Butterflies Fauna Sinica: Lycaenidae
[In English & Chinese]
By Wang Ming & Fan Xiaoling
December 2002
Henan Science & Technology Publishing House
ISBN: 7-5349-2384-0
439 pages, Illustrated, 8 1/2" x 11 1/2"
$420.00 Hardcover
China is within the Oriental and Palaearctic regions; its butterfly fauna is
very rich due to its broad landmass and varied topography and climate. Early
studies on Chinese Lycaenidae were mainly by western researchers. The present
book is a summary of the research that recorded 515 species of Lycaenidae and
390 subspecies belonging to 146 genera from 1993 to the present. Among these
records are the establishment of one new subfamily, one new genus, six new species
and one new subspecies. In addition to these, one genus and eight species are
newly recorded from China. The species total confirms that China is among the
richest countries in Lycaenidae, comparing favorably with neighboring countries
and with the well-studied European and North American faunas.

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