Butterflies of British Columbia : including western Alberta, southern Yukon, the Alaska Panhandle, Washington, northern Oregon, northern Idaho, northwestern Montana
Dates
Year
2001
Citation
Guppy, Crispin Spencer, Shepard, Jon, and Royal British Columbia Museum,, 2001, Butterflies of British Columbia : including western Alberta, southern Yukon, the Alaska Panhandle, Washington, northern Oregon, northern Idaho, northwestern Montana: UBC Press: Vancouver, p. 414-414.
Summary
"Butterflies are found everywhere in British Columbia, from balcony planter boxes in the city to the vast, unexplored expanses of boreal forest and mountains across the north, and from coastal bogs and wild ocean shorelines to the deserts of the southern interior. The total known fauna of butterfly species in BC is by far the largest and most diverse in Canada." "Butterflies of British Columbia summarizes all available information on the butterflies of BC. The 187 species and 264 subspecies of butterflies known from BC, as well as 9 additional hypothetical species, are discussed with descriptions of identifying features, immature stages, larval foodplants, biology and life history, range and habitat, and conservation status. Each species [...]
Summary
"Butterflies are found everywhere in British Columbia, from balcony planter boxes in the city to the vast, unexplored expanses of boreal forest and mountains across the north, and from coastal bogs and wild ocean shorelines to the deserts of the southern interior. The total known fauna of butterfly species in BC is by far the largest and most diverse in Canada." "Butterflies of British Columbia summarizes all available information on the butterflies of BC. The 187 species and 264 subspecies of butterflies known from BC, as well as 9 additional hypothetical species, are discussed with descriptions of identifying features, immature stages, larval foodplants, biology and life history, range and habitat, and conservation status. Each species treatment also contains maps of the northwestern North American distribution, colour photographs of adults of all species and subspecies, and flight season graphs."--BOOK JACKET.