The origin and history of the butterfly fauna of the North Atlantic Islands

Owen, Denis F.; Smith, David A. S.

dc.contributor.author	Owen, Denis F.	-
dc.contributor.author	Smith, David A. S.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2014-02-13T18:54:15Z
dc.date.available	2014-02-13T18:54:15Z
dc.date.issued	1993	-
dc.identifier.issn	0870-3876	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.cm-funchal.pt:8080/jspui/handle/100/1065
dc.description.abstract	The butterfly fauna of Macaronesia comprises only 31 species, of which 27 inhabit the Canary Islands, 15 the Madeiras and 7 the Azores. In contrast, the islands support rich floras and mollusc faunas. The butterfly fauna, while much more impoverished than	-
dc.language.iso	en	-
dc.subject	Entomology	-
dc.subject	Insecta	-
dc.subject	Lepidoptera	-
dc.subject	Hipparchia	-
dc.subject	Pararge	-
dc.subject	Gonepteryx	-
dc.subject	Pieris	-
dc.subject	Butterflies	-
dc.subject	Origin	-
dc.subject	History	-
dc.subject	Archipelago of Madeira	-
dc.subject	Archipelago of the Azores	-
dc.subject	Canary Islands	-
dc.subject	North Atlantic Islands	-
dc.subject	Macaronesia	-
dc.title	The origin and history of the butterfly fauna of the North Atlantic Islands	en
dc.type	Article	-
dc.identifier.authoremail		-
dc.identifier.authoraddress	Department of Biology, Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford OX3 0BP, U. K.	-
dc.identifier.authoraddress	Department of Biology, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6EW, U. K.	-
dc.identifier.volume	Supl. 02	-
dc.identifier.issue	-	-
dc.identifier.pages	211-241	-
dc.identifier.graphism	With 3 figures / 5 tables	-