Ornithoptera and Troides books published over the years !

[mygos]

Due to their beauty, many books have been written about Birdwings (Ornithoptera and Troides). Here are the ones from my collection in author's alphabetical order.

COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 1 : 1° partie : O. priamus, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2012), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 1 : 2° partie : O. priamus, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2012), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 2 : O. aesacus et O. croesus, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2012), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 3 : O. goliath, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2012), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 4 : O. tithonus, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2012), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 5 : O. chimaera et O. rothschildi, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2013), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 6 : O. paradisea et O. meridionalis, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2013), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 7 : O. victoriae, races et formes
Blurb.com, (2015), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 8 : O. alexandrae, formes et variations
Blurb.com, (2015), n.p.


COPIE Thierry B. Ornithopterae ex telam, vol. 9 : Ornithoptera, formes hybrides
Blurb.com, (2016), n.p.


d'ABRERA Bernard Birdwing butterflies of the world
Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1975, édition originale, 260 pp.,


d'ABRERA Bernard Birdwing butterflies of the world
London, Country Life, 1976, réédition, viii, 269 pp.,


d'ABRERA Bernard Birdwing butterflies of the world
Victoria, Hill House, 2003, new & revised edition, xxxi, 322 pp.,


DESLISLE Gilles Zeunera : a new subgenus in the genus Ornithoptera BDL 1832 for the species alexandrae ROTHS. 1907 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)
Lambillionea, 101° année, supplément, 2001, pp. 288-321,


DESLISLE Gilles A taxonomic revision of the "Birdwing butterflies of paradise", genus Ornithoptera, based on the adult morphology (Lepidoptera, papilionidae)
Lambillionea, 104° année, supplément, 2004, 93 pp., 53 pages d'illustrations N&B et couleurs,


DESLISLE Gilles, SCLAVO Jean-Pierre Outstanding Birdwing butterflies (Papilionidae : Genus Ornithoptera), 2 vol.
Nice, Ornitho Press, 2015, 1642 pp.,

The new bible about birdwings

HAUGUM Jan P., LOW Andrew M. A monograph of the birdwing butterflies, 6 parts in 2 vol.
Klampenborg, Scandinavian Science Press, 1978/85, 664 pp., 28 color plates,












HOWARTH Thomas G. A list of the type-specimens of Ornithoptera (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae) in the British Museum (Natural History)
London, Bull.Br.Mus.nat.Hist., 1977, pp. 153-169,


KNÖTGEN Bella von Ornithoptera : Ornithoptera, Schönbergia, Aetheoptera
Wangen, M.G.G. Verlag, 1997, xx, 291 pp.,




MATSUKA H. Natural history of birdwing butterflies
Tokyo, Matsuka, 2001, 367 pp.,


MITCHELL David K., DEWHURST Charles F., TENNENT W. John, PAGE William W. Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly : Ornithoptera alexandrae (Rothschild, 1907) : a review and conservation proposal
Selangor, Southdene, 2016, x, 88 pp., 61 figures in-texte.


OHYA Takashi Birdwing butterflies
Tokyo, Kodansha, 1983, 331 pp., 136 color plates,


OHYA Takashi Catalogue of birdwing butterflies 1758-2000
Kawaga, chez l'auteur, 2001, viii, 296 pp.,


OHYA Takashi Catalogue of birdwing butterflies 1758-2008
Kawaga, chez l'auteur, 2009, édition révisée, x, 288 pp.,


OHYA Takashi Original descriptions of birdwing butterflies, 2 vol. + additional edition
Kagawa, chez l'auteur, 2008/12, (édition limitée à 77 exemplaires), xxxvii, 713 pp., xxiv, 714 pp., xxx, 86 pp.,







Very rare catalogue

OTANI Takuya, KIMURA Yasuhiko Birdwing butterflies : Ornithoptera
Tokyo, Endless Science Information, 1998, 114 pp., 93 color plates,



PASTERNAK Jan Fluttering encounters in the amazing Archipelago
chez l'auteur, 2000, 135 pp.,



