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           Ori Fragman-Sapir, Tal Levanoni, Avi Shmida and Irit Zuk.    DQG WKHLU HDUO\ VWDJHV
           0HWHRURORJ\  Benny Shalmon and Assaf Hochman
           advised on synoptic weather systems and climate change.  Wherever possible, Vol. III is greatly enhanced by
           ([SHGLWLRQV DQG ILHOG VXSSRUW  the author benefited from   the presentation of photographs of all stages of
           the company and/or support of both his sons Avishai and   metamorphosis. Assembling a library of such images
           Eran, Ofir Tomer (DB’s devoted assistant) accompanied   brought us into contact with photographers from many
           him on the 2002, 2015 & 2017 expeditions to Hatay &   countries of the world, not only those of the Levant, to all
           Ethiopia accordingly. Leah participated in expeditions   of whom we extend our sincere thanks.
           to Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Turkey
           (Hatay). Abraham Benyamini, Leah Benyamini, David   0DLQ  SKRWRJUDSKHUV  While the majority of photographs
           Furth, Leah Kinarti and Ichiro Nakamura to the Sinai   were provided by the author (431 photos), his assistant
           Peninsula, Thomas Pyrcz and Adam Warecki in Poland,   Ofir Tomer (53) and his wife, Leah (44), generous
           Marios and Aristos Aristophanous, Yiannis Christofides,   contributions were received from Adam Warecki (66),
           Christodoulos Makris & Elli Tzirkalli in Cyprus, Gian   Wolfgang Wagner (35), Ali Atahan (31), Eddie John
           C. Bozano, John G. Coutsis and Lazaros Pamperis in   (25), Stav Talal (23), Christodoulos Makris (17), Martin
           Greece, Tristan Lafranchis in Spain, Jeremy Dobson and   Gascoigne-Pees (12), Shalev Weisman (11), Moshe
           André Coetzer in South Africa, Steve Collins in Kenya and   Laudon  (10) and Andre Coetzer  (9).
           Djibouti, Noushig Zarikian in Armenia.
           13$  Dotan Rotem, Tzlil Lavin, Yariv Malihi, Talia Oron,   2WKHUV ZKR KDYH NLQGO\ FRQWULEXWHG DUH  Adrian Hoskins,
           Na’ama Berg, Didi Kaplan, Menachem Zalutzki, Yehoshua   Albert Keshet, Alex Oz, Amir Giv'ati, Antonio Giudici,
           Shkedi, Ilana Shabtai, and Reuven Ortal.          Bar Shani-Segev, Bart Wursten, Benny Shalmon, Bo
           631,  Irit Lavi-Alon, Avner Rinot, Yoav Sagi & Uri Ramon.    Kayser, Colin Congdon, David Jutzeler, Eitan Shapir, Eran
           /LEUDULDQV  Pamela (Pam) Gilbert, Brenda Leonard, Valeri   Benyamini, Evyatar Feingold, Eyal Bartov, Francisco M.
