Covers 423 species from 11 subfamilies. The book contains 32 colour plates: 28 showing collection specimens including subspecies, type specimens and rarities; 4 plates with photographs of butterflies in nature and their habitats. The text covers descriptions of imago and genitalia, nomenclature, distribution, and habitat. Also included are 688 figures of male and female genitalia of all species of Chinese Nymphalidae.