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GENERAL COLLECTIONS

GENERAL COLLECTION
HOLDINGS


-Taxonomic Holdings
-Geographic Holdings


DESCRIPTION OF THE
COLLECTION

-Taxonomic Diversity
  and Strengths

-Geographical Coverage
 and Strengths

-Type Collection
-Voucher Specimens
-Historical and Current Sources
of Collection Growth

-Growth Rate of the Collection


UNIQUENESS


ACQUISITION, COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENTAND
MAINTAINCE POLICY


GENERAL LOAN AGREEMENT

-Lender
-Borrower
Lepidoptera Higher Classification

 

Lepidoptera Superfamily Holdings (page 2)




  • Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies)

  • Pieridae (white & sulphur butterflies)

  • Lycaenidae (blues & copper butterflies)

  • Riodinidae
  • Libytheidae (stout butterflies)
  • Heliconidae
  • Ithomiidae

  • Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)

  • Apaturidae
  • Acraeidae
  • Amathusiidae
  • Brassolidae
  • Morphidae (morphos)
  • Satyridae (wood nymphs)
  • Danaidae (monarchs & queen butterflies)
  • Zygaenidae
  • Megalopygidae
  • Limacodidae
  • Epipyropidae
  • Dalceridae
  • Chrysopolomidae
  • Epicoperiidae
  • Pyralidae
  • Thyrididae
  • Hyblaeidae
  • Pterophoridae
  • Thyatiridae
  • Drepanidae
  • Callidulidae
  • Geometridae
  • Epiplemidae
  • Sematuridae
  • Uraniidae
  • Mimallonidae
  • Apatelodidae
  • Bombycidae (silkworm moths)
  • Lasiocampidae
  • Saturniidae (giant silkworm moths)
  • Anthelidae
  • Brahmaeidae
  • Cercophanidae
  • Eupterotidae
  • Oxytenidae
  • Lemoniidae
  • Sphingidae (hawk moths or hummingbird moths)
  • Notodontidae
  • Dioptidae
  • Dilobidae
  • Arctiidae
  • Ctenuchidae
  • Cocytiidae
  • Pterothysanidae
  • Thaumetopoeidae
  • Lymantriidae
  • Noctuidae


    Last Update: 28 October 1997

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