Category: Africa south of Sahara

1. THE BUTTERFLIES OF KENYA
LARSEN TORBEN, THE BUTTERFLIES OF KENYA, 2000 (1991), reprint softback, 500 psges including indexes pages, 64 plates + key pages, describing and illustrating upwards of 870 species with 1500 museum specimens, front cover creased and slightly used but otherwise in good secondhand condition, definitive ID Guide, out-fo-print and difficult to find at present, published by OUP.
Stock No. 1341
£110.

2. BUTTERFLIES OF MALAWI, A LIST OF THE
GIFFORD D, BUTTERFLIES OF MALAWI, A LIST OF THE, 1965, 152 pages, line drawings, 9 colour plates each illustrating a dozen or so species, dustjacket, a rare book, published by the Society of Malawi.
Stock No. 1226
£25

3. THE HOPE REPORTS 1902, THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCEPROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE MIMICRY, WARNING COVERS AND SEASONAL CHANGES IN AFRICAN
POULTON EDWARD B, THE HOPE REPORTS 1902, THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCEPROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE MIMICRY, WARNING COVERS AND SEASONAL CHANGES IN AFRICAN , 1903, a series of papers from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, plates and other illustrations, pages untrimmed, bound in quarter buckram with printed card covers, very rare, printed in Oxford for private circulation
Stock No. 1035
£55

4. Lepidoptera of the Congo...Butterflies and Moths...hitherto undescribed species
Holland W J, Lepidoptera of the Congo...Butterflies and Moths...hitherto undescribed species, 1920, volume XLIII, Art VI, pp. 109-369, of the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 9 colour plates mostly illustrating butterflies, paper covers, edges untrimmed and some pages uncut, good clean condition
Stock No. 1036
£60

5. AFRICAN HESPERIIDAE… IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
EVANS W H, AFRICAN HESPERIIDAE… IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1937, xii-21 pages, 7 finely printed colour plates and 23 line drawing plates, blue cloth hardback binding, ex-library with a few small stamps and remains of old labels but otherwise a good copy, British Museum Natural History
Stock No. 116
£55.

6. Revised Catalogue... AFRICAN SPHINGIDAE (LEP)
CARCASSON R H, Revised Catalogue... AFRICAN SPHINGIDAE (LEP), with descriptions of East African Species, 1968, 148pp, 116 b/w plates and line figs. paper covers, from the Journal of the East Africa NHS & NM, reprint signed by the author.
Stock No. 117
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7. THE SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLIES OF EAST AFRICA…PAPILIONIDAE
CARCASSON R H, THE SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLIES OF EAST AFRICA…PAPILIONIDAE, 1960, Reprint 1975, 30 pages with 11 monotone plates in cloth soft covers, E W Classey Ltd
Stock No. 118
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8. LIFE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE BUTTERFLIES
CLARK G C & DIXON C,, LIFE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE BUTTERFLIES, 1971, xvi-272 pages, colour plates, d/w, Purnell.
Stock No. 119
£25

9. BUTTERFLIES OF RHODESIA
COOPER R, BUTTERFLIES OF RHODESIA, 1973, 138 pages, 32 colour plates, paperback, Longman
Stock No. 120
£12

10. THE BUTTERFLIES OF TANZANIA
KIELLAND J, THE BUTTERFLIES OF TANZANIA, 1990, 363 pages, 68 colour plates of butterflies, other line drawing illustrations, the most comprehensive work on the butterflies of this beautiful country, dustjacket as new, Hill House Books.
Stock No. 121
£120

11. BUTTERFLIES OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK - Sold
KLOPPERS J & VAN SON DR G, , BUTTERFLIES OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK - Sold, 1978, 109pp, 219 species illustrated, maps, paperback.
Stock No. 122
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12. PENNINGTON’S BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
DICKSON C G C & KROON DR D M, PENNINGTON’S BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1978, 1st edition, 670pp, large quarto format, over 780 species, subspecies, forms and aberrations described in comprehensive text, 198 colour plates depicting some 3000 specimens and life-cycles of select species from paintings by G Clark, folding map, dustjacket, good condition, AD. Donker/Publisher.
Stock No. 125
£135.

13. BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTH AFRICA
MIGDOLL I, , BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1988, 256 pages, 620 colour photos of 232 of the more common species found in the area, a field guide with distribution maps, hardback with dustjacket, New Holland.
Stock No. 126
£18

14. THE BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
PINHEY E, THE BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1965, xi - 240 pages, 42 mostly coloured plates, useable field guide, Nelson
Stock No. 127
£12

15. BUTTERFLIES OF RHODESIA
PINHEY E C G, BUTTERFLIES OF RHODESIA, 1949, vi - 208 pages, 21 plates mostly colour, describes some 450 species, text illustrations, cloth, printed and published in Rhodesia.
Stock No. 129
£30

16. BUTTERFLIES OF ZAMBIA
PINHEY E & LOE, BUTTERFLIES OF ZAMBIA, 1977, 106 pp, including numerous colour photos and plates, 135 common species, illustrated, a useful guide.
Stock No. 130
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17. HAWK MOTHS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
PINHEY E, HAWK MOTHS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1962, ix-139 pages, colour plates and b/w photo illustrations of moths and early life stages, dustjacket, good condition, Longmans.
Stock No. 131
£60

18. THE BUTTERFLIES OF KENYA AND UGANDA
ROGERS ST A & VAN SOMEREN V G L, THE BUTTERFLIES OF KENYA AND UGANDA, Volume 1, parts I – VI, Supplement to Volume I and part II in 2 parts, two thick volumes with over 150 monotone plates of butterflies, bound in cloth (1) and half calf with sheepskin covers (2) octavo, mostly undated but published from 1928 to 1941. An important and extremely rare work, a very lengthy series of reprints from the Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society.
Stock No. 132
£180

19. AFRICAN INSECT LIFE
SKAIFE S H, AFRICAN INSECT LIFE, Revised edition 1969, 280 pages with 68 full page colour plates with 148 colour photos – many close-ups, large format, dustjacket, Country Life Books
Stock No. 755
£25

20. BUTTERFLIES OF SOUT AFRICA
WIILIAMS J G, BUTTERFLIES OF SOUT AFRICA, 1969, 238 pages, colour plates, still a very handy pocket field guide to the commoner species, dustjacket, Collins
Stock No. 1201
£18.