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Occurrence data of swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera:Papilionidae) in the National Museums of Kenya Zoological collection in Nairobi.

Version 1.4 published by National Museums of Kenya on Jul 2, 2019 National Museums of Kenya

We present in a digitized format data on the occurrence of swallowtail butterfly species housed in the Zoology department, National Museums of Kenya insect collection. This data provides baseline information on the distribution of different swallowtail butterfly species and can be used for future ecology studies as well monitoring of population trends in various habitats.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 7,345 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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Versions

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How to cite

Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset.  Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Kioko E, Musyoki A, Luanga A, Nyangena L (2018): Occurrence data of swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera:Papilionidae) in the National Museums of Kenya Zoological collection in Nairobi.. v1.4. National Museums of Kenya. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=papiliodataset&v=1.4

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Museums of Kenya. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3008196f-5ffc-496d-b11d-57f2124ee06b.  National Museums of Kenya publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Kenya.

Keywords

Occurrence; Lepidoptera; Swallowtail butterflies; digitization; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Esther Kioko
Head - Zoology Department
National Museums of Kenya Museum Hill Road P.O.Box 40658 - 00100 Nairobi Nairobi KE
http://www.museums.or.ke
Alex Musyoki
Research Assistant
National Museums of Kenya Museum Hill Road P. O. Box 40658 - 00100 Nairobi Nairobi KE
http://www.museums.or.ke
Augustine Luanga
Lab Technologist
National Museums of Kenya Museum Hill Road P.O.Box 40658 - 00100 Nairobi Nairobi KE
http://www.museums.or.ke
Lydia Nyangena
Research Intern
National Musuems of Kenya Museum Hill Road P.O.Box 40658 - 00100 Nairobi Nairobi KE

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Esther Kioko
Head - Zoology Department
National Museums of Kenya Museum Hill Road P.O.Box 40658 - 00100 Nairobi Nairobi KE
http://www.museums.or.ke

Who filled in the metadata:

Esther Kioko
Head - Zoology Department
National Museums of Kenya Museum Hill Road P.O.Box 40658 - 00100 Nairobi Nairobi KE
http://www.museums.or.ke

Who else was associated with the resource:

Processor
Esther Mwangi
Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya Museum Hill Road 40658 Nairobi Nairobi KE
http://www.museums.or.ke
Publisher
Lawrence Monda
ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya Museum Hill Road 40658 Nairobi Nairobi KE
http://www.museums.or.ke

Geographic Coverage

Various localities within Africa

Bounding Coordinates South West [-34.597, -18.984], North East [37.16, 51.328]

Taxonomic Coverage

Swallowtail butterfly species with some to subspecies level.

Kingdom  Animalia
Order  Lepidoptera

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1850-04-01 / 2019-05-06

Project Data

We present in a digitized format data on the occurrence of swallowtail butterfly species housed in the Zoology department, National Museums of Kenya insect collection. This data provides baseline information on the distribution of different swallowtail butterfly species and can be used for future ecology studies as well monitoring of population trends in various habitats.

Title Assessment of Lepidoptera pollinator species diversity in East Africa
Funding The project is funded by JRS Biodiversity foundation, with co-funding provided by National Museums of Kenya.
Study Area Description Dry preserved specimen collection within the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.
Design Description Specimen and species data captured in excel spreadsheets. Data aligned to the Darwin core standards before publishing through the NMK’s IPT.

The personnel involved in the project:

Processor
Alex Musyoki

Collection Data

Collection Name Invertebrates Zoology
Specimen preservation methods Pinned

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 3008196f-5ffc-496d-b11d-57f2124ee06b
http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=papiliodataset