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Occurrence of Skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera:Hesperiidae) in Invertebrate Zoology Collection at National Museums of Kenya
Esther
Kioko
National Museums of Kenya
Head, Zoology Department
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
ekioko@museums.or.ke
http://www.museums.or.ke
Alex
Musyoki
National Museums of Kenya
Research Assistant, Invertebrates Zoology
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
alecksers@gmail.com
http://www.museums.or.ke
Augustine
Luanga
National Museums of Kenya
Lab Technician, Invertebrates Zoology
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
augustine.luanga@gmail.com
http://www.museums.or.ke
Joshua
Sese
National Museums of Kenya
Research Assistant, Invertebrates Zoology
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
sesejjoshua@gmail.com
Esther
Kioko
National Museums of Kenya
Head, Zoology Department
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
ekioko@museums.or.ke
http://www.museums.or.ke
Lawrence
Monda
National Museums of Kenya
ICT Manager
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
lmonda@museums.or.ke
http://www.museums.or.ke
publisher
Esther
Mwangi
National Museums of Kenya
Research Scientist
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
ewmwangi@museums.or.ke
http://www.museums.or.ke
processor
2018-07-12
eng
This data is a digitized presentation on the occurrence and abundance of skipper butterflies housed in the insects’ collection, Zoology department at the National Museums of Kenya. This information provides a baseline information on the distribution of skipper butterfly species and can be used for further study on their ecology as well monitoring of population trends in different habitats.
Occurrence
Specimen
Skipper butterflies
Digitization
Distribution
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Specimen
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.
The skipper butterflies were collected from different countries in the African continent.
-17.227
50.625
37.16
-34.597
kingdom
Animalia
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Hesperiidae
Skipper butterflies
unkown
Esther
Kioko
National Museums of Kenya
Head, Zoology Department
Box 40658
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
KE
ekioko@museums.or.ke
http://www.museums.or.ke
Assessment of Lepidoptera pollinator species diversity in East Africa
Esther
Kioko
pointOfContact
The skipper butterflies specimen digitization is part of an ongoing NMK/JRS project
The project is funded by JRS Biodiversity foundation, with co-funding provided by National Museums of Kenya
Dry preserved specimens collection within the National Museums of Kenya
Specimen and species data captured in excel spreadsheets. Data aligned to the Darwin core standards before publishing through the NMK’s IPT
2018-07-10T04:49:34.232+03:00
dataset
Kioko E, Musyoki A, Luanga A, Sese J (2018): Occurrence of Skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera:Hesperiidae) in Invertebrate Zoology Collection at National Museums of Kenya. v1.0. National Museums of Kenya. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=hesperiidaenmk&v=1.0
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