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Butterflies of Cyprus by Eddie John F.R.E.S.

A Guide to the Butterflies of Cyprus

and Butterfly Recording Scheme

In association with Christodoulos Makris & Rob Parker

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

“Butterflies of Cyprus”
by Christodoulos Makris:

·	240 mm x 290 mm

329 pages

·	Photographs of all species in natural surroundings

·	Life-size photographs of set specimens

·	Phenology chart

·	Distribution Maps and Editing by Eddie John

·	Excellent reviews in peer-reviewed journals:

Prices*:
Hardback £29.50 / 42.85* Euros.
ISBN 9963-42-815-0
Paperback £25.95 / 37.95* Euros.
ISBN 9963-42-817-7

* Prices may vary; please contact bookseller.
Postage & Packing extra.

Please refer to Page 7.1 for stockists.

At the launch of the new 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.

The new CTO map, ‘A Visitor’s Map of Cyprus’, (see comment in red above) may be obtained 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), Nicosia (Lefkosia), 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 27 June 2003) but this does not show UTM grids (nor does it show that the new A3 motorway now extends east to Ayia Napa). For details, view the company’s web site: www.insightguides.com and enter ‘Cyprus’ in the top search field: “Find titles on.....”. The Travel Map provides better overall detail and is easier in use, however, the Flexi Map is laminated, allowing routes to be planned by annotating with a non-permanent marker pen. Again, this map does not show UTM grids.
Please contact me if you have found a better and more up-to-date map.

Maps

Unfortunately, there are no commercially available maps showing UTM 5 km square or 10 km square grids. However, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation has responded favourably to my request for their free-of-charge map ‘A Visitor’s Map of Cyprus’, (scale 1:350,000), to be reprinted to include UTM 10 km grid squares (WGS84). The map was kindly prepared by the Department of Lands and Surveys, Lefkosia and I am very grateful to CTO and DLS for producing a map which will be of much benefit to recorders.

This new map, is dated June 2006 and is available without charge from Cyprus Tourism Organisation offices throughout the world. The revised map was despatched to CTO offices during September, but as there may be old stocks of the similarly named original map (which, unfortunately, is also dated June 2006), please specify that you require the new version showing the grids when requesting a copy. Although the CTO map shows 10 km grid squares, they are not clearly numbered so potential recorders may care to contact me for a copy of my own computer-prepared map to enable easy annotation of the CTO version.