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  • Images of NZ Lepidoptera type specimens

    This Landcare Research website holds colour images of all the type specimens of described New Zealand Lepidoptera. You can search collectors, localities, authors of the species, and collections that hold New Zealand types.

  • Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust

    A nationwide group that aims to maintain and extend monarch butterfly populations. It includes records and images of other butterflies and the occasional moth.

  • NewZealandButterflies.org.nz

    A site that introduces New Zealand butterflies with images. People can view and add to a database on blow-ins from tropical Australia.

More suggestions and sources

    • Crowe, Andrew. Which New Zealand insect? Auckland: Penguin, 2002.

    • Dugdale, J. S. Hepialidae (insecta: Lepidoptera). Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1994.

    • Dugdale, J. S. Lepidoptera: annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14. Wellington: Science Information Publishing Centre, DSIR, 1988.

    • Gibbs, George W. New Zealand butterflies: identification and natural history. Auckland: Collins, 1980.

    • Hudson, G. V. The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1928.

    • Patrick, Brian H., and J. S. Dugdale. Conservation status of the New Zealand Lepidoptera. Science for conservation 136. Wellington: Department of Conservation, 2000.



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