BUTTERFLIES OF TURKEY
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BUTTERFLIES OF TURKEY: A photographic field guide to the butterflies of Turkey, published by NTV Books, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2007. Includes over 750 photographs of butterflies taken in their natural habitats and the species accounts of 344 species.
Interested booksellers should contact Ms. Sena Uzunoglu in Turkey about ordering, shipment, etc.
FOR A REVIEW BY TRISTAN LaFRANCHIS, PLEASE CLICK BELOW:
http://www.naba.org/pubs/ab161/amb161Guide_to_the_Butterflies_of_Turkey.pdf
It is available in selected bookstores in larger cities in Turkey and for domestic on-line purchase from the publisher at:
In Europe, it is now available at:
http://www.pembooks.demon.co.uk/
http://www.insecta.de/shop/openstore.htm (http://www.goeckeevers.de/index.html)
In North America, it is now available at NABA's on-line bookstore:
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ERRATA
In addition to some minor spelling errors (for instance, Melitaea on p. 128, Kirinia on p. 146, aethiops on p. 158, Leptidea and Araschnia on p. 13, mnemosyne on p. 20, alceae on p. 180), there are several errors that should be noted, because they pertain to identification of species:
1. On p. 16, under Eastern Festoon, the sentence "Also, abdomen lacks conspicuous orange bars found on Eastern Steppe Festoon" should have been deleted.
2. On p. 63, the name of the butterfly on photo numbered 3 should have been Indian Grass Blue, not Indian Desert Blue.
3. On. p. 37, the butterfly on photo #4 is not Dappled White--it is the similar Eastern Bath White...
4. On p. 128, under Algerian Fritillary, the second line should read, "and more rounded forewing apex and..." (apex is omitted in the guide).
5. On p. 67, the butterfly photo #6 is not Bavius Blue but Blue Argus (notice discal spots on both wings)...
Thanks to those friends who have pointed these errata, especially Tristan Lafranchis, Vildan Bozaci, Evrim Karacetin and Cedric Mroczko.
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TÜRKİYE'NİN KELEBEKLERİ DOĞA REHBERİ : The Turkish version of the field guide. It is now available for sale in Turkey. Slightly revised, edited and expanded, with 777 photographs. Published May 2008.
777 renkli kelebek fotoğrafı içeren Türkçe kelebek rehberi Mayıs 2008'de çıkmıştır.
Bu kitapta bir önemli yanlış vardır. 67. sayfadaki 6.resim Bavius değil, Çokgözlü Balkan Mavisi'dir (her iki kanatta da disksel benek bulunur).
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TÜRKİYE'NİN KELEBEK REHBERİ (co-authored with Evrim Karaçetin): This beginner's book, based on genera and groups of butterflies found in Turkey, has been published by Doğa Derneği in Turkish and includes 306 photographs. It is available in bookstores in Turkey.
For questions, contact Dr. Ahmet Baytas at baytasa@mail.montclair.edu
Camberwell Beauty/Sarı Bantlı Kadife Ionian Emperor/Anadolu Şehzadesi
Left: Soğuksu National Park, Ankara. May 2005. Mostly Mazarine Blues (Polyommatus semiargus bellis) with a couple of Adonis Blues (Polyommatus bellargus). Right: Palandoken Mountains, Erzurum. July 2005. A group of Polyommatus aedon with Silver-studded Blues (Plebeius argus).
Left: Çayırözü, Erzurum. July 2006. A group of blues on damp ground. Right: Özlüce, Erzurum, July 2006. Mountain Small Whites (Pieris ergane) with blues, mostly Ripart's Anomalous Blue (Polyommatus ripartii), Damon Blue (Polyommatus damon) and Meleager's Blue (Polyommatus daphnis). Sights such as these, where huge numbers of blues and whites (sometimes skippers and fritillaries as well) congregate on damp ground, are common in much of Turkey, especially in the East.
Actis Blue (Polyommatus actis), Sultan Mountains, Afyon, July 2007
Last updated March 24, 2009.