Reference Collection of Mexican Diurnal Lepidopters of the National Collection of Insects (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) (IBUNAM)


Reference Collection of Mexican Diurnal Lepidopters of the National Collection of Insects (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) (IBUNAM) The National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity Av. Liga Periférico – Insurgentes Sur 4903 Col. Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan 14010 México, D. F. Phone:5528 9100 Fax 5528 9131 e-mail: remib@xolo.conabio.gob.mx
Dr. Manuel A. Balcazar Lara Collection of Entomology Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Colima Av. 25 de Julio 965, Villas San Sebastian 28000 Colima, Col. Phone: (3) 316 1000 ext. 47000 Fax (3) 312 7581 e-mail: mabl@cgic.ucol.mx
The National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity covers a large diversity of databases for the purpose of organizing the creation and maintenance of SNIB. Thus, the Reference Collection of Mexican Diurnal Lepidopters pertaining to the National Collection of Insects of the Institute of Biology of the UNAM contains 55 747 curatorial records corresponding to 4 families, 286 genera, 802 species of the Superfamily Papilionoidea (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae y Lycaenidae) collected in 1 048 localities in Mexico and pertains to the SNIB.
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