Full name:

Global Butterfly Information System

Short name:

GloBIS (GART)

Version:

0.2, Nov 2008

Release date:

November 23rd, 2008

Authors/editors:

C Häuser, J Holstein & A Steiner (eds)

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Papilionidae & Pieridae

Number of species names:

1,635 accepted names; 462 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

0 accepted names; 1,975 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

4,072

Abstract:

The GloBIS/GART database provides the taxonomic backbone for a global information system on butterflies. In addition to the data presented in the Catalogue of Life, the original GloBIS/GART database provides information about the type material such as type locality, status and current location of the type specimens and images, as well as the original and current taxonomic placement. Currently data for the families Papilionidae or "Swallowtails" (554 recognized species, more than 2,400 taxa), and Pieridae or "Whites" (1091 recognized species, more than 2,400 taxa) are available, and other butterfly families to follow.

Organization:

State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany

Web site:

http://www.science4you.org/platform/lex/globis/home/index.do