Butterflies of Cyprus

Eddie John (Author) A period of residency in Cyprus followed by annual visits enabled Eddie John to study the island's butterflies and to establish the Cyprus Butterfly Recording Scheme. In 2002, he edited (and provided distribution maps for) 'Butterflies of Cyprus' (Makris, 2003; 329 pp. Now out of print ). EJ was the principal editor of an 895-page book, 'Wildlife of Cyprus' (Sparrow & John, 2016) and contributed a 64-page chapter on butterflies. In 2020, he co-authored and edited Vol II of 'Butterflies of the Levant' (Benyamini & John). He has written or co-authored over 50 papers, the majority peer-reviewed. Christodoulos Makris (Author) Christodoulos Makris is a permanent resident of Cyprus. For more than thirty years he has studied, documented and photographed the biodiversity of Cyprus, maintaining an archive of thousands of photographs of the flora and fauna of the island. He is the author of the book 'Butterflies of Cyprus' (Makris, 2003; 329 pp., now out of print) which includes more than 800 of his photographs. He has written or co-authored over 30 papers; the majority published in peer-reviewed journals.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A Review of Butterfly Research in Cyprus Chapter 3: Biogeography Chapter 4: The Life Cycle of the Butterfly Chapter 5: Habitats Chapter 6: Butterfly Behaviour Chapter 7: ‘Forms’, Aberrations and Dwarfism Chapter 8: Phenology Chapter 9: Biodiversity and Endemics Chapter 10: The Cyprus Butterfly List Chapter 11: Residency, Broods and Habitats of Butterflies in Cyprus Chapter 12: Presentation of Species – explanatory notes Chapter 13: Potential changes to the Cyprus List Chapter 14: Status of Butterflies in Cyprus Chapter 15: Conservation of the Island’s Butterflies