KY BUTTERFLY NET: AN INTERACTIVE WEB DATABASE TO FACILITATE LEPIDOPTERA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY

摘要

Kentucky Butterfly Net is a World wide Well database that collects and reports distribution data for the 2,488 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) known from the state of Kentucky, USA. It includes tools for entering, editing, and curating new records. Species queries in Kentucky Butterfly Net can be initiated rising either scientific or common names. Species query reports include range maps and phenology spindle diagrams dynamically generated from the data. Location queries can produce species lists of all Lepidoptera, just butterflies or just moths for 244 geographic localities, corresponding to the 120 counties of Kentucky, plus air additional 124 conservation units. To date, a total of 61,231 records covering the years 1872-present are included in the database. These data represent an important resource for both education and research on the Lepidoptera of Kentucky