CAUCASUS BUTTERFLIES

[Yuri P. Nekrutenko]

PLEASE, CIRCULATE

THE  BUTTERFLIES  OF  THE  CAUCASUS.  VOL. 1. PAPILIONIDAE,
PIERIDAE,   SATYRIDAE,   DANAIDAE.   Y.P.NEKRUTENKO.  1990.
NAUKOVA DUMKA. KIEV (UKRAINE). Hardcover, 25 x 17  cm,  215
pp., 32 col.pls., 106 figs. ISBN 5-12-901352-X (In Russian;
Latin names, complete synonymy and bibliography in original
languages;  900  copies produced). Provides
a concise illustrated geographic description of the area; a
comprehensive history of the Lepidoptera study from 1832 to
the  present  days  (with  portraits);  an  essay  of adult
structure terminology; complete synonymy  and  bibliography
compiled  exclusevely upon primary sources (no re-citations
from  secondary  works);  keys  to  families,  generic  and
species   group   taxa;  detailed  adult  description  with
original line drawings of male  and  female  genitalia  and
other    structures,   distributional,   biological   data,
systematic  notes;  types  of  all   species   group   taxa
established  for  Caucasus  and Transcauasia are figured in
color  (for  a  review  see  O.Kudrna,  J.Res.Lepid.,  1990
(1991), 29: 236).

The  book  is  a summary of the author's life long study of
the Caucasus butterfly fauna. By ordering  it,  you will be
making a tangible contribution to publication of the second
volume  under  present complicated economy situation in the
Ukraine. Thanks.

To order  please  contact  the author
e-mail: ypnekrut at mbat.freenet.kiev.ua

or Willy De Prins
e-mail: wdprins at innet.be