The incredible trip of more than 10,000 km undertaken by the painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui, each year illustrated in a poster produced by MCNG, with the support of Barcelona Zoo. Illustrations: Martí Franch; graphic design: Lluc Julià; content: Constantí Stefanescu.

• Català
• Castellano
• English

This series of Catalan butterflies is a collection of three posters that illustrate much of the Catalan butterfly fauna. Edited by the MCNG, with several collaborators. Illustrations: Martí Franch; graphic design: Lluc Julià; coordination: Constantí Stefanescu.

• Mediterranean lowland butterflies (only in Catalan)
• Montane butterflies (only in Catalan)
• Alpine butterflies (only in Catalan)

Infographic of the large blue life cycle, its distribution, habitat and conservation. Carried out within the framework of the Butterfly Microreserves project promoted by Paisatges Vius under the supervision of the MCNG. With the support of Barcelona Zoo. Idea and contents: Paisatges Vius; illustrations: Martí Franch; graphic design: Dani Amén.

• Large blue (Phengaris arion) infographics (only in Catalan)

In addition to the scientific papers, the CBMS also publishes the Magazine Cynthia, a biennial publication that summarizes the results of the previous two seasons, provides reports on various aspects related to the project, and includes articles focused on particular species and identification sheets of the most difficult taxa.

We also highlight here the monographs of the Butterflies of Andorra and the Butterflies of El Monsteny, written by project collaborators.

In 2003, the scientific journal Global Change Biology published the article Effects of climatic change on the phenology of butterflies in the northwest Mediterranean Basin wherein CBMS data was used to highlight the relationship between climate change and phenological changes of certain butterfly species.

We prepared an easy workshop based on this work that enables you to analyze a set of real data yourself. Specifically, the aim of the workshop was to study the relationship between the flight period of Melanargia lachesis and the temperatures recorded on the Cortalet transect in 1994-2012.

• Instructions to guide the workshop (only in Catalan)
• Scientific paper
• Temperatures_El_Cortalet.csv
• Melanargia_lachesis_El_Cortalet.csv