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The aim of this [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] is to set out broad suggestions about how to organize data in the articles relating to the insect order '''[[Lepidoptera]]''', which comprises the ''[[butterfly|butterflies]]'' and ''[[moth|moths]]''. We also hope to encourage the development of important stubs and articles following these suggestions, which are not obligatory except in the case of WikiProject Lepidoptera Article Guidelines. These guidelines are being formulated as policy to give a more uniform look, feel, and organisation to WP Lepidoptera articles and are in the process of being developed through discussion and consensus on the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Lepidoptera|project talk page]]. In the case of these guidelines (when formulated) editors are expected to follow with exceptions to be discussed on the project talk page before implementation.

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==Participants==
To become a member, just add yourself in the right place to this alphabetical list. 
* [[User:FailedKirb|Aaron Lox]] - working on the [[Phryganodes]] pages
* [[User:AddWittyNameHere|AddWittyNameHere]] - have access to approximately 70 printed books about Lepidoptera, some in German, some in Dutch, some in English. Most are Europe-centred. 
* [[User:Agapema|Agapema]] - here to help contribute where possible, with a main focus on (you guessed it) the ''[[Agapema]]'' genus.
* [[User:Alexlu5418|Alexlu5418]] - I like butterfly and moths and I like moths the most
* [[User:Ambrosia10|Ambrosia10]] - Lepidoptera of New Zealand
* [[User:AncylurisFormosissima|AncylurisFormosissima]] Focused on butterflies in Oregon, USA and in the American tropics.
* [[User:AshLin|AshLin]]
* [[User:AWolfSpider|AWolfSpider]]
* [[User:Bastique|Bastique]]
* [[User:Bfpage|Bfpage]]/[[User:Barbara (WVS)|Barbara (WVS)]]-I am continuing to add references to the Monarch Butterfly
* [[User:BIRDSANDBUGS|BIRDSANDBUGS]] - working on creating pages for various moths, mainly saturniidae.
* [[User:Calibas|Calibas]]
* [[User:Charlesjsharp|Charlesjsharp]] - Special interest in photography - [http://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/ Sharp Photography]
* [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]]
* [[User:Dger|D. Gordon E. Robertson]]
* [[User:Dicynodont|Dicynodont]] - interested in creating articles and expanding stubs (working on ''[[Hemaris]]'' first) + otherwise helping out
* [[User:Data Devourer|Data Devourer]] adding images to pages without images
* [[User:DrMel|Dr Mel Ganus]] from [http://wikiBlind.org wikiBlind.org] - we can help with image descriptions
* [[User:Firos ak|Firos AK]]
* [[User:Foiled circuitous wanderer|Foiled circuitous wanderer]]
* [[User:FozzieH|FozzieH]]
* [[User:Friesen5000|Friesen5000]] - Leps of Canada
* [[User:Rlhardesty|Glacierman]]
* [[User:Gug01|Gug01]]
* [[User:Grmanners|Guy Manners]]
* [[User:Hectonichus|Hectonichus]]
* [[User:Himalayacetus|Himalayacetus]] - Pyraloidea globally
* [[User:HKmoths|Roger Kendrick (a.k.a. HKmoths)]]
* [[User:Jkadavoor|Jkadavoor]]
* [[User:Jmgarg1|J.M.Garg]]
* [[User:Jowaninpensans|Jowaninpensans]] - mines
* [[User:Jrfep|J.R.Fe.P.]] — butterflies of [[Venezuela]]
* [[User:Leiobunum rotundum|Leiobunum rotundum]] - works on different moth pages, lepidoptera illustrator.
* [[User:Leomk0403|Leomk0403]]
* [[user:Loopy30|Loopy30]]
* [[user:Manojk|Manoj Karingamadathil]] 
* [[User:MasterOfHisOwnDomain|MasterOfHisOwnDomain]]
* [[User:Merenta|Merenta]]
* [[User:Metacladistics|Metacladistics]] - Butterflies of Sulawesi -- adding images of pinned specimens
* [[User: Million Moments|Million Moments]] - pest species
* [[User: Mitsingh|Mitsingh]] - Adding butterfly information of national parks
* [[User:MrX|MrX]]
* [[User:Neilj|Neilj]]
* [[User:Bruce Marlin|Nickrz]]
* [[User:Notafly|Notafly]] Robert Nash
* [[User:Ornithoptera|Ornithoptera]]
* [[User:ProbablyAPineapple|ProbablyAPineapple]] 
* [[User:PunkAndromeda|PunkAndromeda]]
* [[User:Dr. Raju Kasambe]]
* [[User:Rfairb|Rfairb]] - Planning to contribute to entomologist & curator pages, cleanup for species and family pages
* [[user:Riparia riparia|Riparia riparia]] - Natural history
* [[User:redwoodsoda]] moth 
* [[User:Resilientricekrispy|Resilientricekrispy]] - Focusing on skippers and cleaning up species pages
* [[User:Sandew LA|Sandew LA]] - Interested in butterflies of Sri Lanka
* [[User:Seacactus 13|Seacactus 13]]
* [[User:SebastiaanvDoorn|Sebastiaan van Doorn]]  - Mostly Lepidoptera orientated independent entomologist hoping to contribute on Palearctic species, but willing to look way further.
* [[User:Shyamal|Shyamal]]
* [[User:sjl197|sjl197]] - Arachnologist who got tired of chaotic taxonomy shown in online lep resources
* [[User:Squirkl|Squirkl]] - Moth enjoyer & budding naturalist
* [[User:Stemonitis|Stemonitis]]
* [[User:Tony Holkham|Tony Holkham]] - Lepidoptera of Britain and Ireland
* [[User:Vijaybarve|Vijay Barve]]
* [[User:Vijsingh|Vijsingh]] - Indian butterflies
* [[User:Wsiegmund|Walter Siegmund]] <small> [[User talk:Wsiegmund|t]]</small>
* [[User:Wilhelmina Will|Wilhelmina Will]] — I've recently created several articles on species from the moth genus ''[[Prays]]'', and intend on creating many more, as well as many pages on many other moth/butterfly species.

