Peter Parker

On a wing and a prayer | 27 June 2019

In 1979, we lost the British Large Blue. Now many more butterflies are threatened as a result of human encroachment and a diminishing habitat

  • The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature

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    Princeton, pp. 264

  • Emperors, Admirals and Chimney Sweepers: The Weird and Wonderful Names of Butterflies and Moths

    Peter Marren

    Little Toller, pp. 282

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