New book about Colombian leps : Colombia, pais de Mariposas

[wollastoni]

A new book about Colombian lepido that seems splendid and very complete.




You can see thumbnails of all the pages here : 
villegaseditores.com/memoria-de-diseno-colombia-pais-de-mariposas

It is recommended by Andrew Neild.

[jmg]

Here is what my guide in Colombia (with whom I have already stayed three times in this country and especially last October) wrote about this book:

"I am also very happy .. Well, in summary, about 70 photos of me from different trips and different regions were published (I think the most rare or scarce species I have put them, hehe) ..

Also to feel better, the first photo that appears when you get to the book, that of Batesia hypochlora, is a picture of me .. So everything is fine ... "

In principle, we will make a new trip next year, especially for the inventory of Lepidoptera diurnal in a forest in Putumayo.

About Fredy, entomologist, photographer and guide, check the webpage : www.lepido-france.fr/en-colombie-avec-fredy/

First picture : the guide in the small village near the said forest, October 15, 2018 ;
Second picture : Perrhybris lorena (Hewitson, 1852), Catagramma tolima aurantiaca Oberthür, 1916 and Mimoides pausanias cleombrotus (Strecker, 1885). Same location.

[jmg]

About the butterflies of Colombia, there is also this beautiful book (beautiful photos) published in 2016. It does not claim to exhaustivity.

[mygos]

Too bad it's impossible to order these books
The one mentionned by Olivier has enormous shipping cost from the publisher, and the one from Jean-Marc is only available as ebook

A+, Michel

[jmg]

I bought the second one in Bogota and my Colombian friend will bring me the first one at the next entomological meetings of Juvisy. I must wait until next September!

The cost of shipping is indeed prohibitive. Remember paying 55 euros for shipping in Colombia our book on Morpho butterflies = half the price of the book!