsiphanes sp (West Indies), Broad-winged Skipper (USA). Section 4 - Appendices Macro-moths and micro-moths Museum Collections Bibliography Glossary, Abbreviations, Websites and Membership Index

Author: Howard M Frost (editor)
Publisher: Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire Glossy
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers 7 x 10 inches tall.310 Pages.Lavishly illustrated with colour photos and artworks throughout.NEW BOOK