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This is a list of useful books, websites, and videos related to Taiwan's flora and fauna. Many items may be purchased at http://www.booksfromtaiwan.com
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Field
guide to Taiwan Insects. Two volumes. ISBN 9789573234302;
9789573244455. Well illustrated and easy to use collection of 1500 species.
Main text in Chinese, Latin names listed. Published by Yuan-Liou Publishing.
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Common
Taiwan Butterflies. ISBN 9572875809. An excellent pocket-sized
guide for the novice. Main text in Chinese, Latin and English names printed.
Older versions of this book illustrate 133 species, the newer version
158. A few mistake, we can supply addendum. Published by the Taiwan Butterfly
Conservation Society.
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Field Guide to Taiwan's Butterflies. ISBN 9789867001689.
Probably the best general guide available to the most common 280 species
(including 56 endemics). Clear photos of males and females, text in Chinese
with Latin names. Published by Owl.
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Butterflies
of Taiwan, by Jun yen Lee & Hsiau Yue Wang. ISBN 9579746400.
Best technical field guide we've seen. Describes 374 species showing male/female/underside
variations. Published 2000, hardback, with addendum.
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Field Guide to Food Plants for Butterflies in Taiwan.
2 volumes;ISBN 9789862161128; 9789862161135. A comprehensive guide, clear
photographs, text in Chinese, scientific names listed for 210 plants and
relevant butterflies. Second volume has pictures and names of 309 butterflies.
Published by Commonwealth Publishing.
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Butterfly
Food Plants. ISBN 9789861772028. Good pictures of 246 plants,
180 butterflies on foldout chart. Published by Morning Star.
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Taiwan
Beetles. ISBN 986820450X. 132 species clearly illustrated
in this pocket-sized book. Text in Chinese, Latin and English names printed.
Published by the Wild Bird Society of Taipei.
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Field Guide to Beetles in Taiwan. 2 volumes; 9789862162491;
9789862162507. Clear illustrations to over 200 species. Main text in Chinese,
Latin names included. Published by Commonwealth Publishing.
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Lepidoptera
of Taiwan by John Heppner, is the enormous project to detail,
in English, the 4,125 species of moths and butterflies, due out in 2010.
Vol. 1, Part 2, (a hefty checklist), has been published. ISBN 978-0945417767.
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Field Guide to the Cicadas of Taiwan; ISBN 9789864179589.
This great book includes CD audio of 42 cicadia. Clear
pictures, text in Chinese, scientific and common English names listed.
Published by Commonwealth Publishing.
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100
Common Taiwan Butterflies. ISBN 9789573259831. An excellent
guide to the 100 most common species. Good fold out chart at rear. Main
text in Chinese, Latin names listed. Published by Yuan-Liou Publishing,
Green Pocket series.
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Taiwan
Stag Beetles ISBN 97895732578370. An excellent guide
to 54 species. Main text in Chinese with Latin names listed. Very nice
fold out chart. Published by Yuan-Liou Publishing, Green Pocket series.
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Dragonflies
of Taiwan, by Kiang-Jong Wang. ISBN 95730885170. 127 species very well
illustrated. Main text in Chinese, natural history sections in English.
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Taiwan
Firefly Map. ISBN 9574550753. More a guidebook (in Chinese)
to the ecology and best locations to view, but also works as a reasonable
identification tool for most species. Published by Morning Star.
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Butterflies
of Taiwan. ISBN 9789570234589, 9789570117097, 9860076693 Published by
Fonghuanggu Park.
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Taiwan
Long-horn Beetles ISBN 9789866651069. 618 species clearly
illustrated with clear pictures and distribution maps, text in Chinese,
scientific names listed. Published by Owl.
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Taiwan
Dragonflies. ISBN 95798751620. An excellent pocket-sized
guide to 120 species of Taiwan dragonfly. Good pictures, text in Chinese
with Latin and English names. Published by the Wild Bird Society of Taipei.
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The
Chrysomelidae of Taiwan. ISBN 9868399501. 100 species
clearly depicted with technical photographs.
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This
excellent butterfly website http://www.vel.cc/t.asp?oattr=0
has images of most (still a few to go) butterfly species
in Taiwan. Click through for more images and and different parts of the
life cycle.
First
the Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies, http://www.vel.cc/t.asp?oattr=0&yet=N&k=&k2=lycaenidae)
hairstreaks, blues, and coppers. Most are quite small and quick. Wings
are often streaked with bright colors and flash in the sun. 113 species.
Then
Hesperiidae (the Skippers, http://www.vel.cc/t.asp?oattr=0&yet=N&k=&k2=Hesperiidae)
Their common name describes their movement - a quick, skipping flight.
They have thicker thoraxes than most butterflies, and their small wings
may seem disproportionate to their bodies. The antennae of skippers end
in a hook, instead of the usual club. Tend to be a bit drab, most are
brown or gray, with white or orange markings. 64 species.
The
Pieridae (Whites and Sulphurs, http://www.vel.cc/t.asp?oattr=0&yet=N&k=&k2=Pieridae)
Common in urban areas, most Pieridae have white or yellow wings of small
to medium size, with markings in black or orange. Have three pairs of
walking legs. 36 in Taiwan.
The
Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies, http://www.vel.cc/t.asp?oattr=0&yet=N&k=&k2=Nymphalidae)
Many appear to have just two pairs of legs, as the first pair is reduced
in size. Brush-foots use these small legs to taste their food. A big family
of 145 species.
And
then the show-off Papilionidae (Swallowtails, http://www.vel.cc/t.asp?oattr=0&yet=N&k=&k2=Papilionidae).The
name referring to the tail-like appendages on the hind-wings of many,
but not all, species of this medium to large beauties. Also boast wing
colors and patterns that make species identification fairly easy. 34 inhabit
Taiwan.
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Make
Friends with Dragonflies. ISBN9789867112361. Over 50
well photographed species with Latin names listed. Published by Renren.
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The
Butterflies of Yushan. A nice guide
to over 40 species published by Yushan (Jade Mountain) National Park.
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