Acknowledgments, Links & References

Attapon Tansakul, my partner who has taken some great photo's for this website.

Auckland Museum kindly let me photograph their collection.

Byron Radford kindly donated his photo of the Common Tussock to use on the website.

Dave Boyle kindly donated his photo of the Forest Ringlet to use on the website.

Jérôme Albre kindly donated his photo's of the Common Blue, Boulder Copper (Lewis Pass Variation), Common Copper (Lowland SI Variations), Rauparaha's Copper & Common Tussock to use on the website.

John Early kindly donated his photo's of the Lesser Wanderer Pupae.

Landcare Research kindly let me use some of their photo's from their collection & website.

Mike Lusk kindly donated his photo's of the Yellow Admiral, Common Blue, Boulder Copper, Common Copper (Lowland NI & Mountain Variations), Forest Ringlet (ovum & larva) & Painted Lady to use on the website.

Norm Twigge kindly donated his photo of the Evening Brown to use on the website.

Peter kindly took the second photo to follow up on a infected Yellow Admiral Pupa that I had found a couple of months before.

Robin C Craw has pointed out a few updates & corrections to the website content.

Roger Frost kindly donated his photos of the Butler's Ringlet, Harris's Tussock & Janita's Tussock larva to use on the website.

Taffy Parry kindly donated his photo's of the Common Copper (Mountain Variation) & the Red Admiral to use on the website.

Trisha Allan contributed to the About the Author page.

Tony Wills kindly donated his photo's of the Common Copper (Lowland NI Variation) & Glade Copper to use on the website.

Vicky Steele kindly donated her photo of a Yellow Admiral Pupae & contributed to the About the Author page.

Zoe kindly donated her photo of the Lesser Wanderer Larvae.

A beginner's guide to Butterfly Gardening is a site written about butterfly garden that was designed for a preschool. The author says he is about to modify it to be more useful for the home gardener. A beginner's guide to Butterfly Gardening

A beginners guide to Nettles is a guide put together about the different types of Nettle (Urtica Spp) that can be found in New Zealand. A beginners guide to Nettles

Australian Butterflies is a photo site of Australian Butterflies. It gives basic details with great photo's. Australian Butterflies

BubuLeps.com is a photographic album of Butterflies around the world. The latest addition is New Zealand, which will have more photos added to it in throughout the summer of 2009-10. BubuLeps.com

Butterfly & Orchid Garden is situated just north of Thames. They primarily have tropical Butterflies, but also include the Blue Moon & Lesser Wanderer that appear as migrants from Australia most summers & autumns. Butterfly & Orchid Garden

Butterflies of Australia is a site aimed at Australian Butterflies. It gives descriptions with great photo's. Butterflies of Australia

Christchurch City Council guide to Monarch over-wintering sites Christchurch City Council provide a PDF document showing all the known over-wintering sites of Monarch's in Christchurch city plus other information on the Monarch. Christchurch City Council guide to Monarch over-wintering sites

Earthlore is about conserving & protecting the environment by replanting NZ native bush for insect habitat. Earthlore is based in Owaka, in the deep south's Catlin's. They have planted a area aimed at the Copper Butterflies & plan to entice the local Common Tussock Butterflies into the reserve. Earthlore

Inspector Insector is a site that encourages children to investigate the insect world by using 'case files' that need investigating. The aim of each 'case file' is to teach about the insect being 'investigated' in question. Inspector Insector

Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust are a useful source of information on raising Monarch & Admiral butterflies. Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust

NZ admiral is a network developed to share information about raising & protecting Native New Zealand Yellow & Red Admirals. NZadmiral

NZ Biodiversity Recording Network (NZBRN) is a online nature recording system where you can record your observations for birds, plants, fungi, frogs, geckos, skink, butterflies, insects & mammals. New Zealand Biodiversity Recording Network

Otago Museum Tropical Forest is a on-going exhibit at Otago Museum in Dunedin. It primarily has tropical Butterflies, but also includes Birds Geckos, Turtles, Orchids, Bromeliads amongst others. Otago Museum Tropical Forest

Te Ara encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a section on New Zealand Butterflies including how they fit into our culture & society. Te Ara

The Friends of Te Henui is a group who aim to provide a community 'voice' to assist in improving plant collections, enhance the natural beauty & highlight historical features of the Te Henui Valley in New Plymouth. The Friends of Te Henui

Top Of South Monarchs is a group for those people interested in the Monarch butterfly at the top of the South Island. Top Of South Monarchs

Torsten van der Heyden's Homepage has many good links to worldwide Butterfly & biodiversity web resources. Torsten van der Heyden's Homepage

Travis Wetland Trust is a group protecting a swampy area in eastern Christchurch. They have recently being planting native foodplants to help the local Butterfly population. Travis Wetland Trust

UK Butterflies is a site aimed at British Butterflies. It gives descriptions of all species that have being found in the British Isles with great photo's & videos. UK Butterflies

Websites

Australian-Insects.com Chronicle Online, Sept 8^th 2009, Milkweed and Caterpillars: a biological arms race? Video by Charles Walcott. Cornell University Natural History Museum's Global Lepidoptera Names Index Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust Forums South Australian Butterflies Te Ara Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Butterflies & moths - Long-tailed blue butterfly The New Zealand Entomologist, 1968, Volume 4 #1 Flight periods & sex ratios of New Zealand Coppers (Lycaenidae) by JEC Flux, The New Zealand Entomologist, 1970, Volume 4 #4 The life history of the Black Mountain Ringlet butterfly by GW Gibbs The New Zealand Entomologist, 1976, Volume 6 #2 The Flight Period of Dodonidia helmsii by RC Craw The New Zealand Entomologist, 1978, Volume 6 #4 Damage to Pasture Legumes by Larvae of the Common Blue, Zizina otis labradus by R East, KN Watson & RD Welsh The New Zealand Entomologist, 1980, Volume 7 #2 Some records of butterflies, grasshoppers, and crickets in the Urewera National Park by RL Brock The New Zealand Entomologist, 1982, Volume 7 #3 The Australian painted lady butterfly, Cynthia kershawi, in Dunedin, 1980-1981 by AC Harris Tree of Life web project UK Butterflies

Books

A Field Companion to the Butterflies of Australia & NZ by Bernard D'Abrera, 1984. Five Mile Press. ISBN 0 86788 020 1

A Photographic Guide To Insects of New Zealand by Brian Parkinson, 2007. ISBN 978-1-86966-151-9 Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand by Brian Parkinson & Brian Patrick, 2000. ISBN 0 7900 0734 7

Butterflies of NZ by WBR Laidlaw. 1970. Collins Bros & Co.

Catherine Hamilton's Butterflies of New Zealand by Catherine Hamilton, 1982. David Bateman Ltd. ISBN 0 908610 11 4

Entomological Review 1996 Vol 75 #9 pp 595.789 On the systematics of the genera Lycaena F. and Heliophorus Geyer (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) by AB Zhdanko. Institute of Zoology, Kazakhstan National Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata. Scripta Technica Inc ISSN 0013-8738/96/0009-0001.

Evolution of The Insects by David Grimaldi & Michael S Engel, 2005. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52182-149-0 Forest & Bird Feb 1999 (Issue 291), p28-31 (Once in a Blue Moon) by P Maddison & M Resister.

How to attract Butterflies to your garden by Densely Cline, 1990. Reed. ISBN 0 7301 0330 7

NZ Butterflies - Identification & Natural History by GW Gibbs. 1980. William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0 00 216955 X

Which New Zealand Insect by Andrew Crowe, 2002. Penguin. ISBN 0 14 100636 6

People

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