Description
This data set outlines the butterfly collection of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, featuring species found globally.
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 289 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.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Hamblin K (2018): bmhs_butterfly_collection. v1.1. The Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=bmhs_butterfly_collection&v=1.1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is The Barbados Museum and Historical Society. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 098045a1-9b72-42e9-91bd-3dbd2d90ede3. The Barbados Museum and Historical Society publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; butterfly; bmhs
Contacts
- Originator
- Metadata Provider ●
- Publisher ●
- Point Of Contact
Geographic Coverage
The Barbados Museum and Historical Society is located within the Barbados UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bridgetown and it's Garrison. Formerly a military prison for the British, it was converted to a museum in 1933.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, -180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All specimens were identified to family or species using various resources to verify the taxonomic data
| Genus | Hemiargus, Lycaena, Cynthia, Euploea, Melitaea, Junonia, Pieris, Phoebis, Danaus, Caligo, Goneptreyx, Charidryas, Charaxes, Inachis, Poladryas, Prepona, Iphiclides, Mimathyma, Prepona, Lamproptera, Heliconius, Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa, Nymphalis, Morpho, Morpho, Nessaea, Melinaea, Battus, Nymphalis, Metamorpha, Limenitis, Papilio, Pyrgus, Callicore, Marpesia, Ascia, Nymphalis, Heliconius, Papilio, Perpona, Eurytides, Argynnis, Goneptreyx |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 1933-01-01 |
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Project Data
This project digitizes the biodiversity information in Barbados, Trinidad an Tobago and Suriname
| Title | Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname |
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| Identifier | BID-CA2016-0006-REG |
| Funding | Funding was made possible through a grant from GBIF |
| Study Area Description | There is no study area for the Barbados Museum, as collections are donated rather than gathered from the field. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Publisher
Sampling Methods
For the BMHS, there is no field sampling, specimens are donated to the museum.
| Study Extent | The extent of study is confined to the collections which have already been donated to the Barbados Museum. |
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Method step description:
- Each specimen has an ownership record, is classified, photographed and entered into the database.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | BMHS Butterfly Collection |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Mounted |
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| Curatorial Units | Between 1 and 13 drawers |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=bmhs_butterfly_collection |
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