dear blaise i am a book hunter too!!
my present shelf consist of the following books and in the coming future
will have some more for sure. I found all of them very usefull from
different different point of view.
here is the list
*Name of the Book* *Author* A Pictorial Guide Common Butterflies of
Bengal Plains Basu Roy, Arjan; Rudra Prasad Das and Prosanta Mukherjee Moths
of India -an introduction Kehimkar, Isaac The Butterflies of Delhi Smetacek,
Peter Projapoti Porichiti Sardar, Jibon The Book of Indian Butterflies
Kehimkar,
Isaac Butterflies of Bangladesh -an annotated checklist Larsen, Torben B. A
Guide to Collecting Butterflies of India Peile, H. D. Birds and Butterflies
in the Grounds of the Raj Bhavan Kolkata *Ghosh*, Suchitra The Butterflies
of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History Haribal, Meena My Life The tale
of a Butterfly Sarkar, Anjan Nature Guides Common Butterflies of India Gay,
Kehimkar, Punetha Red Data Book (Part 2) Butterflies of India Gupta, I. J,
and D. K. Mondal India - a Lifescape Butterflies oof Peninsular India Kunte,
Krushnamegh Butterflies of the World Rod and Ken Preston-Mafham Butterflies
and Moths of the British Countryside Gordon, W. J. and H. Lynn Prokritir
Bahari Prani Projapoti Dan, Dipak Kumar Seized Butterflies of Bengal Natural
History Museum Bahuguna, N. C. Butterflies in Thailand Volume 2 Pinratana,
Bro. Amnuya Butterflies in Thailand Volume 5 Pinratana, Bro. Amnuya Butterflies
in Thailand Vulume 6 Pinratana, Bro. Amnuya Poshchimbanger Projapoti Dasgupta,
Judhajit The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma Butterflies-
Vol. I Bingham, C. T. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma
Butterflies- Vol. II Bingham, C. T. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Butterflies Feltwell, Dr. John Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon Vol.
I Marshall, G. F. L. and Lionel de Niceville Butterflies of India, Burmah
and Ceylon Vol. II Niceville, Lionel de Butterflies of India, Burmah and
Ceylon Vol. III Niceville, Lionel de Kanha A Butterfly Treasure Shrivastava,
Aseem Butterflies of Kathmandu Valley Nepal (Field Guide, including all
known records to date) Khanal, Bhaiya & Colin Smith Marvellous Moths of
Nepal Allen, Michael Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies Smith,
Colin The Butterflies of Ceylon Ormiston, W. Butterflies of Nepal (Central
Himalaya) Smith, Colin Butterflies of India Antram, Chas. B. The Butterflies
of Hong Kong Bascombe, M. J., G. Johnston,F. S. Bascombe Butterflies of
Malay Peninsula A S Corbet and H. N. Pendlebury Hostplants of the moth and
butterfly caterpillars of the oriental region G.S.Robinson,et al. Moths of
Borneo J.D.Holloway The Butterflies of Pakisthan
T.J. Roberts
If some body can suggest me more books on butterflies i am always willing to
give a look.
And all the members of the group are always welcome to my house to spend
time with my treasure!!
regards
Arjan
On 11/25/09, Vijay Barve <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> Hi
>
> I guess these Three are major ones covering larger areas. We also have many
> regional ones like Sikkim by Dr. Meena Haribal, Kerala by Susanth, Goa by
> Parag Rangnekar, West Bengal by Arjan, Rudro and Ujjal da, Delhi and so on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vijay
> ---
> Vijay Vasant Barve
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Blaise <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:04 PM
> *Subject:* [ButterflyIndia] Books on butterflies...what are u reading???
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> During the last couple of months the butterflies hv given me much pleasure.
>
> Been out on various trails, alone and in the company of others, enjoying
> the butterflies, and also other flora n fauna.
>
> Hv noted that quite a few people hv the notion that certain books on
> butterfly id are good - "but" very expensive. I hv sometimes made it a point
> to explain to them that these are not common text books purchased by a large
> amount of people, and like any technical book are bound to be a little more
> pricey depending on the quality of paper used, amount of coloured pics,
> extent to which the topics are covered, etc.......
>
> Have had the pleasure of running through Blyth's (Butterflies of the Indian
> region), KK's (Butterflies of Peninsular India) and Isaac's (The book of
> Indian butterflies) books and would recommend them. Are there any other
> books that you have read on this topic and would recommend???????
>
> On a lighter note, I am not related to Blyth, KK or Isaac, nor is anyone in
> my family owning oil fields in Alaska or Saudi Arabia :-)......
>
> Blaise
>
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/Blaisepereira>
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West Bengal, India
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