===Inactive===
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<small>Editors who have not edited anywhere on en.wiki since April 2021</small>
* [[User:Adityavagarwal|Adityavagarwal]] - Lepidoptera, etc. editing, adding citations, adding information, etc.
* [[User:Alemah19|Alemah19]] - WashU student adding some sections to the Arctia caja page and the Boloria selene page 
* [[User:Alexandra.payne|Alexandra Payne]]
* [[User:Arajan1|Arajan1]] - Interested in studying moth and butterfly behavior for my Behavioral Ecology Class. Will contribute to the [[Mythimna unipuncta]] and [[Agrotis ipsilon]] page.
* [[user:Aviceda|Aviceda]]
* [[User:BoozalisHannah|BoozalisHannah]] - working on [[Heliconius erato]] page
* [[User:Catejiang|Catejiang]] - Currently working on [[African armyworm]]
* [[User:Ccccchaton000|Ccccchaton000]] - Want to make minor improvements, if I can.
* [[User:Chiefmartinez|Chiefmartinez]]
* [[User:Chinmayisk|Chinmayisk]]
* [[User:ClaudiaEE|ClaudiaEE]] - Interested in learning about butterflies and moths for my Behavioral Ecology class
* [[User:Crieber|Camille Rieber]]
* [[User:CR.Tracy|CR.Tracy]] - will contribute to the [[Diamondback Moth]] page
* [[User:Ecampell22|Eddie Campell]]
* [[User:EmilyKathryn|EmilyKathryn]]
* [[User:Emilykh26|Emilykh26]]
* [[User:Engelde|Engelde]] - will contribute to the [[Dryas iulia]] page
* [[User:Ericapryu|Erica Ryu]] - will contribute to the [[Cabbage looper]] page
* [[User:Felderp|Felderp]]
* [[User:FrigidNinja|FrigidNinja]]
‪* [[User:GreenNatureLover|GreenNatureLover]]
* [[User:Hanna peterman|Hanna peterman]] - working on Eriogaster lanestris and Samea multiplicalis for a behavioral ecology class
* [[User:IronChris|'''Iron''']][[User:IronChris/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">'''C'''</span>]]* [[User:IronChris|'''hris''']]  |  [[User talk:IronChris|(talk)]]
* [[User:IvanTortuga|IvanTortuga]]
* [[User:iginsberg|iginsberg]]
* [[User:Jacobdaun|Jacobdaun]]
* [[User:Jenniferra|Jenniferra]] - working on limenitis arthemis page for behavioral ecology course
* [[User:Jerryshen|Jerryshen]] - will contribute to the [[Bogong moth]] page
* [[User:J.j.lee|J.j.lee]] — will contribute to [[Small heath (butterfly)]] and [[Choristoneura fumiferana]]
* [[User:J.Prakash2344|J.Prakash2344]] - Contributing to pages on moths and butterflies for a Behavioral Ecology class 
* [[User:kaylaholthaus|kaylaholthaus]]
* [[User:Z.kelley|Kelley Zhao]]
* [[User:Kipd|Kipd]] - [[Denton_Brothers|Denton_Brothers]]   
* [[User:KmarcusBC|KmarcusBC]]- Contributing to the page on [[Parasemia plantaginis]] for Behavioral Ecology course
* [[User:Krecto176|Krecto176]]- Contributing to the page on Callophrys xami for Behavioral Ecology course
* [[User:Kugamazog|Kugamazog]]
* [[User:LamBoet|LamBoet]]
* [[User:Lauraem7|Lauraem7]] - contributing to the page on Cadra cautella and Danaus chrysippus.
* [[User:Lepidoptera|Lepidoptera]]
* [[User:Lily1004|Lily1004]]
* [[User:Lilymalcolm|Lilymalcolm]] - working on [[Leek moth]] for a class project.
* [[User:Liu.emily|Liu.emily]]- working on [[Galleria mellonella]] page for Behavioral Ecology class project.
* [[user:LucasKatherine|LucasKatherine]] - Contributing to the [[Heliconius cydno]] page for a Behavioral Ecology course
* [[User:Meganmccarty|Meganmccarty]]
