Butterfly watching

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Butterfly watching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of butterflies. It also includes the "catch and release" of butterflies. There are clubs, handbooks, checklists, and festivals devoted to the activity.

The Canada Day and Fourth of July annual butterfly count, a census of species by butterfly watchers throughout North America, is an example of citizen science.

Locations

Some well-known butterfly watching locations include Costa Rica, the Amazon Basin, and sub-Saharan Africa.

See also

• Butterfly gardening
• Butterfly field guides by region
• Lepidopterist

References

• D’Amico G., Groppali R. & D’Amico N., 2011. Farfalle diurne pronube e fioriture nettarifere: segnalazioni per la Val Padana interna e indicazioni di profilo conservazionistico (Lepidoptera Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Bollettino della Società entomologica Italiana, 143 (3): 111–136.
• Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through binoculars: a field guide to dragonflies of North America. New York: Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-511268-7
• Glassberg, J. (1993). Butterflies through binoculars: a field guide to butterflies in the Boston, New York, Washington region. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507982-5 ISBN 0195079833 (pbk)
• Glassberg, J. (1999). Butterflies through binoculars: the East. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510668-7
• Glassberg, J. (2001). Butterflies through binoculars: the West : a field guide to the butterflies of western North America. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510669-5
• Glassberg, J., Minno, M. C., & Calhoun, J. V. (2000). Butterflies through binoculars: Florida. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511249-0
• Groppali R., D'Amico G. & Riccardi C. (2008). "Osservare gli insetti: farfalle e libellule del Parco Adda Sud. Atlante-guida per la fruizione della fauna minore nell'area protetta". Conoscere il Parco (Volume 6), Parco Adda Sud, Lodi, 206 pp. (http://www.parcoaddasud.it/tuttopubblicazioni.htm Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine)

External links

• eButterfly
• North American Butterfly Association (NABA)
• Butterflying to Amazonia
• The Lepidopterists' Society
• Carolina Butterfly Society
• Butterflies of North Carolina
• Massachusetts Butterfly Club (chapter of NABA)
• Butterfly Watching Basics
• The Mulberry Wing - Field notes of the New York City and North Jersey Butterfly Clubs.
• Butterfly Conservation - The main UK organisation.
• NABA South Texas, America's Butterfly Capital (chapter of NABA)
• Butterflying in South Texas, America's Butterfly Capital
• Butterflying in Mexico and Latin America