[Leps-l] Book about butterflies from Yasuni (Ecuadorian Amazonia)

[Checa,Maria Fernanda]

Title: Hadas Aladas del Yasuní [Winged fairies from Yasuni]

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Author: Maria F. Checa
Year: 2013
Language: Spanish
Full color 9x9 inches, couche paper, hard cover. 263 pp (incl. 121 
plates).
Trama Editorial, Quito-Ecuador.
ISBN: 978-9978-369210

The Yasuni Biosphere Reserve is one of the most biodiverse spots on 
earth in groups such as frogs, plants and insects. This book intends to 
show a very charismatic yet ‘little’ explored group, the 
butterflies. It contains a photographic guide of 344 butterfly species 
of Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae; it also narrates stories 
about their natural history and challenges to preserve them. Photos of 
wildlife and lanscapes are also included, along with illustrations of 
several butterfly species. As Yasuni, its cultural and biological 
diversity, is struggling to survive in a ‘sea’ of oil exploitation, 
the book also describes the history of the park, its current threats of 
extinction and hopes for the future. A particular emphasis was placed to 
tell the story of the Tagaeri/Taromenane, the uncontacted groups 
inhabiting the Yasuni forests, who are defending their territories with 
naked skins but brave hearts.
$35 (+$5 for shipping), any questions please send an email to: 
efeche at hotmail.com

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Department of Entomology/Master of Sustainable Development Program
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida, USA

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