* [[User:Meganav|Meganav]] - contributing to Ostrinia furnacalis for a Behavioral Ecology class project. 
* [[User:minirolls1991|minirolls1991]] -want to expand the phymatopus page for a university project
* [[User:Mlopez2121|Mlopez2121]] - contributing to Moths and Butterflies for Behavioral Ecology class.
* [[User:Mothman27|Mothman27]] - [[Moths]] and [[Butterflies]] of the USA, mostly midwestern species, and [[Saturniidae]] from around the world.  
* [[User:moid.ali|Moid Ali]] - contributing to Papilio Homerus 
* [[User:Mperumattam|Mperumattam]]
* [[User:Mllutz|Mllutz]] - Working on Callosamia promethea and Anartia fatima
* [[User: Mnoronha456|Mnoronha456]] - contributed to [[Jalmenus evagoras]], currently working on [[Mediterranean flour moth]]
* [[User:Mullenm05|Mullenm05]] - interested in contributing to butterfly and moth pages for my Behavioral Ecology class, new here
* [[User:NielsenGW|NielsenGW]]
* [[User:Noym|Noym]]
* [[User:Pranita.kaginele|Pranita.kaginele]]
* [[User:Quantumobserver|Quantumobserver]]
* [[User:RV2014|RV2014]]
* [[User:Richard Barlow|Richard Barlow]]
* [[User:Richywutang2018|Richywutang2018]] - Also new here. Interested in moths and butterflies for my Behavioral Ecology class.
* [[User:RLO1729|RLO1729]] - Revised and enlarged [[James John Joicey]] and associated entomologists' pages 
* [[User:Sahilmehta97|Sahilmehta97]] - Will contribute to Raisin Moth - Cadra figulilella for a Behevioral Ecology Project
* [[User:Santosh namby|Santosh Namby Chandran]]
* [[User:Sarahxyang|Sarahxyang]]
* [[User:Shreenidhipm|Shreenidhi PM]] - I am working on ''[[Eurybia elvina]]'' butterfly 
* [[User:Sjwang312|Sjwang312]]
* [[User:Sklopedia8|Sklopedia8]] - Contributing to ''[[Eacles imperialis]]'' for my Writing for Biologists class
* [[User:Slzeng|Slzeng]]
* [[User:Srosefuqua|Srosefuqua]] - Working on ''Heliconius melpomene'' for my Behavioral Ecology class.
* [[User:S.srivatsa|S.srivatsa]] - New here, and interested in moths and butterflies in the US and Midwestern US. 
* [[User:Sungjaepark|Sungjaepark]] -Working on Hemileauca lucina for my Behavioral Ecology course
* [[User:ThorbyTech|ThorbyTech]] - still new here. Learning to edit by adding references to species.
* [[User:Treichar|Treichar]] - Interested in leps of the mid-Atlantic states of the United States.
* [[User:Uhm.s|Stacey Uhm]] - Planning on contributing to the Marsh fritillary butterfly page
* [[User:Vitaly Charny|Vitaly Charny]]
* [[User:vkrishnan2|vkrishnan2]] - I am studying the [[Indian mealmoth]] and am editing the wikipedia page for that moth. I am also going to be editing the [[Ostrinia Scapulalis]] page.
* [[User:WAdekunle|Wumi Adekunle]]- I like butterflies
* [[User:Wloveral|Wloveral]] ([[User talk:Wloveral|talk]]) — Butterflies from the Amazon, and butterfly conservation generally
* [[User:Y.shin|Y.shin]] - will be contributing to the ''[[Spodoptera litura]]'' page
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==WikiProject guidelines==
The following guidelines have been established with consensus after reasoned debate in WikiProject Lepidoptera and should be followed. In case of exceptions please discuss first on the talk page.
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Article Classification#Article importance grading scheme|Article importance grading scheme]].