           McAtear & Berit Pedersen (NHMUK & RESL Librarians)   Otero, Galit Moshe, Guy Pe'er, Hilary Welch, Ilias Abai,
           3DUDVLWRLGV  GHWHUPLQDWLRQ  Mark Shaw, Dan Gerling,   Inbar Ktalav, Irit Kovachi, Jason Wides, Jem Babbington,
           Yehoshua Kugler, Richard R. Askew, Klaus Horstmann   Jose Gonzalez Granados, Juse Louis Viejo, Ken Childs,
           and Heinz Schnee.                                 Limor Gefen, Ma’ayan Ashkenazi, Marios Aristophanous,
           *HQLWDOLD  GLVVHFWLRQV  John Coutsis (Athens, Greece),   0DUWLQ :LHPHUV  0DUYD 6KPXHOL  0HKHPHW *ƺO  0HKPHW
           Rienk de-Jong (Leiden, Netherlands) and Zsolt Bálint   Atahan, Michael Boaz, Michel Baudraz, Moshe Sahar,
           (NHMH – Budapest, Hungary)                        Moti Dolev, Murat Biricik, Nancy van der Poorten, Nitzan
           '1$  6HTXHQFLQJ  Roger Vila and Cecilia Corbella Felip   Cohen, Noam Avitsel, Nora Haack, Oshri Nefrastek,
           (CSIC – UPF), Barcelona, Spain.                   Peter Eeles, Peter Russell, Racheli Schwartz-Tzachor,
           6(0 PLFURJUDSKV  Leonid Shikmanter (IAI, Israel)  Raed Shorrosh, Rami Mizrachi, Samir Hamza, Steve
           3KRWRJUDSKV  RI       VHW  VSHFLPHQV  ZHUH  WDNHQ  LQ    Collins, Sylvain Cuvelier, Tolga Demir, Tony Pittaway,
           Private collections - Aristos Aristophanous, Werner Back,   Uri Mintzker, Uri Kolker, Uzi Avner, Vladimir Savchuk,
           Dubi Benyamini, Uri Caspi, Mark Cleaver, John Coutsis,   Wolfgang  Eckweiler, Yaron Mish'an, Yehiel Oknin, Yitzhak
           Ken Guichard, Lionel Higgins, Rafi Kopan, Christodoulos   Eisenstein, Yitzhak Meyuhas, Yoav Silber, Yuval Evron &
           Makris, Yitzhak Movshovits, Günter Müller, Tony Pittaway,   Zvika Avni.
           Klaus Rose, Klaus Schurian, Izzy Shaked, Eliav Shnei-Dor,
           Wolfgang ten-Hagen, Ofir Tomer, Jean-Claude Weiss and   However Vol III could not have been completed without
           Gabi Zavdi. Gian Cristoforo Bozano (Milano, Italy) was   the close support and advice of Ofir Tomer (Na’ale,
           always ready to send us missing photographs.      Israel), the professional English editing of Eddie John
           0XVHXPV  NHMUK (London, UK)  – Graham T. Howarth,     and Arthur M. Shapiro and the outstanding skills of a
           Dick Vane-Wright, Phillip (Phil) Ackery, Campbell Smith,   gifted artist Leah Benyamini, who managed to keep the
           Ramnik Arora &  Blanca Huertas; ABRI (Nairobi, Kenya) –   butterflies and their life histories “alive” in every page
           Steve Collins; OUMNH (Hope Museum, Oxford University,   throughout the series, including this Vol III. Thank you
           UK) – James Hogan; Steinhardt Museum of Natural   Leah for your patience with the constant changes and
           History (Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv) – Amnon Freidberg, Neta   frequent updating.
           Dorcin,  Armin Ionescu-Hirsch, Leibale Friedman and
           Oz Rittner; ZSM (München, Bavaria, Germany) – Günter
           Müller; MNHN (Paris, France) – Georges Bernardi, Joël    œ Š—— ¤’Ž£Ž Žœ—Ž Šš “š£¤“¤§¤“œš£
           Minet - their assistance was essential to the high quality
           of the series.                                           Š˜ ‘¢ŽŠ¤—­ “šŽ‹¤Ž œ¡ ¤’Ž“¡ Š¨“ŒŽထ
           7UDQVODWLRQV RI VFLHQWLILF WH[WV WR +HEUHZ  From German         ’Ž— Šš £¦œ¡¥န
           – Dvora Har’el, French – Rachel Zamir.
           IVUDHO·V 5HG /LVW RI %XWWHUIOLHV  Ittai Renan, Orr Comay,         ¦‹“  Žš­Š˜“š“
           Ofir Tomer, Oz Ben-Yehuda, Israel Pe’er, Guy Pe’er, Monica
           Bohm and Tania Bird led by Ha’ma’arag - Israel’s National
           Nature Assessment Program (Steinhardt Natural History
  © Dubi Benyamini   ‹ 2ÀU 7RPHU   ‹ 2ÀU 7RPHU  of the butterfly chapter to coincide with the publication
           Museum, Tel Aviv University), expedited the publication
           of Vol III. Thank you Ittai and your team for your efforts.


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