Cyprus Butterflies by Eddie John F. L. S., F. R. E. S.

A Guide to the Butterflies of Cyprus

 and Butterfly Recording Scheme for Cyprus



In association with Christodoulos Makris & Rob Parker






The only comprehensive book on the island’s butterflies...

“Butterflies of Cyprus”
by Christodoulos Makris:

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240 mm x 290 mm

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329 pages

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Photographs of all species in natural surroundings

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Life-size photographs of set specimens

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Phenology chart

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Distribution Maps and Editing by Eddie John

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Excellent reviews in peer-reviewed journals:


At the launch of the book at The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation*, Nicosia. May 2003: Eddie John (L) and Christodoulos Makris (R).
* Sponsors and publishers of ”Butterflies of Cyprus”.

”Given the number and lavish quality of the photographic plates in this work one could almost be forgiven for regarding it, at least on first glance, as a coffee-table publication. However, there is also a scientific content - and one that is of equally high content.” Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var., Vol 115 part 6: 295-296.

“In short, if you are interested in the butterflies of the Mediterranean, you should order this book immediately. Particularly when you consider all this is available for less than £30! The endemics are not illustrated in Tolman and Lewington’s Collins Field Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Europe, so if you are thinking of visiting Cyprus, this book is essential.” Bull. amat. Ent. Soc., Vol. 62, No. 449: 168-169.

Close-focusing binoculars
An increasing interest in butterfly watching prompts me to recommend the close-focusing Pentax Papilio binoculars. Initially, patience is required in locating the subject, but perseverance is rewarded by stunning image quality, usually more than adequate for identification purposes.

Links

The new CTO map, ‘A Visitor’s Map of Cyprus’, may be obtained free of charge from:

CTO London office:
Cyprus Tourist Office
17 Hanover Street,
London W1S 1YP
Tel: 020 7569 8800
E-mail: informationcto@btconnect.com
Website: www.visitcyprus.com

For details of CTO Offices in other countries, please contact:

CTO Lefkosia office:
Tel: +357 22 69 11 00, Fax: +357 22 33 16 44
E-mail: cytour@cto.org.cy
Website: http://www.visitcyprus.org.cy/

CTO offices are also present at Larnaka and Pafos Airports, from which the above map may be obtained. This and other tourist maps are also available from CTO offices at various resorts throughout the island, e.g. Ammochostos (Famagusta), Larnaka, Lemesos (Limassol), Lefkosia (Nicosia), Polis, Pafos, Platres and Troodos.

INSIGHT TRAVEL MAP
Of the commercially available tourist maps, the best I have found to date is the Insight Travel Map 1:200,000, (published 31 March 2009) but this does not show UTM grids. The Travel Map provides good overall detail and is easy in use.

INSIGHT FLEXI MAP
The Flexi Map 1: 220,000 is laminated, allowing routes to be planned by annotating with a non-permanent marker pen. Once again, this map does not show UTM grids.



Butterflies of Cyprus -
by Christodoulos Makris, published in 2003.

CTO Map (earlier version showing 10 x 10 km grid)

The long-awaited new map showing UTM
5 x 5 km squares should now be available from CTO Offices. I have received my FREE copy via the CTO, London office, so I can confirm availability.

The map does not label latitude / longitude grid lines as clearly as I had hoped, but I can email a PDF version of a computer-prepared map which will help with further annotation if required.

NB although this grid map was produced at my request (to assist with butterfly recording), an instruction appears to have been given to CTO offices that these are for issue on request only to birders! This was not the intention, so if you have any difficulty...... show an interest in birding!