==Format for article==
A suggested format for articles on Lepidoptera is given in the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Article formats|Article formats page]]'''. 

See ''[[Moduza procris]]'' (commander) and ''[[Eacles imperialis]]'' (imperial moth) as examples of typical species accounts.

Some species have extremely little information and are little more than stubs, so most of these headings are deleted. See ''[[Parnassius imperator augustus]]'' (imperial Apollo) as an example. Such species in a single genus probably would merit consolidation in the near future, as per the accepted usage.

In some cases, the species has additional interesting information which merits separate sections and sub-sections. These are issues such as taxonomy, polymorphy, mimicry, ant-association, migration or any such feature characteristic to that species and warranting a detailed treatment by itself. Hence additional headings are provided on an as-required basis. The sequence of headings, sections and sub-sections may also be changed to represent the information in the best and most convenient manner possible.

See ''[[Danaus chrysippus]]'' (plain tiger) and ''[[Papilio polytes]]'' (common Mormon) as such examples.

==Article assessment and quality==
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==Monitoring==
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===Articles needing cleanup===
*[https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Lepidoptera.html Lepidoptera articles with maintenance and cleanup category listings]

===Popular pages===
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Popular pages]]

==Progress==
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[[User:AshLin/Draft guidelines for categorisation|Draft guidelines for categorisation]] will help you to categorise the articles sensibly and consistently.-->

==Goals==
One key aim is to set an extremely high standard of writing quality and user-friendliness in this project.

===Use of media and level of detail===
The articles try to display as many relevant images as possible. The aim being to be as useful and encyclopedic as is necessary. We would like to have, and in some cases, we have been able to obtain photos of:
* Adult (imago), egg, larva (or caterpillar) and chrysalis (pupa or cocoon).
* Male and female forms, polymorphic forms, mimic forms, dorsal and ventral views.
* Butterflies and moths involved in activities such as nectar-sipping, mud-puddling, mating, basking, migration, etc.
* Comparison of photos between models and mimics.
* Photos of any other aspect of natural history relevant such as host plant or parasites.
* Drawings or illustrations from old books, paintings or sculpture.

In the future we would like to attach video clips, list of common and vernacular names, distribution maps and comparison galleries to ease species identification.

