`PENNINGTON`S BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA` 2ND EDITION, EDITED BY CGC DICKSON WITH DR. DM KROON

"PENNINGTON'S BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA" EDITED BY CGC DICKSON WITH DR. DM KROON, 1994, SECOND EDITION, 800 PAGES, FRONTISPIECE FOLDOUT MAP, 198 COLORPLATES, HARDCOVER WITH COMPLETE INTACT DUSTJACKET IN FINE SLIPCASE. NO NAMES, INSCRIPTIONS, ETC.IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

Second revised and updated edition of this definitive work on South African lepidoptera, a comprehensive account of some 780 species. This is the first definitive work devoted solely to South African butterflies. Illustrated with 198 plates in full colour, this comprehensive record of no less than 780 species is unique in the world of Lepidoptera. Most of the butterflies are depicted life-size. There are also superb reproductions of 38 hand-painted life cycles of Hesperiidea by Gowan C. Clark, the renowned natural history artist and Lepidopterist. The text includes known distributional records, field observations, times of appearance, amongst other interesting data. A detailed index provides easy access to all species.