Lepidopterology

A scientific portal exclusively focused on butterfly and moth (Lepidoptera) studies...

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LEPSGLOSSARY —

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).

DIRECTORY —

Butterflies (83) — General (5) — Systematic (4) — Regional (74) • Home and outdoors (18) — Butterfly gardening (15) — Travel, collecting and watching (3) • Communication (11) — Forums (3) — Mailing lists (8) • Organisations (102) — University departments (1) — Museums (41) — Societies (60) • Reference desk (38) — Libraries and journals (36) — Databases (2) • Market place (6) — Books and equipment (3) — Specimens and livestock (3)

Last updated: Wednesday, 9 September 2009 09:46 GMT

Almanac — Digital library, history (biographies, original descriptions, type specimens), e-books

Who is who — Database of lepidopterists, past and present, amateur or professional

Just for fun — Butterfly and other bug icons, wallpapers, free butterfly greeting cards, poetry, online games

News — The last stories concerning butterflies & moths on the Internet; environmental news

LepsGlossary — A dictionary of terms used in lepidopterology

Directory — A selection of Lepidoptera related resources on the Internet

e-Museum — Virtual museum with photos and drawings of real butterfly & moth (Lepidoptera) specimens, interesting facts, library catalogue

NEWS —

New emissions goal could make Japan climate leader

— 9 Sep | Environment

'The decision by an important player like Japan to do more and get serious about low carbon future can help break the deadlock between developed and developing countries'... — full story

Scientists trace evolution of butterflies infected with deadly bacteria

— 8 Sep | Lepidopterology

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have traced the evolution of a species of tropical butterfly, infected with a bacterium that kills males, by comparing current butterfly populations... — full story

G20 ministers must fund climate change solutions

— 3 Sep | Environment

WWF is calling on G20 finance ministers to commit to providing $160 billion per year of public funding, to help the world's developing nations to adapt to climate change and set them... — full story

Moths cloaked in colour

— 1 Sep | Lepidopterology

Travellers to the neotropics - the tropical lands of the Americas - might be forgiven for thinking that all of the colourful insects flittering over sunny puddles or among dense forest... — full story

More recent stories...

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)

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

— 3 Mar 1896 — The date of birth of Aleksej I. Kurentzov, the famous explorer of the Far East.
— 4 Mar 1959 — Roger Verity died in Florence at age of 75.
— 7 Mar 1866 — Hans Fruhstorfer was born in Passau, Germany.
— 10 Mar 1932 — James J. Joicey died.
— 28 Mar 1932 — Richard South died at age of 86.
— 29 Mar 1934 — Otto Bubacek died at age of 61.
— 31 Mar 1938 — Edward Meyrick died at age of 83.