Lepidopterology

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lepidopteral, lepidopteran, lepidopterological
— Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.
Lepidoptera
— [From Greek lepis — a scale + pteron — a wing.] An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths.
lepidopterist
— One who studies butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera).
lepidopterologist
— A specialist on Lepidoptera.
lepidopterology
— The scientific study of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera).
Last updated: Wednesday, 24 June 2009 15:16 GMT
Lepidopterology
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 NEWS

Australia pledges big funds for small whale conservation

— 24 Jun | Environment

Australia's top environmental official on Wednesday pledged AU$500,000 (EUR284,927) to help save the world's small whales as part of a major contribution to the International Whaling... — full story

Maculinea arion underside in Somerset, UK, (c) David Simcox, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UKResearchers publish the discoveries that saved Maculinea arion in the UK

— 16 Jun | Lepidopterology

On the 25th anniversary of the project that brought the large blue butterfly back from extinction in the United Kingdom, ecologists are for the first time publishing the decades of... — full story

This is a picture of the new moth species, Lithophane leeae, (c) Bruce Walsh, the University of ArizonaBiologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiracahua Mountains

— 10 Jun | Lepidopterology

University of Arizona biologist Bruce Walsh has identified a new species of moth in southern Arizona. Normally, this is not a big deal. The region is one of the most biologically rich... — full story

'Mountains of the Moon' get nod for international wetlands protection

— 14 May | Environment

Part of the Rwenzori Mountains - home to some of the last glaciers in Africa and likely Ptolemy's 'Lunis Montae' - received international recognition on Wednesday as a protected wetland... — full story

More recent stories...
· Ithomia xenos (Bates, 1866) — The species occurs in Costa Rica and Panama...
· Reliquia santamarta Ackery, 1975 — Described as 'Reliquia santamarta sp. n.' from Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Upper Rio Cambirumeina...
· Japonica saepestriata (Hewitson, [1865]) — The species occurs in China, Ussuri Region, Korea and Japan...
· Coenonympha rhodopensis Elwes, 1900 — Described from Rila Mountains, the valley of Levi Iskar by Henry J. Elwes...
· Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, [1872]) — The species was described in 1872 by Erschoff...
· Sephisa princeps (Fixsen, 1887) — The species occurs in Amur and Ussuri regions of Russia, NE China and Korea...
· Ornithoptera paradisea Staudinger, 1893 — One of the most spectacular and rare species, described by Otto Staudinger in 1893...
· Pseudochazara orestes De Prins & van der Poorten, 1981 — Balkan endemic, confined to some mountains of N Greece and S Bulgaria...
 ALMANAC
· Henry John Elwes (1846—1922)
· Hans Fruhstorfer (1866—1922)
· Frederick DuCane Godman (1834—1919)
· Henry Rowland-Brown (1865—1921)
· ‘Fossil on a pin’ — Keele University, UK, 1993
· Catalogue of Neotropical Pierinae
· Homeosis in Mylothris sulphurea
· Dr P. Sigbert Wagener (1919—2004)