Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:002da76f-4e2d-4d41-b9cf-ed11cfdcdde4

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.

Data Links

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WMS

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=family:NYMPHALIDAE
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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Terrestrial Habitats

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Description

The Nymphalidae are characterised in both sexes by the tricarinate antenna and the elongate chaetosemata being parallel to the eye margin; the legs are described above. Ackery (1984) records 13 subfamilies of which 8 occur in Australia.

Small to large; most antennal segments with 2 ventral grooves; maxillary palps 1-segmented; labial palps ascending; epiphysis absent, male fore legs lack pretarsus, with fewer than 5 tarsomeres, lack tarsal spines, and covered with long scales; female fore legs reduced in size and not used for walking (except female Libythea ); spurs 0-2-2 or 0-0-0; fore wing with all branches of R present, 1A + 2A simple or forming a basal fork; hind wing with humeral vein usually present, Sc + R 1 diverging from Rs near base, 2 anal veins. ... source: What bug is that

Online resources

Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Images
Flickr EOL: Images, Occurrence record
What bug is that: Description, Images

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
NYMPHALIDAE	Australian Faunal Directory

Common Names

Common name	Source
Admirals Is this a preferred common name for this family? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Browns Is this a preferred common name for this family? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Fritillaries Is this a preferred common name for this family? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Snout Butterflies Is this a preferred common name for this family? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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