This is just an amazing and fantastic picture book for genus Ornithoptera. Mr. Matsuka is one of the top photographer in Japan, and his greatest photos are printed by Japanese advanced printing technology. All text, tytles and comments are in both Japanese and English. Because of personal publishment, the number is limited. If you need, now is the time to buy. The value is more than the price. Expensive or cheap ? You decide...
Following explanation is reprinted from the list of Entomological Livestock Group: Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies. by Hirotaka Matsuka. - The Birdwings, the largest butterflies in the world (Ornithoptera. Trogonoptera, and Troides). - All photographed in tropical rainforest!! - Photos in life of all 32 species, photos of adult specimens of all 159 subspecies photos of early stages of 31 species, and photos of 51 species of foodplants. - 1105 colour photos in total. - Extra-wide A4 size (302 mm x 227 mm) ~ 368 pages (including 209 pages of colour plates) - Hardcover ~ Dual full texts in English and Japanese. Field photos. 119 pages of field photographs - They are achieved by the author's thorough field trips covering all habitats. - All vividly picture the butterflies in life with the author's outstanding skill as an insect photographer. - The author's short travelogue attached to each field photo page brings the reader to the remotest on the earth, even without any prior knowledge of the butterfly or its habitat. Early stages. 14 pages comprising 195 photos - The closely related species are arranged for easy comparison. - The egg, larva (dorsal aspect, lateral aspects, and osmeterium), and pupa (dorsal and lateral aspects) are shown for each species. - The generic differences are given; in particular, the pupal morphology, hitherto unknown, is described in detail. - All birdwing species are included with the sole exception of Troides riedeli. Specimen photos. 44 pages, comprising 442 specimens - All 159 subspecies known at present. both male and female and both upperside and underside, are shown. including Ornithoptera allottei from all the four islands and some known aberrant forms. - The closely related species and subspecies are easily checked with the distribution maps and compansons of wing colour and patterns. - The distribution maps are designed chromatically to show altitudinal contours by 500m. The taxonomic classiflcation follows Dr. Takashi Ohya's criteria. This book is unique and outstanding. The birdwings butterflies occur from India to Australia. After 20 years of wandering in the field in search of them, the author, who now identifies himself as a collector of all tropical dis-eases, has finally achieved in photographing all species in life for the first time in history. With the marvellous colour plates, this is an "uncomparable book" of the birdwing butterflies, making any species or subspecies easily distinguished from their allies. Also the text is full of information on this group of butterflies: e.g. vertically differentiated distribution, size of eggs, length/width ratio of pupae, various ecological and morphological comparisons, as well as foodplant - butterfly relationships. The new information contained in this book makes it a unique contribution to science. In particular, the morphologically clear grouping of pupae, hitherto unachieved. Five or six species of the foodplants collected by the author will be described as new species by Dr. Michael Parsons, author of The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea, who also greatly contributed to polishing the English text. As to their foodplants, the aristolochiaceous, this book provides the greatest number of colour photos, making their identification easy, unrivaled with any book of plants ever published. Foodplant aristolochiaceous. 34 pages comprising 214 photos - Flowers. fluits. and leaves are shown for 51 species. - It is fully noted and described that there are thiec basic forms among the Asian aristolochiaceous. - Each of the 51 species depicted with the photos is described in text. - Problems of the taxonomic confusion between some Japanese, Taiwanese and Philippines species are pointed out. - A list of all known aristolochiaceous (Aristolochia, Pararistolochia, and Thottea) prepared by Mr. OHNO Yoshiaki is included. - Plant specimens were identifled by Dr. Michael Parsons at the University of Florida. Geographic maps. 7 pages + indices, 11 pages - They list 1700 localities of the birdwing butterflies and their foodplant aristolochiaceous. - Appended with the indices of geographic names, this section, handy and comprehensive, provides an indispensable atlas to all the students of the butterflies occurring in the Asian tropics.
