Faunas
212 books
Vol:1 ISBN: 9788181714510; Vol:2 ISBN:9788181714527.
The authors of Illustrated Field Guide to the Flowers of Sri Lanka, Volume 2, Dr. Jacob de Vlas and his wife Johanna de Vlas-de Jong have been visiting Sri Lanka since 1977. In 2008, they published the Illustrated Field guide to the Flowers of Sri Lanka. That book contains over 1 000 plant species that can be spotted in easily accessible places all over the country. However, plants that grow in the northern and northeastern regions of Sri Lanka were not included, ...
Illustrated field guide to the flowers of Sri Lanka depicts more than 1000 different plant species with photographs, and more than 200 related species are shortly described. The main source of information for the descriptions was obtained from the recently completed 15-volume A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon.
The goal of the authors is to provide a practical guide to the Sri Lankan flowers, with emphasis on herbs and shrubs that can easily be observed ...
This comprehensive work describes and discusses the lives of all 247 species of butterflies in Sri Lanka and illustrates the adults of both sexes with colour photographs taken in the field. Additionally, the egg, larva and pupa of each species whose life history is known are illustrated. Several images portray rare species and behaviours that have not been documented before.
The first few chapters cover the history of the study of butterflies in Sri Lanka and ...
This book is a continuation of Conservation Area Series, published by the Zoological Survey, and documents the faunal diversity of Singhori Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. The document is the outcome of the exploratory surveys of the sanctuary and the detailed studies on various fauna collected, recorded or sighted. Besides the general features pertaining to the physiography, climate, vegetation / forest types, etc. of the sanctuary have also been briefly ...
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Systematic list. 3. Systematic account. 4. Appendix – 1. 5. Discussion. 6. Summary. 7. Acknowledgements. 8. References.
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Amphibia: Systematic list. Systematic account. 3. Reptilia: Systematic list. Systematic account. 4. Summary. 5. Acknowledgements. 6. References.
From the introduction: Parasitic Hymenoptera play vital role in the terrestrial ecosystems in the control of insect pests attacking our crops. The family pteromalidae is one of the largest and taxonomically difficult families of super family Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera Parasitica), Members of which are mainly primary or secondary parasitoids attacking a wide range of insect orders in their various stages of development and also on some Archnida, Hence of economic ...
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Review of literature on Chaetotaxy in the order Lepidoptera with emphasis on Butterflies. 3. Material and methods. 4. Observations on the Chaetotaxy of various species. i. Castalius rosimon (Fabricius). ii. Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius). iii. Vanessa (Aglais) cashmiriensis Kollar. iv. Vanessa (Vanessa) Indica (Herbst). v. Vanessa (Cynthia) cardui (Linnaeus). vi. Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus). vii. Junonia almana Linnaeus. viii. ...
