Malawi-Saturniidae-Biodiversity-Data

Raymond Murphy1, John Chipeta2, Raymond Murphy3, Lyson Kampira4, Portphar Kaliba2

1 Individual collector, P.O. Box 914, Mzuzu, +265, Mzuzu, Malawi; 2 The Department of Museums and Monuments, P.O. Box 30360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, +265, Blantyre, Malawi; 3 Individual Collector, P.O. Box 914, Mzuzu, +265, Mzuzu, Malawi; 4 National Commission for Science and Technology, P/Bag B303, City Centre, Lilongwe, +265, Lilongwe, Malawi

Corresponding author(s): Raymond Murphy (murphyrj81@gmail.com)John Chipeta (jjkchipeta@yahoo.com)

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Resource Citation

Murphy R, Chipeta J (2018): Malawi-Saturniidae-Biodiversity-Data. v1.2. The Department of Museums and Monuments. Dataset/Occurrence. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=malawi-saturniidae-biodiversity-data&v=1.2

Abstract

This is Saturniidae Biodiversity Data for Malawi as recorded by Raymond Murphy for a number of places in Malawi. It has been mobilised under the African Biodiversity Challenge Project titled Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity data in Malawi

Keywords: Occurrence, Saturniidae, Bunaeinae, Ludiinae, Saturniinae, The Department of Museums and Monuments, Biodiversity, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity Data in Malawi
Personnel: John Chipeta, Raymond Murphy, Portphar Kaliba, Lyson Kampira
Funding: JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Study area descriptions/descriptor: This is Saturniidae biodiversity data for Malawi as recorded by Raymond Murphy. Mobilised under ABC project Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity Data in Malawi. He has been collecting in a number of places in Malawi
Design description: Digitize collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, individuals and other institutions and make it accessible to the public through national or international database

Data published through GBIF: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=malawi-saturniidae-biodiversity-data

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This is Saturniidae Biodiversity data that includes several subfamilies like Saturniinae, Bunaeinae and Ludiinae identified to family, genus, species and subspecies levels
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Bunaeinae, Ludiinae
Genus: Gonimbrasia, Pseudobunaea, Nuderalia, Bunaeopsis, Holocerina, Nudaurelia, Imbrasia, Pselaphelia, Antistathmoptera, Argema, Athletes, Aurivillius, Bunaea, Cinabra, Epiphora, Goodia, Gynanisa, Heniocha, Lobobunaea, Ludia, Melanocera, Tagoropsis, Ubaena, Urota, Pseudaphelia, Adafroptilum, Micragone, Pseudimbrasia, Cirina, Orthogonioptilum, Protogynanisa, Rohaniella, Usta
Species: Gonimbrasia zambesina, Nuderalia perscitus, Bunaeopsis jacksoni, Bunaeopsis murphyi, Holocerina intermedia, Nudaurelia whalbergi, Bunaeopsis hersilia, Gonimbrasia murphyiana, Imbrasia ertli, Nudaurelia herbuloti, Pselaphelia flavivitta, Pseudobunaea tyrrhena, Argema mimosae, Athletes gigas, Athletes semialba, Aurivillius seydeli, Bunaea alcinoe, Bunaeopsis aurantiaca, Cinabra hyperbius, Epiphora kipengerensis, Epiphora manowensis, Epiphora mythimnia, Goodia kuntzei, Gynanisa nigra, Heniocha appolonia, Heniocha marnois, Lobobunaea saturnus, Nudaurelia nyassana, Tagoropsis flavinata, Tagoropsis hanningtoni, Tagoropsis ikondae, Ubaena dolabella, Urota sinope, Pseudaphelia roseibrunnea, Pseudobunaea callista, Aurivillius fuscus, Imbrasia macrothyris, Nudaurelia dione, Nudaurelia macrops, Adafroptilum incanum, Gynanisa basquini, Lobobunaea rosea, Pseudobunaea irius, Pseudobunaea meloui, Aurivillius oberthuri, Aurivillius seyselli, Gonimbrasia belina, Ludia delegorguei, Micragone ansorgei, Nudaurelia wahlbergi, Pseudimbrasia deyrollei, Pseudobunaea pallens, Micragone nyasae, Pseudaphelia dialitha, Gonimbrasia rectalineata, Gynanisa ata, Gynanisa maja, Ludia delegarguei, Bunaeopsis zaddachi, Cirina forda, Heniocha dyops, Holocerina agomensis, Holocerina murphyi, Micragone agathylla, Pseudaphelia ansorgei, Aurivillius arata, Gynanisa murphyi, Nudaurelia flammeola, Pseudobunaea alinda, Pseudobunaea epithyrena, Pseudobunaea parathyrrhena, Micragone cana, Nudaurelia perscitus, Protogynanisa athletoides, Bunaeopsis phidias, Nudaurelia mariae, Epiphora bauhiniae, Gonimbrasia hecate, Ludia limbobrunnea, Rohaniella pygmaea, Adafroptilum  schmitti, Holocerina rhodesiensis, Holocerina smilax, Micragone nubifera, Melanocera sufferti, Pseudaphelia appolinaris, Epiphora murphyi, Ludia dentata, Nudaurelia rhodina, Usta terpsichore, Pseudobunaea citrinarius, Pseudobunaea natalensis, Ludia orinoptena
Subspecies: Antistathmoptera daltonae rectangulata, Lobobunaea phaedusa falcatissima, Tagoropsis ikondae murphyi, Tagoropsis ikondae murphyi, Lobobunaea phaedusa falcatissima, Lobobunaea phaedusa falcatissima, Tagoropsis ikondae ikondae, Tagoropsis ikondae ikondae, Tagoropsis ikondae ikondae, Orthogonioptilum adiegatum dollmanni, Orthogonioptilum adiegatum dollmanni, Antistathmoptera daltonae rectangulata

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: This is Saturniidae Biodiversity data for Malawi for a number of places as recorded by Raymond Murphy
Coordinates: 17°11'24''S and 9°18'57.6''S Latitude; 32°40'37.2''E and 36°1'37.2''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1985 - December 31, 2017

Natural collections description

Collection name: Raymond Murphy Collection
Natural collections description

Collection name: The Department of Museums and Monuments Collection
Specimen preservation method: Dried
Specimen preservation method: Pinned
Specimen preservation method: Other

Methods

Method step description: Digitize collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, individuals and other institutions and make it accessible to the public through national or international database
Study extent description: This is Saturniidae biodiversity data for Malawi as recorded by Raymon Murphy. Includes subfamilies like Bunaeinae, Ludiinae and Saturniinae. Specimens have been identified to family, genus, species and subspecies level.
Sampling description: Digitize collections held by The Department of Museums and Monuments, individuals and other institutions and make it accessible to the public through national or international database

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Malawi-Saturniidae-Biodiversity-Data
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/archive.do?r=malawi-saturniidae-biodiversity-data
Publication date of data: 2022-05-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-11-03
Hierarchy level: Dataset