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Mexico: By Family - By State

Atlas of Western USA Butterflies, Including Adjacent Parts of Canada and Mexico
Ray E. Stanford and Paul A. Opler. 1993.
Denver and Fort Collins. Privately Printed

A Guide to Mexico's Butterflies and Moths
Carlos R. Beutelspacher. 1994.
Minutiae Mexicana, México, D.F. 96 pages, color photos, illus, map. (out of print)

Butterflies of Northeastern Mexico. Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas. A Photographic Checklist  - Recommended
Kim Garwood & Richard Lehman. 2005. 2nd Edition. 
Eye Scry Publishing, McAllen, Texas. 194 pp., 157 color plates. [Extensive coverage of Hairstreaks, Metalmarks and Skippers]

Mariposas Diurnas del Valle de México
Carlos R. Beutelspacher. 1980. 
La Prensa Médica Mexicana, México. 134 pp., 16 color plates; paperback. (out of print)

Las Mariposas Entre los Antiguos Mexicanos (Butterflies among the Ancient Mexicans)
Carlos R. Beutelspacher. 1988. 
Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, D.F. 103 pp., 6 color photos, 16 B&W photos, 284 illus. color and B&W.

Mariposas y Palomillas - *All common names are translated to Spanish by Juan Samuel Santiago Cruz*
Mitchell, R. T. & H. S. Zim. 1994.  
Editorial Trillas, Mexico, D. F., Mexico. 172 pp.

Mariposas Mexicanas: Guía para su Colecta y Determinación 
Roberto de la Maza Ramírez. 1993. Second Edition
Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, D.F. 302 pp., 67 color plates. covers 651 spp. (out of print)

A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico & Central America - Recommended
Jeffrey Glassberg. 2007.
Sunstreak Books, Morristown, NJ. 266 pp. (treats more than 1700 species in 3250 full color photographs)

• Papilionidae y Pieridae

Mariposas de México. 1. Introducción y Generalidades: Superfamilia Papilonoidea: Familia Papilionidae
Carlos R. Beutelspacher. 1984. 
Ediciones cientificas la prensa medica Mexicana, S.A. Mexico, D.F. 128 pp, 20 pl. (out of print) 

Papilionidae y Pieridae de México: Distribución Geográfica e Ilustración
Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets, Leonor Oñate-Ocana, Armando Luis-Martinez & Isabel Vargas-Fernandez. 1997. 
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, México City. 229 pp.

• Nymphalidae

Mexican Lepidoptera: Eurytelinae I (Subfamily of Nymphalidae)
Roberto de la Maza E. & R. Turrent D. 1985.
Sociedad Mexicana de Lepidopterologia, México City. 44 pp. + 43 maps & 19 plates (8 in color). (out of print) 

Nymphalidae de Mexico I (Danainae, Apaturinae, Biblidinae y Heliconiinae): Distribucion Geografica e Ilustracion
Armando Luis-Martinez, Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets & Isabel Vargas-Fernandez. 2003. 
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and Comision Nacional Para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), México City. 249 pp. Illustrations by Pal Janos.

• Hesperioidea (While not field guides, the following publications are important aids to this difficult group)

Catalogo Sistematico de los Hesperioidea de Mexico
Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets, Armando Luis-Martinez & Isabel Vargas-Fernandez. 1990. 
Publicaciones Especiales del Museo de Zoologia 1:[iv], 1-70.

Superfamilia Hesperioidea in: Lepidoptera in: Catalogos de Especies Mexicanas. 
Andrew D. Warren. 2002. 
Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Mexico City. 

• Baja California

Butterflies of Baja California: Faunal Survey, Natural History, Conservation Biology
John W. Brown, Herman G. Real, & David K. Faulkner. 1992.
Lepidoptera Research Foundation, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA. iv + 128 pp., 8 color plates, 267 figs, & 157 species distribution maps

• Chiapas

Mariposas de Chiapas
Roberto G. De la Maza E., Javier De la Maza E. 1993. 
Espejo de Obsidiana, México. 223 pp., 152 color plates, illus, maps. (out of print)

• Guerrero

Mariposas. Capítulo 11.
Armando Luis-Martinez, Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets. 1993. 
En: Luna, I.V. & J. Llorente (eds.). Historia Natural del Parque Ecologico Estatal Omiltemi, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. 
Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México. México. 587 pp.

Lepidopterofauna de Guerrero I: Distribución y Fenología de los Papilionoidea de la Sierra de Atoyac
Isabel Vargas-Fernandez, Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets y Armando Luis-Martinez. 1991.
Publicaciones Especiales del Museo de Zoologia. Fac. Ciencias, UNAM, 2: 1-127.

