Subspecies / forms
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:04 pm
Hi all. I don't suppose many would notice, so thought I'd point out that the second major pass at sorting out all of the descriptions of subspecies and forms is now complete. This has been a mammoth exercise requiring at least 6 separate trips to the library at Oxford University Museum of Natural History - and my thanks to the team there for putting up with me! I must have hunted down well over 100 references that aren't available online, and the references list is now pretty big (see http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/references.php) as a result.
The net result is that UKB now has extensive and accurate descriptions of all subspecies and forms and, in particular, provides a consolidated perspective on the distributions (e.g. Common Blue ssp. mariscolore: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... ies=icarus).
My thanks to Mark Colvin for the inspiration to complete this project, and to Guy for completing the most recent set of translations.
Cheers,
- Pete
The net result is that UKB now has extensive and accurate descriptions of all subspecies and forms and, in particular, provides a consolidated perspective on the distributions (e.g. Common Blue ssp. mariscolore: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... ies=icarus).
My thanks to Mark Colvin for the inspiration to complete this project, and to Guy for completing the most recent set of translations.
Cheers,
- Pete