Author: Fhatani Ranwashe
Keywords: Occurrence, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Specimen

UCT: Southern African Butterfly Conservation Assessment (1815-2009)

Silvia Mecenero^1, Fhatani Ranwashe^2

1 UCT, Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa; 2 SANBI, Private Bag X7, Kirstenbosch, 7735, Claremont, South Africa

Corresponding author(s): Silvia Mecenero (silvia.mecenero@uct.ac.za), Fhatani Ranwashe (f.ramwashe@sanbi.org.za)

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Mecenero S (2015): UCT: Southern African Butterfly Conservation Assessment (1815-2009). v1.2. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=uct_butterfly_conservation_assessment&v=1.2

Abstract

Specimen records from butterfly collections held at various museums (Transvaal, Iziko South Africa, Durban Natural Science, Natal, Albany, East London and National Museums) in South Africa.

Keywords: Occurrence, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Specimen

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=uct_butterfly_conservation_assessment

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Butterflies (Lepidoptera), five familes: Papilionidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae
Common names: Butterflies

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The entire area of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.
Coordinates: 36°12'0''S and 20°46'12''S Latitude; 13°33'0''E and 35°18'36''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 28 November 1815 - 16 April 2009

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive UCT: Southern African Butterfly Conservation Assessment (1815-2009)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/archive.do?r=uct_butterfly_conservation_assessment
Publication date of data: 2017-11-22
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-04-20
Hierarchy level: Dataset