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The Connecticut Butterfly Atlas

By Jane E. O'Donnell, Lawrence F. Gall, and David L. Wagner
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 2007

Contains information on all butterflies found in Connecticut. Including descriptions of all life stages (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult) with many photos as well as hostplant, distribution, and flight season information.

Should be very useful for most of the northeast.

Available from CT DEP Store

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Contributed by Jason Forbes on 4 September, 2008 - 8:22pm

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The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist.

By Charles P. Kimball.
Florida Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, FL., 1965

Kimble, C.P. 1965. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, Vol. 1: Lepidoptera of Florida. Florida Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.

This book is still available for just $5.00 !!!

Since updated by John. B. Heppner:

Heppner, J.B. 2003. Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and Catalog. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, Vol. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, FL. x + 670 pp.

Kimball patronym:

Palpita kimballi - Hodges #5219
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 30 August, 2008 - 4:26pm

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A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera).

By Richard E. White.
Smithsonian Institution., 1968

*Invaluable*

White, R.E. 1968. A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). USNM Bulletin 290. 124 pp.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 August, 2008 - 4:13am

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Butterflies of the North Olympic Peninsula

By Kristi Murray Knowles

This is a useful pocket guide to the Butterflies of this region, with pen-and-ink drawings, from egg to larva, to chrysalis, to adult butterfly.
With a foreword by Robert Michael Pyle.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 17 August, 2007 - 6:46pm

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Butterflies of the Rocky Mountain States

By Clifford D. Ferris and F. Martin Brown (eds)
University of Oklahoma Press, 1981

Since this book is probably out of print, and the amazon link below doesn't work, see here: Ferris & Brown .

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 1 May, 2007 - 2:02pm

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The Butterflies of Southern California

By Thomas C. Emmel and John F. Emmel
Natural History Museum of Southern California, 1973

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 7 March, 2007 - 10:18am

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An Introduction to Southern California Butterflies

By Fred Heath

This book covers 89 species of Southern California. Excellent photos (by Herbert Clarke) with ID guidelines, help in field identification. The author has also included helpful information about preferred habitat, food plants, seasonality, and types of overwintering forms.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 25 February, 2007 - 9:38pm

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Butterflies and their Favorite Flowering Plants - Anza-Borrego Desert State Park & Environs

By Lynn & Gene Monroe

A useful field guide to Butterflies of the Anza Borrego Desert in Southern California. The book is well illustrated with photos of 134 species and subspecies, larval food plants, nectar plants, as well as photos of some immature stages.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 25 February, 2007 - 6:35pm

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