This book presents a complete systematic, annotated checklist of the butterflies and larger moths of Germany (lnsecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Macroheterocera), up-to-date with taxonomy and faunistics, including immigrants, vagrants and artificially introduced species. The bilingual text (German/English) is accompanied by 6171 high-resolution photographs on a total of 183 plates, well reflecting the variability of the 1377 species dealt with.