Collins British Butterfly Guide (Collins Pocket Guide)

Experience the joy of discovering the natural world around you with this beautiful pocket guide to British butterflies, an inspiration and treat designed to enthral all nature lovers.This comprehensive guide to the butterflies of Britain depicts both male and female insects. Subspecies are included where there is significant variation, and distribution maps accompany each widespread species.Illustrated by Richard Lewington, the world's leading butterfly illustrator, this is the ideal pocket guide for travelling naturalists and butterfly enthusiasts alike and is an essential addition to every nature lover's bookshelves.. Species descriptions i

He has illustrated numerous books and lives in Oxfordshire, where he works as a freelance illustrator.Tom Tolman developed an interest in botany and natural history in the 1970s and has since developed a passion for butterflies. He has an extensive collection of butterfly photographs from all over Europe, including many species whose photographs have never been published.. Richard Lewington is one of the world's leading natural history illustrators, specialising in insects and other

'Richard Lewington's illustrations are magnificent … Tom Tolman's text is excellent’ New Scientist