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





Butterflies of Cyprus -
LINKS

Natural history web sites with sections of relevance to Cyprus

Butterfly Conservation - European Butterflies Group
The European Interests Group of Butterfly Conservation aims to promote the enjoyment, conservation and study of butterflies, moths and their habitats in Europe. Membership is open to members of Butterfly Conservation. Other individuals and organisations are also encouraged to contact EIG so that together we can build a network for sharing data, experiences and practical help.
http://www.european-butterflies.org.uk/

Captain’s European Butterfly Guide
An extensive site by Simon Coombes, including information on Cyprus butterflies at:
http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/regions/cyprus/

Cyprus Nature and Wildlife (2010)
A natural history web site run by Brian Ellis, aiming to provide information on the many forms of animal and plant life found in Cyprus.
http://www.cypenv.info/cypnat/files/wildlife.aspx

The Entomological Livestock Group
Contains an extract from ‘Butterflies of Cyprus 1998 (Records of a year’s sightings)’, by Eddie John, first published by the Amateur Entomologists’ Society in 2000:
http://www.pwbelg.clara.net/new/Cyprus.html

European Butterflies & Moths
by Christopher Jonko
A searchable web site with images of some of the species found in Cyprus.
http://www.lepidoptera.eu

Mark Telfer’s Website
Contains a report of Mark’s trip to Cyprus in March/April 2010, with notes of butterflies, beetles and birds observed.
http://markgtelfer.co.uk/

Matt’s European Butterflies
Another comprehensive site on European butterflies, with photographs of spring butterflies from Cyprus.
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/index.htm

Photography of European Butterflies & Moths
A selection of excellent photographs by Bernard Fransen, including a couple from his visit to Cyprus in 2006.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fransenb/EuropeanButterflies/


(This is a recently added page, so should be regarded as incomplete for the present.)

Butterflies of Cyprus -
LINKS

European (specific country) butterfly web sites

Bulgaria: Zdravko Kolev
http://www.butterfliesofbulgaria.com/

Denmark: Nature of Denmark: Lars Anderson
http://www.danske-natur.dk/indexfire.html

Finland: Esko Viitanen
https://eskoviitanen.fi/index_e.html

France: Lepidopterist’s Society of France
www.lepido-france.fr

France and The Netherlands. Butterflies are beautiful - Nancy Mozer
http://vlinderszijnmooi.nl/en

The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg: Johan T. Padding
http://www.vlinderstichting.nl/

Norway: Tony Nagypal
http://www.nagypal.net/norway.htm

UK: UK Butterflies
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

UK: Steven Cheshire
http://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk

UK: The UK Lepidopterists’ Study Group Forum - Reg Fry
http://www.ukleps.org/

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Other web sites in Cyprus

BirdLife Cyprus
www.birdlifecyprus.org

The Garden Club of Cyprus
http://www.gardenclubofcyprus.com/

Dan Rhoads’ Migration site
http://migration.wordpress.com/about/

Virtual Cypriot BiodiversityMuseum
http://www.naturemuseum.org.cy/lang1/index.html

Other

Amateur Entomologists’ Society
http://www.amentsoc.org/aboutus.htm

Buglife
http://www.buglife.org.uk

Centre for Entomological Studies, Ankara (CESA)
http://www.cesa-tr.org/

Environmental Science.org

http://www.environmentalscience.org/entomology

Hunts Moth & Butterfly Group
http://humbug.biogroups.net

Israel Insect World
Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and other Insects of Israel (by Rittner Oz)
http://www.nature-of-oz.com/index.htm

Royal Entomological Society
www.royensoc.co.uk

Royal Entomological Society’s National Insect Week web site:
www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk

General European butterfly web sites (see also column on left)

Guy Padfield’s European Butterfly Page
http://www.guypadfield.com/


Jonathan Agius’ website: Satyrinae of the Western Palaearctic
http://www.satyrinae.yolasite.com/