Pocket Guide Butterflies of East Africa

by Dino J. Martins

Overview

Butterflies are among the most familiar and popular of all the insects, and butterfly watching makes an absorbing hobby. This handy, compact guide serves as an introduction to East Africa’s amazing butterfly diversity. It introduces 246 of the more common, spectacular and interesting species found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775842446
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	07/22/2016
Series:	Pocket Guide
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	966,009
File size:	28 MB
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About the Author

Dr Dino J. Martins, an entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is widely known as East Africa’s ‘Dudu Man’ (Dudu is the Swahili word for insect). Dr Martins holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University. A prolifi c writer, he has published numerous articles in scientifi c, natural history and environmental publications. He is currently Chair of the Insect Committee of Nature Kenya, and The East Africa Natural History Society and is winner of the 2015 Whitley Gold Award for conservation.
Steve Collins is a biologist who has worked in or visited over 50 African countries and the surrounding islands. In 1996, he founded the African Butterfl y Research Institute (ABRI), which houses the most comprehensive collection of African butterfl ies. He has authored over 100 scientifi c papers on African butterfl ies, their life histories, biology and ecology, and has written several books on the subject.