• Oaxaca 

Lepidopterofauna de Oaxaca I. Distribución y Fenología de los Papilionoidea de la Sierra de Juárez
Armando Luis-Martinez, Isabel Vargas-Fernandez y Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets. 1991.
Publicaciones Especiales del Museo de Zoologia. Fac. Ciencias, UNAM, 3: 1-121.

• Veracruz

Las Mariposas de la Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, de la UNAM
Raguso, R. & y Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets. 1996. 
En: Enrique González Soriano, Rodolfo Dirzo y Richard C. Vogt (eds.). Historia Natural de los Tuxtlas
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, México City. 647 pp.

Central America

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Vol. I, Vol. II, Text; Vol. III Plates 1 - 113
Frederick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin.. 1879-1901.  
Bernard Quaritch Limited, London.  

Biologia Centrali-Americana: Plates and Associated Binomials

Butterflies of Central America. Volume 1.
Kim Garwood & Richard Lehman. 2011.
Eye Scry Publishing, McAllen, Texas. 304 pp.
[Covers Oaxaca, MX through Panama, includes Papilionidae, Pieridae & Nymphalidae, almost 2,300 photos (provided by almost 70 different photographers) across 284 color plates, includes many, many subspecies, with range maps and principal photographic locations, index and quick index.]

Butterflies of Central America. Volume 2 (Lycaenidae and Riodinidae)
Kim Garwood & Richard Lehman. (in press)

Butterflies of Central America. Volume 3 (Hesperiidae)
Kim Garwood & Richard Lehman. (in press)

• Belize

Lepidoptera of Belize: 1. Butterflies, 2. Emperor Moths and Hawk Moths
Jan C. Meerman. 1999. 
Tropical Lepidoptera. Volume 10, supplement 1. 61 pp. This is an annotated checklist, a field guide is in preparation.

Notes on the Butterflies of British Honduras. 
Davis, F.L. 1928. 
Old Royalty Book Publishers, London. 102 pp. (out of print) 

• Costa Rica

The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History: Volume I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae (Highly Recommended)
Philip J. DeVries. 1987.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 456 pp., 51 color plates, 41 b&w illus.

The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History: Volume II: Riodinidae (Highly Recommended)
Philip J. DeVries. 1997.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 368 pp., 28 color plates, 80 halftones, 13 line illus., 3 maps.

Checklist of butterflies. 
Philip J. DeVries. 1983. in: D.H. Janzen, (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. pp. 654...755.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. 816 pp.

An Introduction to Costa Rican Butterflies
Mark Goode. 1999.
Self-published, United Kingdom. 7 color plates.

Mariposas Communes: Área de Conservación Tempisque Costa Rica / Common Butterflies: Tempisque Conservation Area.
Jorge F. Corrales. 1999.
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, INBio. Heredia, Costa Rica.116 p. Color illus. (Spanish & English), (out of print) 

Mariposas de Costa Rica / Butterflies and moths of Costa Rica 
Isidro Chacón & José Montero. 2007. 
Editorial INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia, C.R. 624 pp., ~2,000 color photos of 1,170 species,

• Guatemala

Annotated Checklist of the Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Tikal National Park and Vicinity (Peten , Guatemala). 
Austin, G.T., N.M. Haddad, C. Mendez, T.D. Sisk, D.D. Murphy, A.E. Launer, and P.R. Ehrlich. 1996. 
Tropical Lepidoptera 7:21-37.

• Nicaragua

Mariposas de Nicaragua: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
Jean-Michael Maes and Ronald Brabant. 2001.
Museo Entomológico, León, Nicaragua. CD (Windows), 1000 illus., (out of print) 

South America

Butterflies of Southern Amazonia - Recommended
Kim Garwood & Richard Lehman, Gill Carter, Will Carter. 2009. 2nd Edition. 
Eye Scry Publishing, McAllen, Texas
[1,347 species treated on 344 color plates, with maps and principal photographic locations, combined index and quick index.]

Butterflies of South America
Bernard D'Abrera. 1984.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 255 pp., ~ 700 color photos.

The Genus Perisama
Stephane Attal & Alain Crosson Du Cormier. 1996.
(publisher?), France. 149 pp, 12 color plates, 65 figs, distribution maps.

• Argentina

Cien Mariposas Argentinas
Juan Francisco Klimatis. 2000.
Editorial Albatros. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 128 pp.

Mariposas Argentinas 
Andrés E. Varga. 2000.
Museo Mariposas del Mundo. San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.148 pp., covers 171 butterflies and skippers.

