This "project" has started as my desire to scan images of Finnish lepidoptera and make them available on the web. The original idea has evolved and is still evolving into different directions. From the lepidoptera I am expanding to other life forms, however the lepidoptera contains the most information. Other sections are mostly species lists.
The current structure includes (if you are looking at these pages for the first time, do not follow the links below yet, read some more explanations first to avoid getting lost into structure):
The above links lead into taxonomical tree structure, which may be hard to navigate, until you are familiar with it. The other way to navigate directly deep into the taxonomic tree structure is through the "warp page", which collects all the automaticly generated indexes into single page. The warp page enables quick access to:
The images are copyright to photographers as indicated. They are NOT public domain. To use them outside this structure, contact the photographer in question and ask.
As it will be totally impossible for me to get all pictures myself, I will gladly accept images of life forms from anywhere in the world to be placed into the structure. If you have pictures, which are accompanied with species name, location, approximate date and photographer, and which you are willing have displayed under my structure, contact me for details. But read the "license" for a brief basics on terms of usage.
There is a page set from the thumbnails of the photographs from each person that has contributed more than few photographs to this site. The table of contents of these "album pages" contains contains the links to the thumbnail pages (in rather random order).
Also, as with photographs, there are lists containing all common names recorded in this structure for Finnish or English. However, note that the great majority of the taxa do not have a common name listed.
The structure includes occasional common name with other languages than English or Finnish, and similar indexes could be generated from them, but is not currently done. Too few species would have entry.
There is also a plain scientific names list of lists for all taxa (otherwise it is similar to the previously mentioned common name lists).
 Please! The above tibiale image is the official logo of
SPS, do not use it without permission on your
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Butterfly news
from Finland, first sightings and migrations (maintained
by Arto Avanto). Through this page you can access reported
observations about lepidoptera progress in Finland during the current
year.
Some of the inspirations for these pages come from the Tree of Life project by University of Arizona.
Many links to various other places can be found from "Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera".
Miscellanous links to lepidoptera related information in nearby countries that I have been able to locate:
On top of each index page you will see the path from the top to the current level and the links point to the index pages of each level.
This is followed by a navigation bar, that currently contains three rows of information: Global view - All, Finnish regional view and Photo for Photograps view. Prev/Next links traverse the tree structure and the remaining three columns hold links to the respective positions in different lists (scientific names, Finnish names and English names), when applicable.
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| Takes to a warp page, which lets you quickly access all of the automaticly generated check lists and alphabetical indexes. For example, index of all scientific and common names (Finnish and English). | |
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| This button will always bring you back to this introduction page. | |
| All | (in navigation bar) marks the information assosiated with global view, all information from the structure included. | |
| Indicates a species that has been recorded at least once within Finnish borders. These species appear in the generated Checklist of the Finnish Lepidoptera (also accessible through the warp page). | |
| Photo | (in navigation bar) marks the information associated with photograps. | |
caja (Linnaeus, 1758)¹ | ||
Gives the species name and author of the name.
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I have tried to fill in common names in various languages. The following flag symbols are used to mark geographical areas where a common name is being used. | ||
 | Finnish common names | |
 | British common names | |
 | American common names
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 | German common names | |
 | French common names | |
 | Spanish common names | |
 | Swedish common names | |
 | Danish common names | |
For some species I am experimentally generating a very rough range
map. These maps should not be taken as any indication of how
common the species is. The only purpose of the maps at this
point, is to give an idea about which part of the world the species
occurs. For more information, see About maps.
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On species level, if an image is included, it is indicated by a this type of thumbnail image, which when selected, will display a larger image (size and dimensions as indicated) alone in a window. Both the thumbnail and actual image are in JPEG format. When the image has been taken in the wild from live specimen, the caption under the image contains additional information, such as location, date and photographer. | ||
The list is a linear list of all index pages within the tree, each link will take to the corresponding index page inside the tree.
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