The butterflies of Papua New Guinea : their systematics and biology / Michael Parsons
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- Parsons, Michael (Michael J.)
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- San Diego ; Sydney : Academic Press, c1999
- xvi, 736 p., 26, 136 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm.
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- 0125455550 (acid-free paper)
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- PREFACE xi
- Acknowledgements
- NOTE ADDED IN PROOF xv
- Part I
- 1. Scope And Format Of The Book I
- Format and Categories of Species Accounts 1
- Races 1
- Range 1
- Adults 2
- Early Stages 3
- Foodplants 3
- Habits 3
- Notes 3
- Abbreviations 3
- Geographical 3
- Institutions and Collections 3
- Species Descriptions 3
- List of Abbreviations 4
- 2. New Guinea Past And Present 7
- Plate Tectonics, Gondwanaland and New Guinea's Origins 7
- Island Arc Theories 10
- Present-day Structure and Topography 13
- Climate 14
- Vegetation 16
- 3. World Faunal Regions And Butterfly Diversity 19
- Faunal Regions 19
- New Guinea Butterfly Diversity 21
- 4. Origins And Composition Of The New Guinea Butterfly Fauna 25
- General Faunistics 25
- Climatic and Ecological Effects 27
- Migration and Dispersal 29
- General Effects of Insularity 31
- Local Topographic Effects 33
- Continental Drift 34
- Genetics and Associated Factors 40
- Conclusions 41
- 5. A History Of Butterfly Collecting In New Guinea 43
- Background: Early Exploration 43
- Expeditions and the Start of Comprehensive Collecting 44
- Miscellaneous Collectors 64
- 6. Butterfly Conservation And Commerce In Papua New Guinea 67
- Valuable Goods 67
- Problems of Habitat Conservation 67
- Origins of the New Guinea Butterfly Trade 68
- Case Study: the Birdwings 69
- Rationales of Conservation Through Commerce 71
- The Insect Farming and Trading Agency 72
- Butterfly Farms 74
- Collecting: An Important Part of the System 75
- Conclusions 76
- 7. Aspects Of Butterfly Ecology In Papua New Guinea 79
- Local and Regional Abundance 79
- Habitat Preference and Home-Range Behaviour 81
- Plantations as `Artificial Habitats' 84
- Adult Food and Feeding Behaviour 84
- Adult Courtship and Mating 85
- Myrmecophily - Lycaenid/Ant Relationships 86
- Ectoparasitism 89
- Mortality Factors 89
- Eggs 89
- Larvae 90
- Prepupae and Pupae 90
- Adults 90
- Diapause 90
- 8. Mimicry In New Guinea Butterflies 93
- 1. Alcidis agathrysus Uraniid Moth Complex 95
- 2. Agaristine Noctuid and Arctiid Moth Complex 96
- 3. Troidine Papilionid Complexes 96
- 4. Delias Pierid Complex 97
- 5. Danis/Psychonotis Polyommatine Lycaenid Complex 98
- 6. Danaine Nymphalid Complex 98
- 7. Tellervo Ithomiine Nymphalid Complex 100
- 8. Taenaris Morphine Nymphalid Complex 102
- 9. Heliconiine Nymphalid Complex 103
- 9. Collection And Study 105
- Field Collecting 105
- Preparing the Collection 105
- Sexing Butterflies 106
- Dissection and Study of Genitalia 106
- Studying Wing-Venation 107
- 10. Adult Structure 109
- Head 109
- Thorax 109
- Abdomen 112
- Genitalia 113
- Male 113
- Female 114
- 11. Classification And Nomenclature 117
- Systematics and Taxonomy 117
- Nomenclature 118
- The Butterfly Families 119
- Distinguishing Moths from Butterflies 122
- Problems of Species and Subspecies 122
- Problems in Phylogenetic Analyses and the Importance of Early Stage Taxonomic Studies 125
- Conclusions 126
- Part Ii
- 12. Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809: Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 - Skippers 129
- Subfamily Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878 131
- Subfamily Coeliadinae Evans, 1937 142
- Subfamily Trapezitinae Waterhouse 8l Lyell, 1914 152
- Subfamily Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809 158
- 13. Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802: 211
- Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 - Swallowtails 211
- Subfamily Papilioninae Latreille, 1803 214
- 14. Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 - Whites 217
- Subfamily Coliadinae Swainson, 1827 274
- Subfamily Pierinae Duponchel, 1835 285
- 15. Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 - Blues 323
- Subfamily Riodininae Grote, 1895 327
- Subfamily Curetinae Distant, 1884 335
- Subfamily Lycaeninae Leach, 1815 337
- 16. Family Nymphalidae Swainson, 1827 - Nymphs 479
- Subfamily Libytheinae Duponchel, 1844 483
- Subfamily Ithomiinae Kirby, 1894 485
- Subfamily Danainae Boisduval, 1833 491
- Subfamily Morphinae Newman, 1834 522
- Subfamily Satyrinae Boisduval, 1833 542
- Subfamily Charaxinae Doherty, 1886 573
- Subfamily Apaturinae Boisduval, 1840 578
- Subfamily Nymphalinae Swainson, 1827 584
- Subfamily Heliconiinae Swainson, 1827 616
- Keys To Png Taxa
- Notocrypta (Hesperiidae) 161
- Gegenes group (Hesperiidae) 204
- Elodina species (Pieridae) 286
- Males of Callictita species and their subspecies (Lycaenidae) 457
- Tellervo species (Nymphalidae) 486
- Indo-Australian Genera of New Guinea Heliconiinae (Nymphalidae) 619
- Appendices
- I. Important Geographical Synonyms 637
- II. Important Collectors' Label Data 638
- III. All Taxonomic Changes of Papua New Guinea Butterflies Presented in this Book 641
- IV. Checklist of High Altitude Butterfly Species in New Guinea 646
- V. New Guinea Butterfly Genera Also Occurring in the Oriental Subregion 647
- VI. New Guinea Butterfly Genera Restricted to the Australian Subregion 649
- VII. Butterfly Genera Endemic to the New Guinea Mainland 650
- VIII. Restricted Distribution Endemics of New Guinea 651
- IX. Checklist of Named Taxa of Atrophaneura polydorus in the New Guinea Region 654
- X. Annotated list of New Guinea Butterfly Genera 655
- XI. Checklist of New Guinea butterflies 657
- Bibliography 683
- Glossary 723
- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Butterflies Papua New Guinea.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 684-722) and indexes.
- Subject:
- Butterflies -- Papua New Guinea
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