Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia: with a checklist of Scientific, English and Malay names

Rosli Omar, . and Azidah Abdul Aziz, . and Sofwan Badrud'din, . (2023) Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia: with a checklist of Scientific, English and Malay names. Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change. ISBN 978-967-0250-50-2

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Abstract

This book showcases more than 230 butterfly species available in Peninsular Malaysia, all photographed in the wild. It also includes three checklists of all the available species in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore with scientific names following Corbet and Pendlebury, 5th Edition (2020). The English names follow the same if the names were available, otherwise, they were obtained from other sources. The third checklist introduces the Malay names of these species, the first as never before has a complete list of Malay names prescribed to butterfly species here. Adapted mainly from English, we have included some innovations. For example, the Painted Lady and Red Indian Admiral, which we cannot tell are related from their names, are both from the genus Vanessa. In Malay, we use the concept ‘group name’ to show their relatedness. For Vanessa, it is ‘Laksamana’. Thus, Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, is Laksamana Bersolek, and Red Indian Admiral, Vanessa indica indica, is Laksamana India Merah. The group name is also applied across related genera.

Item Type:	Book
Creators:	Rosli Omar, . and Azidah Abdul Aziz, . and Sofwan Badrud'din, .
Title:	Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia: with a checklist of Scientific, English and Malay names
Date:	2023
Location:	Malaysia Biodiversity Information Systems (MyBIS) Website
Publication:	Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change
Physical Description:	211p.
Agency Name:	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Date Deposited:	05 May 2026 02:51
Last Modified:	05 May 2026 02:51
URI:	http://myagric.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24259

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