Cyprus Butterflies by Eddie John F. L. S., F. R. E. S.

A Guide to the Butterflies of Cyprus,

Cyprus Butterfly Recording Scheme and

Cyprus Butterfly Study Group



At the launch of the book at The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation*, Nicosia. May 2003: Eddie John (L) and Christodoulos Makris (R).
* Sponsors and publishers of ”Butterflies of Cyprus”.

Links

‘A Visitor’s Map of Cyprus’, together with excellent regional maps, may be obtained free of charge from:

CTO London office:
Cyprus Tourist Office
17 Hanover Street,
London W1S 1YP
Tel: 020 7569 8800
Website: www.visitcyprus.com

For details of CTO Offices in other countries, please contact:

CTO Lefkosia office:
Tel: +357 22 69 11 00, Fax: +357 22 33 16 44
Website: http://www.visitcyprus.org.cy/


Butterflies of Cyprus -
by Christodoulos Makris, published in 2003.

CTO Map (earlier version showing 10 x 10 km grid)

The long-awaited map showing UTM
5 x 5 km squares should now be available from CTO Offices. I have received my FREE copy via the CTO, London office, so I can confirm this map should be available.

The map does not show grid lines as clearly as I had hoped, but I can email a PDF version of a computer-prepared map which will help with further annotation of the CTO map if required.

NB although this gridded map was produced at my request (to assist with butterfly recording), an instruction appears to have been given to CTO offices in Cyprus that this map is for issue on request only to birders! This is incorrect and persistence may be needed in order to obtain a copy. (But see details of the new REISE KNOW-HOW map below.)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEW CTO MAP MAY BE IDENTIFIED BY THE WORDING: “REVISED MAY 2007 AND: PRINTED BY .... 09 2008”.


2020:

Basbay, O., Salimeh, M. & John, E. 2020. Westward Palaearctic range expansion of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) and its arrival at Mediterranean coastal regions of Turkey and Syria. Entomologist’s Gazette 71: 257–272.

2019:
John, E., Hardman, M. & Smith, M. How important are olfactory cues for host-plant detection by migrating Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae) in Cyprus? Entomologist’s Gazette 70: 223-238.

McArthur, A. & John, E. Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Pierinae): a further note on trans-Mediterranean spring migrations from Cyprus. Entomologist’s Gazette 70: 244.

Vane-Wright, R. I. & John, E. 2019. A note on Papilio aegyptius Schreber, 1759, and its synonymy with Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae). Entomologist’s Gazette Entomologist’s Gazette 70: 147-154.

John, E. & Vane-Wright, R. I. 2019. Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) ff. ‘alcippus’ and ‘alcippoides’ (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae) from Cyprus. Entomologist’s Gazette Entomologist’s Gazette 70: 135-146.

John, E. & Dennis, R. L. H. 2019. Post-aestivation puddling by female Chazara briseis larnacana (Oberthür, 1909) and Maniola cypricola (Graves, 1928) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): influences and implications. Entomologist’s Gazette 70: 97-109.

REISE KNOW-HOW MAP

This is a very detailed (1:150,000) map showing both UTM and Lat/Long grids. It is a little cumbersome in use (three horizontal folds and with the island split vertically just east of Larnaka), but the presence of UTM grids far outweighs these disadvantages.



The map is highly recommended and is available from AMAZON.


David Sparrow (L) and Eddie John (R) at the book launch and signing of ‘An Introduction to the Wildlife of Cyprus’, Limassol Town Hall, 30 November, 2016. Photo: Ros Sparrow