| Title | Author | Comments |
| Agrias | Bauer, Erich | This large format book covers the Agrias (Nymphalidae, Lepidoptera) of the world. There are 20 plates, each with about 8 detailed photographs. There are also 12 pages of text. |
| Butterflies of Southern Africa | Pinhey, Dr. E. | This 240 page book gives a thorough survey of the butterflies of southern Africa. There are 42 plates mostly colored. |
| Common Malayan Butterflies | Morrell, R | This 64 page book gives an overview of the Malaysian butterflies. |
| Illustrated Enchyclopediia of Butterflies and Moths | Stanek, Dr. V.J. | With 426 illustrations this 351 page book gives an overview of the world of Lepidoptera. Although this book does an excellent job in giving an overbiew of the various families, and also does an excellent job on life cycles, it only gives a survey of the numerous species found in the world. |
| Icones Heterocerorum Japonicorum | Esaki, Teiso | This work was published in Japan in Japanese. Although the text is in Japanese, the color plates are identified with Latin scientific names. This volume covers various moth families such as the Geometridae. |
| Icones Heterocerorum Japonicorum | Esaki, Teiso | This work was published in Japan in Japanese. Although the text is in Japanese, the color plates are identified with Latin scientific names. This volume covers various moth families such as the Noctuidae, Saturnidae, and Sphingidae. |
| Butterflies of Japan | Yokoyama, Misuo | This work was published in Japan in Japanese. Although the text is in Japanese, the color plates are identified with Latin scientific names. This volume covers various butterfly families such as the Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyridae, and Lycaenidae. |
| Beautiful Moths | Prochazka, Frantisek | This large format book contains about 100 color illustrations of various large moths. Saturnidae, Sphingidae, and Uranidae are shown. |
| Butterfly Encyclopaedia | Landman, Wijbren | This work with English text primarily covers the butterflies and moths the world with an emphasis on the species of Eurasia. The 272 pages contain about 2 or 3 color plates per page. Several hundred species are are covered. Although the Smart book covers more species, this work has text for each species covered. |
| Color Treasury of Butterflies and Moths | | This limited coverage book shows primarily European species with a few North American and tropical species included. There are 136 color plates with one species per plate in this 64 page book. |
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