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Butterflies of West Africa

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "The 125 plates illustrate most of the 1,450 or so West African butterflies. In all more than 3,900 images are included. The plates are intended to be used in conjunction with the section on Identification in the systematic index."

  • Place
  • Other Id

    QL557.A1 LAR (Library of Congress Call Number)

    89803 (Cat ID)

    89634 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Butterflies of West Africa
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Apollo Books
  • Place
  • Date
    2005
  • Physical Description

    2 volumes : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cm.

  • ISBN/ISSN
    8788757439
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    2 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    MS-2010-25 Raymond Thomas Shannon - Papers
  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Text volume -- Plate volume
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Butterflies--Africa, West]

    Includes bibliographical references (v.1, pages 563-578) and indexes.

  • Collection Type
    General Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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