The author spent more than 50 years in the Philippines to produce this illustrated book.A total of 143 species, including Papilionidae, Pieridae (except Eurema), Danainae and Elymniini, are listed on 187 colour plates, making this an impressive volume.Species names (Japanese and scientific) and locality data are compiled.The index at the end of the book is in alphabetical order by scientific name (species subnames).
The author spent more than 50 years in the Philippines to produce this illustrated book.A total of 143 species, including Papilionidae, Pieridae (except Eurema), Danainae and Elymniini, are listed on 187 colour plates, making this an impressive volume.Species names (Japanese and scientific) and locality data are compiled.The index at the end of the book is in alphabetical order by scientific name (species subnames).