Mariposas de Misiones / Butterflies of Misiones - Recommended
Gustavo R Canals. 2003.
L.O.L.A. (Literature of Latin America), Argentina. 420 pp., 947 color photos. Treats ~ 400 species.

• Brasil

Contribuição Para a Historia Natural dos Lepidopteros do Brasil
Benedicto Raymundo da Silva. 1907.
Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 179 pp. Fartamente ilustrado. (out of print) 

Field guide of frugivorous butterflies species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)  
from Morro Grande Forest Reserve and Caucaia do Alto, Cotia (São Paulo).  
Uehara-Prado, M.; Freitas, A.V.L.; Francini, R.B. & Brown Jr., K.S. 2004. 
Biota Neotropica  4(1):1-25, 18 plates.

Full text: portuguese:

• Chile

Las Mariposas de Chile / The Butterflies of Chile
Luis E. Peña G. and Alfredo J. Ugarte P. 1996.
Editorial Universitaria, Santiago. 359 pp. (out of print)

• Colombia

Mariposas de Colombia
Jesus H. Velez & Julian A. Salazar. 1991. 
Villegas Editores, Bogotá. 167 pp.

Mariposas de Colombia. Tomo 1: Familia Papilionidae. 
Lecrom, J.F., Constantino, L.M. & J.A. Salazar. 2002. 
Carlec, Ltda, Bogotá. 108 pp, 29 pl. Edición Española, Edition Francaise & English Edition.

Mariposas de Colombia. Tomo 2. Familia Pieridae. 
Lecrom, J.F., Llorente, J. B., Constantino, L.M. & J.A. Salazar. 2004. 
Carlec, Ltda, Bogotá. 133 pp, 42 pl.

Mariposas Comunes de la Cordillera Central de Colombia. Guia de Campo. 
GARCIA, C., Constantino,L.M., Heredia, M.D. & G. Kattan, 2002. 
Feriva Editores S.A, Cali, Colombia. 130 pp.

Mariposas diurnas de la zona Central Cafetera Colombiana. Guia de Campo. 
Valencia, C., Gil, Z., & Constantino, L.M. 2005. 
Cenicafé, Chinchina, Colombia. 244 pp.

Mariposas de Manizales 
Parra-Henao, M.L. Vargas-Chica, J.I. & M. Tabares-Potosi. 2000. 
Manizales, Instituto para la Ciencia. i + 118 pp.

• Ecuador

Mariposas del Ecuador / Butterflies & Moths of Ecuador. Volume 1: Géneros.
Francisco Piñas Rubio and Ivan Manzano Pesantez. 2000.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. 115 pp., 702 color photos.

Mariposas del Ecuador / Butterflies of Ecuador: Volume 10a. Familia: Papilionidae
Maurizio Bollino & Giovanni Onore. 2001.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. ix + 175 pp. (English and Spanish).
228 color photos of 61 Swallowtails, male recto and versus, and female recto are illustrated

Mariposas del Ecuador
Miguel Moreno Espinosa, Germania Estevez Jacome, Xavier Silva del Pozo. 1997.
Occidental Exploration and Production Co. 167 pp.

• Guyana

Lépidoptères de Guyane
Daniel Lacomme & Luc Manil, editors. 2003. 
Bulletin des Lépidoptéristes Parisiens. Numéro Hors-série, 188 pp., 28 colour plates, list of the 1052 species of Rhopalocera (excluding the Hesperiidae).

Lepidopteres de Guyane. Tome 1. Generalites Heteroceres 1
Editors. 2007. Association des Lépidoptéristes de France. 108 pp, 18 colour plates, French (English summary).

Lepidopteres de Guyane. Tome 2. Rhopaloceres 1
Editors. 2007. Association des Lépidoptéristes de France. 92 pp, 13 colour plates, French (English summary).

Lepidopteres de Guyane. Tome 3. Rhopaloceres 2
Editors. 2008. Association des Lépidoptéristes de France. 96 pp, 21 colour plates, French (English summary).

• Perú

Las Mariposas de Machu Picchu
Guía Ilustrada de las Mariposas del Santuario Histórico Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Perú
Gerardo Lamas. 2003. 
PROFONANPE, Lima. 221 pp., 34 color plates. Spanish edition; an English edition will appear subsequently.
(More acquisition info)

• Uruguay

Lepidoptera del Uruguay
Ceslau M. de Biezanko, Agustín Ruffinelli y Carlos S. Carbonell. 1957.
Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Lista anotada de especies. 152 pp. (out of print)

• Venezuela

25 Mariposas de Caracas
Manara Bruno. 1994.
Fundarte, Caracas. 85 pp.

The Butterflies of Venezuela: Part 1 Nymphalidae I: Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae (Highly Recommended)
Andrew F. E. Neild. 1996.
Meridian Publications, London. 144 pp., 32 color photo plates, covers 270 species (~1,200 specimens), detailed species accounts

The Butterflies of Venezuela, Part 3: Nymphalidae III: (Brassolinae, Satyrinae (Pronophilini), and Papilionidae)
Andrew F.E. Neild & Bernard D'Abrera. (TBA)
Meridian Publications, London. 112 pages, 32 color plates of 480 specimens, figs, maps.