This is just an amazing and fantastic picture book for genus Ornithoptera. Mr. Matsuka is one of the top photographer in Japan, and his greatest photos are printed by Japanese advanced printing technology. All text, tytles and comments are in both Japanese and English. Because of personal publishment, the number is limited. If you need, now is the time to buy. The value is more than the price. Expensive or cheap ? You decide...
Following explanation is reprinted from the list of Entomological Livestock Group: Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies. by Hirotaka Matsuka. - The Birdwings, the largest butterflies in the world (Ornithoptera. Trogonoptera, and Troides). - All photographed in tropical rainforest!! - Photos in life of all 32 species, photos of adult specimens of all 159 subspecies photos of early stages of 31 species, and photos of 51 species of foodplants. - 1105 colour photos in total. - Extra-wide A4 size (302 mm x 227 mm) ~ 368 pages (including 209 pages of colour plates) - Hardcover ~ Dual full texts in English and Japanese. Field photos. 119 pages of field photographs - They are achieved by the author's thorough field trips covering all habitats. - All vividly picture the butterflies in life with the author's outstanding skill as an insect photographer. - The author's short travelogue attached to each field photo page brings the reader to the remotest on the earth, even without any prior knowledge of the butterfly or its habitat. Early stages. 14 pages comprising 195 photos - The closely related species are arranged for easy comparison. - The egg, larva (dorsal aspect, lateral aspects, and osmeterium), and pupa (dorsal and lateral aspects) are shown for each species. - The generic differences are given; in particular, the pupal morphology, hitherto unknown, is described in detail. - All birdwing species are included with the sole exception of Troides riedeli. Specimen photos. 44 pages, comprising 442 specimens - All 159 subspecies known at present. both male and female and both upperside and underside, are shown. including Ornithoptera allottei from all the four islands and some known aberrant forms. - The closely related species and subspecies are easily checked with the distribution maps and compansons of wing colour and patterns. - The distribution maps are designed chromatically to show altitudinal contours by 500m. The taxonomic classiflcation follows Dr. Takashi Ohya's criteria. This book is unique and outstanding. The birdwings butterflies occur from India to Australia. After 20 years of wandering in the field in search of them, the author, who now identifies himself as a collector of all tropical dis-eases, has finally achieved in photographing all species in life for the first time in history. With the marvellous colour plates, this is an "uncomparable book" of the birdwing butterflies, making any species or subspecies easily distinguished from their allies. Also the text is full of information on this group of butterflies: e.g. vertically differentiated distribution, size of eggs, length/width ratio of pupae, various ecological and morphological comparisons, as well as foodplant - butterfly relationships. The new information contained in this book makes it a unique contribution to science. In particular, the morphologically clear grouping of pupae, hitherto unachieved. Five or six species of the foodplants collected by the author will be described as new species by Dr. Michael Parsons, author of The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea, who also greatly contributed to polishing the English text. As to their foodplants, the aristolochiaceous, this book provides the greatest number of colour photos, making their identification easy, unrivaled with any book of plants ever published. Foodplant aristolochiaceous. 34 pages comprising 214 photos - Flowers. fluits. and leaves are shown for 51 species. - It is fully noted and described that there are thiec basic forms among the Asian aristolochiaceous. - Each of the 51 species depicted with the photos is described in text. - Problems of the taxonomic confusion between some Japanese, Taiwanese and Philippines species are pointed out. - A list of all known aristolochiaceous (Aristolochia, Pararistolochia, and Thottea) prepared by Mr. OHNO Yoshiaki is included. - Plant specimens were identifled by Dr. Michael Parsons at the University of Florida. Geographic maps. 7 pages + indices, 11 pages - They list 1700 localities of the birdwing butterflies and their foodplant aristolochiaceous. - Appended with the indices of geographic names, this section, handy and comprehensive, provides an indispensable atlas to all the students of the butterflies occurring in the Asian tropics.