urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7cb6c81c-a7c4-4dd5-8578-fcfd2de847d6
LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.
For a JSON view of this data, click here
To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your
OGC client (e.g. uDIG,
ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=order:LEPIDOPTERA
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.
To download an RDF/XML document for the concepts and names click
here
A JSON view of this information is here
here
A html view of this information is here
here
For more details on occurrence webservices, click here
For more details on names webservices, click here
Flight is an important aspect of the lives of butterflies and moths and is used for evading predators, searching for food and finding mates in a timely manner as lepidopteran species do not live long after eclosion . It is the main form of locomotion in most species. In lepidoptera, the forewings and hindwings are mechanically coupled and flap in synchrony. ... source: Wikipedia
