Butterflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia
By Harry E. LeGrand Jr., Jeffrey S. Pippen, Derb Carter, Jr. and Pierre Howard THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
The most comprehensive southern butterfly guide available
Few creatures are as enchanting and magnificent as the butterfly. This field guide introduces more than 200 butterfly species found in the Southeast, complete with color photographs that not only identify them but also reveal their unique beauty.
What’s included:
* Nearly 600 full-color images of butterflies in their natural habitats
* Information on structural and behavioral features, from antennae attributes to flight styles
* Maps for butterfly sightings at the county level in each state—North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia
Miller, L.D. & F.M. Brown. 1981. A catalogue/checklist of the butterflies of America north of Mexico. Memoirs of the Lepidopterists' Society 2: i-vii + 1-280.
Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L., & Grishin, N.V. (2023) Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies. The Taxonomic Report 11(6): 1-62.
Abstract
Large-scale genomic sequencing of butterfly taxa reveals new findings that are presented here. While we focus on detecting species by comparative genomics and define subspecies as groups of populations genetically differentiated from each other but not as strongly as species (that is, subspecies as species in the making), we report other adjustments to butterfly classification.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 September, 2024 - 5:08pm
Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies.
By Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, P.A. Opler and N.V. Grishin Taxonomic Report of the international Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-25, 22 figs., 2023
Zhang, Jing, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Paul Alexander Opler and Nikolay Vyacheslav Grishin. 2023. Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-25, 22 figs.
Abstract:
Comparative analyses of genomic data reveal further insights into the phylogeny and taxonomic classification of butterflies presented here. As a result, 2 new subgenera and 2 new species of Hesperiidae are described:
Borna Grishin, subgen. n. (type species Godmania borincona Watson, 1937) and
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 January, 2024 - 6:43pm
Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names
By Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41., 2020
Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 9 June, 2022 - 1:58pm
Butterflies of Pennsylvania, a field guide
By James L. Monroe, David M. Wright University of Pittsburgh Press
From the publishers page:
https://upittpress.org/books/9780822964551/
This work has all of the features that make field guides to a region's butterfly fauna useful to anyone with a serious interest in that fauna. . . . the book is a bargain and a must for anyone with an interest not just in Pennsylvania's fauna, but the northeast fauna as a whole.
News of the Lepidopterists' Society
Winner, 2017 National Outdoor Book Award
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Though I am in the southeast, I own this field guide and find it very useful - Roy Cohutta Brown.
