Andrew Neild, FRES

THE BOOKS

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Drawing on over 30 years of personal research in the field, in collections, and in libraries, the detailed accounts for each species encapsulate all that is known about their identification, taxonomy, systematics, distribution, behaviour, habitat, and foodplants.

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The text, which has been written to appeal to specialists and amateurs alike, has been collated from a wealth of published and unpublished sources. It includes extensive commentary on the behaviour and habitat for each species, detailed discussion of the systematics and nomenclature employed, and detailed notes designed to permit the easy identification of every Venezuelan butterfly.  Readers also benefit from the inclusion of an extensive bibliography, which in Part 2 alone comprises almost 800 works fully referenced in the text.

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Unlike many other guides, the photographic colour plates illustrate every subspecies, generally showing both sexes and wing surfaces for each, plus several additional representative specimens for highly variable taxa. In addition, a large number of type specimens are reproduced, many for the first time.