The Butterflies of Venezuela, Part 4: Nymphalidae IV: (Concl.) (Satyrinae (Concl.), Heliconiinae, and Pieridae)
Andrew F.E. Neild & Bernard D'Abrera. (TBA)
Meridian Publications, London. 128 pages, 32 color plates of 770 specimens, figs, maps.

Mariposas de Venezuela (Butterflies of Venezuela)
Michael Schmid & Bradford M. Endicott. 1968.
L. Levison Jr. Copenhague, Denmark. xi + 67pp. Spanish/English Edition. 142 color illustrations of 132 species life-size. (out of print)

Mariposas de Venezuela
Théophile Raymond. 1982. (Facsimile of a manuscript produced in 1902.)
Armitano Editores, Caracas, Venezuela. 280 pp., 97 color plates.
Adiciones, rectificaciones y actualizaciones a "Mariposas de Venezuela" II
Adiciones, rectificaciones y actualizaciones a "Mariposas de Venezuela" III

Caribbean

Butterflies of the Caribbean and Florida
Peter Stiling. 1999.
Macmillan Caribbean, Oxford. 120 color photographs of butterflies and their caterpillars.

The Butterflies of the West Indies and South Florida (Highly Recommended)
David Spencer Smith, Lee D. Miller, and Jacqueline Y. Miller. 1994.
Oxford University Press, Oxford. 284 pp., 33 color plates. More than 600 species treated.

Faune des Antilles Francaises, Les Papillons
Pinchon, R. & Enrico, P. 1969.
Fort de France, Martinique. 259 pp., 34 pls. (out of print)

A Field Guide to the Butterflies of the West Indies.
Norman Denbigh Riley. 1975.
Quadrangle Field Guide Series. New York. 224 pp,  24 color plates. (out of print)

• Cuba

Atlas de las Mariposas Diurnas de Cuba (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Pastor Alayo y Luis R. Hernández. 1987.
Cientifico-Tecnica, La Habana, Cuba. 167 color illus. (order info)

The Butterflies of Cuba
Bates, M. 1935. 
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 78:61-258, 24 figs. (out of print)

Contribución a la Entomología Cubana
Gundlach, J. 1881. 
Lepidópteros. Vol. 1, 445 pp. (way out of print)

Field Guide of Cuban-West Indies Butterflies
Luis R. Hernández. 2004.
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 352 pp.

• Bermuda

The Lepidoptera of Bermuda: their Foodplants, Biogeography, and Means of Dispersal
D.C. Ferguson, D. J. Hilburn & B. Wright. 1991.
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 158:1-105. 204 figs.

• Guadeloupe

A la découverte des... Papillons de Jour des Antilles Françaises 
Brévignon, L. & C. Brévignon. 2003. 
PLB Editions, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe. 64 pp., figs. Available from [christian.brevignon@wanadoo.fr]

• Hispaniola

The Butterflies of Hispaniola
Albert Schwartz. 1989.
University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 580 pp., color frontis., 8 double-page b/w plates (32 photos)

• Jamaica 

Jamaica and its Butterflies
F. Martin Brown & Bernard Heineman. 1972.
E.W.Classey Ltd., London. 478 pp. (out of print) 

• Puerto Rico

Insects of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Rhopalocera or Butterflies
Comstock, W.C. 1944. 
Scientific Survey of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Science 12(4):421-622. (out of print)

• St. Lucia

A Recognition Guide to the Insects of St. Lucia. 1: Butterflies. Lep., Hesperioidea + Papilionoidea
David James Hunt & G. Mitchell. 1979. 
St. Lucia Naturalists' Society. (out of print)

• Trinidad and Tobago

Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
Malcolm Barcant. 1970.
Collins, London (out of print)

Neotropical Region

Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera (Highly Recommended)
John B. Heppner. (Series Editor). 2004.
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Gerardo Lamas. (Editor)
Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. xxxvi + 439 pp.

Latin American Insects and Entomology
Charles Hogue. 1993.
University of California Press, Berkeley. 594 pp.

