WELCOME TO BUTTERFLIESOFAMERICA.COM

[Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore]

This was posted to NABA-CHAT the other
day. Since not all of you subscribe
to that list, I thought it well worth sharing the
news about this site.

Barbara Volkle
Norhtborough, MA
ba...@theworld.com

>Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 17:46:32 -0700
>From: Kim Davis <k...@KIMANDMIKEONTHEROAD.COM>
>Subject: [NABA-CHAT] WELCOME TO BUTTERFLIESOFAMERICA.COM
>To: NABA...@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I wanted to let you know about an exciting
>development in the butterfly
>world! We have launched a new website which we
>think will really make your
>experience and study of North American and
>Central American butterflies more
>complete. Read about it here:
>
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>Everyone,
>
>On behalf of the authors and advisors of
>“butterfliesofamerica” (see below), it is a great
>honor and pleasure for me to present:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/intro.htm
>
>Our aim is to develop a comprehensive online resource
>devoted to American butterflies, that will include
>information on the geographic distribution, geographic
>variation, taxonomy, systematics, identification,
>ecology (including larval foodplants and immature
>biology) and bibliography for all butterfly taxa in
>the region, including all species, subspecies and
>undescribed geographic segregates.
>
>Please see the Interactive Listing of American
>Butterflies:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm
>
>At this time, the Interactive Listing of American
>Butterflies includes about 2938 species and just over
>5000 subspecies (and undescribed segregates) of
>butterflies, occurring from Alaska and arctic Canada
>through Panama, Hawaii, and on the Caribbean Islands
>(excluding Trinidad, Tobago, and islands off the
>Venezuelan coast). Within a few months,
>distributional information will be completed for all
>taxa (currently lacking for some, mostly Nearctic
>butterflies), and many more images will be added.
>
>The authors of Butterflies of America are:
>
>Andrew Warren, Kim Davis, Jon Pelham and Mike
>Stangeland:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/authors.htm
>
>Our Board of Advisors includes:
>
>Jim Brock, Kenn Kaufman, Bob Pyle:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors_general.htm
>
>George Austin, Andrew Brower, Nick Grishin, Paul
>Opler:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors-scientific.htm
>
>Charles Bordelon, Bill Bouton, Jan Dauphin, Kim
>Garwood, Ed Knudson, Jeff Pippen, David Robacker and
>Todd Stout:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors_content.htm
>
>As of today (2 May 2008), we have posted over 15,000
>images of butterfly adults, immatures, larval
>foodplants and habitats to the site, all donated by
>about 90 generous and talented photographers. For
>each butterfly taxon in the area covered, we aim to
>eventually include images of pinned and live adults,
>immature stages, larval foodplants and habitats, as
>well as complete synonymies (taken from Pelham 2008
>for taxa occurring in the USA and Canada), and
>specific bibliographies.
>
>Here are a few examples of “complete” presentations,
>which we hope to prove for all 5000+ taxa over the
>next few years:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/brephidium_e_exilis.htm
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/asterocampa_celtis_antonia.htm
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/asterocampa_clyton_louisa.htm
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_j_janais.htm
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/anthanassa_tulcis.htm
>
>This is a long-term project that depends largely on
>users for feedback and growth; we are always seeking
>to add images to our photo collections, even for taxa
>already well documented. If you have excellent photos
>of pinned or live adults, immature stages of any
>species, or larval foodplants and habitats, we
>encourage you to submit them! All contributions are
>greatly appreciated! See the following page for more
>information on contributing images:
>
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/photo_contributions.htm
>
>The authors and advisors of Butterfliesofamerica.com
>hope that you will find our site useful, and that you
>will contribute what you can to make this a
>comprehensive resource on the butterflies of America,
>a site that will benefit everyone, and hopefully, the
>butterflies!
>
>Thank you and enjoy!
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Andy
>www.butterfliesofamerica.com
>
>Andrew D. Warren, PhD
>215 McGuire Hall
>McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
>Florida Museum of Natural History
>University of Florida
>SW 34th Street and Hull Road
>P. O. Box 112710
>Gainesville, FL 32611-2710
>
>Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”
>Departamento de Biología Evolutiva
>Facultad de Ciencias
>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
>Apdo. Postal 70-399
>México, DF 04510 México
>
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>
>Thanks and enjoy!
>
>Life is Good... Kim Davis & Mike Stangeland
>http://kimandmikeontheroad.com/
>http://butterfliesofamerica.com/
>http://mariposasmexicanas.com/