The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

How to cite LepIndex

Usage of data from LepIndex in scientific publications should be acknowledged using the following format:

Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/lepindex/ [accessed 6 January 2007] *

If you wish to cite any unpublished information from LepIndex then please credit the person responsible for it (presuming the name of an individual is given). For example, on the card for bibarra Chu & Wang, 1991 there is a pencil annotation by M. Shaffer written in 1991, which indicates that he transferred this species to the genus CANAEA (thus CANAEA bibarra is an unpublished or MS combination). The citation should therefore be as follows:

Shaffer, M. In: Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/lepindex/ [accessed 6 January 2007] *

Note, however, that some of the 'manuscript changes' written on the cards may have subsequently been published. It is therefore advisable to contact the person responsible for the annotation and ask whether or not this is the case.

* Please give the precise date you used LepIndex.

Written by George Beccaloni Feb. 2003. Last updated 12-Oct-2004