My aim is to illustrate the beauty and diversity of the European Butterflies. The inherent beauty of the butterfly makes this task so much easier. I hope that more and more people will develop an interest in this fascinating group of insects... and ultimately contribute to their conservation and the conservation of their precious habitats.

Many species are rare, endangered or very local so it is with some pride that I can publish photos of them here. I have a substantial coverage of around 400 of the usually recognised 440 European species and a large number of regional forms and subspecies.

Each species has its own Species Page with photographs, notes and observations. There are three indices of butterflies on the website.
     Scientific names (taxonomic order)
     Scientific names (alphabetical by species name) (below)
     English names (alphabetical)

If you have any suggestions, comments or corrections please contact me (see also the link on the top left).

To happy summer days!

 

Lepidapp is now available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. The work is the result of close collaboration with 3 other serious lepsters - Guy Padfield, Peter Eeles and Chris Manely.

Navigation is optimised for the iPhone for use as an aid in the field where network services are absent, poor and/or very expensive when abroad. The vast majority of European species illustrated with high definition photographs, stunning on the iPad. Distribution maps, helpful identification aids and similar species hints. A database allows the user to enter his/ her own free text notes for each species.

Click here for the Lepidapp website and on the image below to jump to the iTunes website.
Please send feed back (+ve/ -ve/ suggestions) directly to me or centrally to the Lepidapp inbox.

 

Fiery
Copper
Lycaena
thetis

Dil's
Grayling
Pseudochazara
orestes

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I accept no responsibility for errors in this automated translation!!!

MOTHS OF EUROPE VOLUME 2

Geometrid Moths

Autor: Patrice LERAUT from The  Museum dHistoire naturelle , Paris

808pp; 178 colour platesand 200 line drawings; Hardback 13 x 20,5 cm

Price : 85

Volume 2 of a collection of 4 volumes which cover most of the moths of Europe. Published in English and original French.

2800 illustrations of Geometrid moths of Europe.

This guide book deals with more than 1000 species of Lepidoptera traditionally grouped together as geometers and classified in the Geometridae family (plus a single species from the Uraniidae): illustrations are displayed in the form of 158 colour plates showing 1116 species in 2800 photos.

Four new genera, seven species and 17 subspecies are described. **

The precise description of each species is given with details on their biology, and distribution maps are provided. 200 line drawings clarify certain anatomical characters and illustrate the genitalia of taxa difficult to distinguish.

 A concise virtually complete field guide.

  N.A.P Editions, 2009 3 chemin des Hauts Graviers, 91370 Verrires-le-Buisson, France 

For more information : www.napeditions.com

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Link Moths Volume 2

Link Moths Volume 1

** I have heard that some areas of the taxony presented in this series of books is not necessarily that which is widely accepted in the scientific community. So care should be taken to get the latest information when this may be important, such as local/ national recorders of similar or marginal taxon. This does not however detract from the undoubted value of having a practical and richly illustrated near comprehensive coverage of the European fauna which gives access to moths that has not previously been available.