RIPPON Robert H.F. Icones Ornithopterorum : a monograph of the Papilionine tribe Troides of Hübner, or Ornithoptera (bird-wing butterflies) of Boisduval, 2 vol.
Londres, chez l'auteur, 1898/06, 2 ff.n.ch. (faux-titre, titre), 7 ff.ch. (1) à (14) (directions to the subscribers, or the binders ; dedication ; preface), xxii, 86 pp., 6 cartes en couleurs dont 1 à double-page (map 1 or pl. VIII section 1 to 3, map ? section 1, map 2 or pl. 3 section 2, map 3 or pl. 19 A (double)), 46 planches dont 38 finement aquarellées (I, II, III, IIIA, IIIB, IV, IVA, IVB, V, VI, VII (n&b), 1a, 1b, 1b (n&b), 2a, 2b, 2b (n&b), 4, 5, 6, 6a, 7, 7a, 8, 8a, 9, 10 (n&b), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21a, 21a (n&b), 21b, 22a, 23a, 23b, A (n&b), C (n&b), D (n&b)), quelques figures in-texte contrecollées, couvertures de la livraison des fascicules 1 à 16 conservées ; 1 ff.n.ch. (faux-titre), frontispice colorié, 1 ff.n.ch. (titre), portrait de l'auteur en n&b, 2 ff.ch. ii à iv (dedication), 1 ff.ch. (errata et corrigenda), 140 pp (+ pp. 47 a à d), 50 planches dont 44 finement aquarellées (26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 30, 48, 32, 33 (n&b), 40, 39, 42, 41, 64B, 36, 35, 60, 47, 65, 45, 46, 51a, 52, 52a, 51, 54, 56, 57, 55, 62, 63, 64 (n&b), 66A, 66B, 66C, 61, 66d, 67, 35, 34 (n&b), 58 (n&b), 59 (n&b), B (n&b), E, F, G, H, K, 66, L ), 7 cartes en couleurs (pl. 37, 38, 43, 44, 49, 50, 53, or map 4 à 10), total : 1 frontispiece couleurs, 1 portrait n&b et 109 planches dont 95 en couleurs (82 planches et 13 cartes), superbe exemplaire de cet ouvrage dont une trentaine d'exemplaires seulement auraient été coloriés par Rippon !









Only 30 copies or so of the colored edition are known !


RUMBUCHER K., von KNÖTGEN B. Butterflies of the world, part. 6 : Papilionidae III : Troides I
Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 1999, 2 pp., 32 color plates,



RUMBUCHER K., von KNÖTGEN B. Butterflies of the world, part. 7 : Papilionidae IV : Troides II
Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 1999, 3 pp., 40 color plates,



RUMBUCHER K., SCHÄFFLER O. Butterflies of the world, part. 19 : Papilionidae X : Troides III
Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 2004, 3 pp., 22 color plates,



RUMBUCHER K., SCHÄFFLER O. Butterflies of the world, part. 21 : Papilionidae XI : Troides IV
Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 2005, 6 pp., 56 color plates,



SCHÄFFLER Oliver Butterflies of the world, part. 12 : Papilionidae VI : Ornithoptera, text + plates
Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 2001, 19 pp., figures in-texte, 52 color plates,





SCHÄFFLER Oliver, & al. Butterflies of the world, part. 41 : Papilionidae XV : Troides V
Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 2014, 4 pp., 36 color plates,



SUMIYOSHI Kaoru Birdwing butterflies or the genus Ornithoptera (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae)
Osaka, Osaka Museum of Natural History, vol. 21, 1989, iv, 80 pp., 70 color plates,



SUMIYOSHI Kaoru Birdwing butterflies of the genera Trogonoptera and Troides (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae)
Osaka, Osaka Museum of Natural History, vol. 26, 1994, iv, 48 pp., 36 color plates,




I would be interested to see any other books, members would have about Ornithoptera and Troides ?

papalidar : I am sure Jacques would have some unusual ones to add to this list !


A+, Michel

[nomad]

Superb, what a collection, thanks for sharing. I have a number of those. I do not have copies of the famous Thierry B. Ornithoptera books.    They might be worth a fortune in years to come. Thierry was such an enthusiastic and nice chap. 

[nomad]

I believe your Icones Ornithopterorum is my favourite. 

[deliasfanatic]

Great selection, Michel! Years ago, I had the big Ohya book from 1983; I wish I hadn't sold it. I've never seen a copy for sale since then...am I right in guessing that it's now quite rare?

[mygos]

Jan 17, 2017 19:14:20 GMT deliasfanatic said:

Great selection, Michel! Years ago, I had the big Ohya book from 1983; I wish I hadn't sold it. I've never seen a copy for sale since then...am I right in guessing that it's now quite rare?

Yes Danny, a rare item now. I have not seen a copy for many years too

A+, Michel

[trehopr1]

Awesome assemblage of information on a fabulous group of butterflies.You have good reason to be very proud in owning such fine works !

[mygos]

Just received this morning, a document I have been looking for years ...
ZEUNER F.E. Studies in the systematics of Troides Hübner (Lepidoptera Papilionidae) and its allies ; distribution and phylogeny in relation to the geological history of the australasian Archipelago
The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. XXV, part. 3, 1943, extract, pp. 107-184, 115 figures in-texte,



A copy was offered to me in march 2014 for 500 $ which I refuse, and just purchased this one on Abebboks for 33 euros

A+, Michel

[wollastoni]

Mar 22, 2017 10:38:30 GMT mygos said:

A copy was offered to me in march 2014 for 500 $ which I refuse, and just purchased this one on Abebboks for 33 euros

Nice move !
Looks like a splendid book and one of the few you were lacking !