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Butterflies of Madagascar (1 Viewer)

Hi. I’m trying to compile a list of all the butterflies I’ve seen on my travels. I’ve arrived at my Madagascar records & it’s full of unnamed butterfly photos. I’ve searched Google but there appears to be no book on the subject or even a descent site with photos. Has anybody got a link to a resource that would help please? Thanks
 
Wildlife of Madagascar by Behrens & Barnes has about 28 pages devoted to butterflies and they say their discussion should allow one to ID most of the butterflies seen on a typical tour. But it is not comprehensive and some are only identified to genus or even family. It recommends Butterflies of South Africa by Woodhall for further reading, though I would assume the latter only treats non-endemics, which constitute about 75 of the 300 species in Madagascar.
 
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