The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Volume V: The American Rhopalocera 
Adalbert Seitz. (editor), 1924.
Kernen, Stuttgart. viii + 1139 pp., 203 plates. (There's a copy at Rice Univ., Houston)

• Papilionidae

Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part 1. Papilionidae and Pieridae
Bernard D’Abrera, 1981. 
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London.188 pp.

Catalogo dos Papilionidae Americanas 
R.Ferreira D'Almeida. 1965.
Sociedade Brazileira de Entomologia, Sao Paolo, Brazil. 367 pp.

Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas
Hamilton Tyler, Keith S. Brown, Jr., and Kent Wilson, 1994. 
Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 376 pp. 157 color plates & over 1100 line drawings and figures.

• Lycaenidae

Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part VII, Lycaenidae
Bernard D'Abrera. 1995.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 168 pp. 

• Riodinidae

Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part VI, Riodinidae
Bernard D'Abrera. 1994.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 217 pp. appr. 1,200 specimen illustrations. 

A Revision of the Genus Theope, Its Systematics and Biology (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini)
Jason P.W. Hall. 1999.
Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. viii + 127 pp., 10 color plates. 68 species treated in colour plates and distribution maps.

• Nymphalidae

Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Danaidae, Ithomiidae, Heliconidae & Morphidae
Bernard D'Abrera. 1984.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 232 pp. (out of print)

An illustrated list of the type-specimens of the Heliconiinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the British Museum (Natural History)
Ackery, P. R., & R. L. Smiles. 1976. 
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomolgy 32:171-214.

An illustrated key to the silvaniform Heliconius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with descriptions of new subspecies
Brown, K. S. 1976. 
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 102:373-484.

Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology
P.R. Ackery & R.I. Vane-Wright. 1984. 
Cornell, Ithaca. (out of print)

Butterflies of the World: Part 3. Nymphalidae II. Ithomiinae
Gerardo Lamas. 1999. 
Antiquariat Goecke & Evers, Germany. 34 pp., 16 color plates, illustrates 252 specimens.

Catalogo dos Ithomiidae Americanos
R.F.D'Almeida. 1978.
Univ. Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil. (out of print)

A Monograph of the Ithomiidae (Lepidoptera), Part 4: The Tribe Napeogenini Fox
Richard Fox & Herman G Real. 1971.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institution, Gainesville. 368 pp.

Heliconius and Related Genera, Lepidoptera Nymphalidae: the Genera Eueides, Neruda and Heliconius
Holzinger, H.K. & R. Holzinger. 1994. 
Sciences Nat, Venette, France. 328 pp., 51 color plates, 41 color-coded distribution maps.

The Genus Adelpha : Its Systematics, Biology, and Biogeography
Keith R. Willmott. 2003.
Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. viii + 322 pp., 15 color plates.

Butterflies of the World: Part 2. Nymphalidae I. Agrias
Späth, M., 1999. 
Antiquariat Goecke & Evers, Germany. 13 pp., 20 color plates, 152 fig.

Butterflies of the American Tropics: The Genus Anaea
Comstock, W.P. 1961.
American Museum of Natural History, New York. xiii + 214 pp, 30 color plates, 25 figs. (out of print)

Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part III. Brassolidae, Acraeidae, Nymphalidae (partim) 
Bernard D'Abrera. 1987.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 140 pp. 

Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part IV. Nymphalidae (Partim)
Bernard D'Abrera. 1987.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 152 pp. 

Butterflies of the Neotropical Region. Part V, Nymphalidae (Conc.) and Satyridae
Bernard D'Abrera. 1989.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 197 pp. 1,317 specimen illustrations. 

World Guides with a Significant Neotropical Component

Butterflies of the World
Lewis, H.L.1974.
Crown Publishers, N.Y. 312 pp. Includes 66 plates of neotropical butterflies: 1500 spp. Papilionoidea PLUS 470 spp. Hesperiodea. (out of print)

Butterflies of the World, Parts 1-12
Erich Bauer & Thomas Frankenbach. (eds.) 1998-2001.
Antiquariat Goecke & Evers, Germany.

The Concise Atlas of the Butterflies of the World
Bernard D'Abrera. 2001.
Hill House Publishers, Melbourne & London. 353 pp., 6,500 color figs, 150 color plates, 40 on neotropical Papilionoide

Papillons Exotiques des Trois parties du Monde: l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique
[Exotic Butterflies from Three Parts of the World: Asia, Africa and America]
Pieter Cramer (1721-1776) & C. Stoll (editors). 1779-91.
S.J. Baalde and N.T. Gravius, Amsterdam. (out of print)

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