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BOOKS
The following are some books on southern African butterflies, as well as on butterflies in general. The most up to date field guide at present is Steve Woodhall's book. Recently published books should be in most book shops, others may be found in libraries:
Botha C and Botha J 2006 Bring Butterflies back to your Garden. Mayville: KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Branch of the Botanical Society of South Africa, 253 p.
Claassens AJM and Dickson CGC 1980 The butterflies of the Table Mountain range: with comprehensive observations on their habits, times of appearance and life-histories. Cape Town: C. Struik, 60 p.
Claassens AJM 2000 Butterflies of the Cape Peninsula: a comprehensive guide. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 72 p.
Claassens AJM 2005 Butterflies of the Western Cape: a guide to common garden, park and wayside butterflies. Cape Town: Sunbird Publishers, 72 p.
Clark GC and Dickson CGC1971 Life histories of the South African Lycaenid butterflies. Cape Town: New York Purnell, xvi, 272 p.
D'Abrera B 2006 World Butterflies. Ed: L D'Abrera. Australia: Hill House Publishers, 272p.
Dennis RLH 1993 Butterflies and Climate Change. Manchester: Manchester University Press, xv, 302 p.
Henning SF 1984. Southern African Butterflies, with illustrations by Clare Abbott. South Africa: Macmillan, 24 coloured plates.
Henning SF 1989. The Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa. Johannesburg: Aloe Frandsen Publishers, 472p.
Henning SF and Henning GA 1989. South African Red Data Book - Butterflies. South African National Scientific Programmes Report No. 158. Pretoria: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Henning GA, Henning SF, Joannou JG and Woodhall SE 1997 Living butterflies of southern Africa, Volume 1. Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae. Hatfield, South Africa: Umdaus Press, 397p.
Kloppers J and Van Son G 1978 Butterflies of the Kruger National Park. National Parks Board of South Africa, 109p.
Lief Planting for Butterflies. Randburg: Lieveke Noyons, 16p.
Migdoll I 1987 Field guide to the butterflies of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik, 256 p.
Pennington K 1978 Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa. Eds: CGC Dickson with the collaboration of DM Kroon. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 670 p.
Pringle ELL, Henning GA and Ball JB (Eds) 1994 Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd ed. Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 800p.
Quickelberge C 1986 Familiar South African butterflies. Durban: Wildlife Society of Southern Africa, 64p.
Reid J 2000 Butterfly gardening in South Africa. Pretoria: Briza, 100p.
Sbordoni V and Forestiero S 1984 The world of butterflies. Dorset: Blandford Press, 312p.
Van Noort S 1999 Butterflies and moths of southern Africa. Cape Towm: C Struik, 57p.
Vane-Wright RI and Ackery PR (Eds) 1984 The Biology of butterflies. London: Orlando, Published for The Royal Entomological Society by Academic Press, 1984 xxiv, 429 p.
Williams M 1994 Butterflies of southern Africa: a field guide. Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers, 303p., 32p. of plates.
Woodhall S 2005 Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik, 440p.
Woodhall S 2008 What's that butterfly? A starter's guide to butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik, 144p.
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