European Butterflies

Sam Ellis is the Chair of Butterfly Conservation Europe and a committee member of European Butterflies Group (Butterfly Conservation); Martin Warren is the Head of Development at Butterfly Conservation Europe; and Chris van Swaay is the Secretary of Butterfly Conservation Europe. They have spent decades working on the taxonomy, ecology, distribution and conservation of European butterflies and are currently revising the European Butterfly Red List for the IUCN and the European Commission.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 European butterfly recording and monitoringChapter 3 Red List assessment methodologyChapter 4 Threatened status of European butterfliesChapter 5 Butterfly habitats in EuropeChapter 6 Reversing the decline of European butterfliesChapter 7 Layout of species accountsSpecies accountsPapilionidaeHesperiidaePieridaeRiodinidaeLycaenidaeNymphalidaeReferencesAppendix 1 Taxonomic changesAppendix 2 Taxonomy geographical range and endemism statusAppendix 3 Red List statusPhotographic creditsIndex