==Tasks==
===Task Set 1 - Get the basic framework up===
* Prepare viable checklists for each family of Lepidoptera.
* Get the taxonomic check done through various resources:
** http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/ may eventually be the primary database to lookup
**WikiSpecies pages on Lepidoptera are growing, so check [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera Lepidoptera overall] or [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Papilioniformes Butterflies] to see what has been posted on this sister Wiki project.
** LEPINDEX ([http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/index.dsml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409161228/http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/index.dsml |date=2008-04-09 }}). (N.B., LepIndex is not 100% accurate (though very close to it!), nor very up-to-date. Where recent authoritative publications post date the taxonomy in LepIndex, use and cite them.)
** Markku Savela's site - [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/intro.html Lepidoptera and some other life forms].(N.B. Incomplete and incorrect at places, a collection of disparate data; good for a quick and dirty overview).
**Tree of Life Web site ([http://tolweb.org/ TOLWeb]) (Basically lists of species in genera. Suitable for seeing which species are presently considered valid by the panel of experts for that family/subfamily/genera).
**WikiSpecies pages on Lepidoptera are growing, so check [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera there] to see what has been posted on this sister Wiki project.
** '''van Nieukirken et al., 2011'''. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In:Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal Biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. ''[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Zootaxa]'' '''[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/3148.html 3148]''': [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p221.pdf 212-221]. <small>[open access paper published in December 2011]</small>
* Place the stubs.
* Prepare articles to extent possible up to the required standard.
* Place images suitably captioned.
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===Task Set 2 - Get value-added activities into place===
* Prepare Wikicards on various species of Lepidoptera.
* Prepare Wikicourse on Lepidoptera, butterflies or moths.
* Prepare regional checklists, list of foodplants etc.
* Prepare a Wikibook on Lepidoptera, butterflies or moths.
* Coordinate information with Wikispecies and Wiktionary.-->

===Task Set 2 - Improve general standard of the project===
* Get maximum information, images, links and references for each article. Each article to be made up to required standard.
* Get a recording for spoken Wikipedia for each stable article.
* Get short videos appropriately for each article, convert to Ogg Theora, place on WM Commons and link up on the articles.
* Get maps ready for each species and place in each article.

==Article and task requests==
*[[Sloth moth]], aka ''[[Bradipodicola hahneli]]'' {{done}} [[User:AshLin|AshLin]] ([[User talk:AshLin|talk]]) 08:57, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
*[[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of insecta]]
**[[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of lepidopterans]] (but many are still in the parent category)
*[[Lasiocampa quercus]] (Oak eggar) - I've been working on this article today, but I can't find any information on the range of this species beyond Britain and Ireland, other than mentions in France and Spain. It's in the category Moths of Africa, too. Can anyone help? [[User:Tony Holkham|<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;color:#000000">Tony Holkham</span></b>]] [[User talk:Tony Holkham|''<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;color:#008080">(Talk)</span></b>'']] 21:25, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
** Tony - check out the Fauna Europaea entry at https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/962668a0-71b8-47ec-a0eb-d2cd1254db4b and the Lepiforum.de entry at http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Lasiocampa_Quercus [[User:HKmoths|HKmoths]] ([[User talk:HKmoths|talk]]) 07:25, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
* [[Atalopedes campestris]] Been working on this but it is my first time at doing this level of original work. I don't think it's a stub-class article anymore but not sure how or where to ask for that to be changed. [[User:PopularOutcast|<span style="color:#ff00cc;">'''Popular'''</span><span style="color:#6600cc;">'''Outcast'''</span>]] [[User talk:PopularOutcast|<sup><span style="color:#ff9900;">'''talk2me'''</span></sup>]] 01:28, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
::{{U|PopularOutcast}}, you just change the banner at the top of the articles's talk page from Stub to Start. {{done}} [[User:Tony Holkham|<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;color:#000000">Tony Holkham</span></b>]] [[User talk:Tony Holkham|''<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;color:#008080">(Talk)</span></b>'']] 08:46, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
* [[Laothoe populi]] The list of synonyms in the info box is enormous and disrupts the flow of the article. Unless anyone objects, I will make this a three-column section in the body of the article. I've repeated this on the article's talk page. [[User:Tony Holkham|<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;color:#000000">Tony Holkham</span></b>]] [[User talk:Tony Holkham|''<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;color:#008080">(Talk)</span></b>'']] 10:58, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
* I need help on [[Atalopedes campestris]]. I've done the best I can. I am not a biologist so I think some part are not clear or I may have interpreted wrong from my research. I would like some feedback and pointers. Also, is there any way to request photos for larvae and eggs? I've found a handful online but there is no indication of who owns them or what kind of license they have. Also, they are not on reputable websites so I am not even 100% sure they are the right species.[[User:PopularOutcast|<span style="color:#ff00cc;">'''Popular'''</span><span style="color:#6600cc;">'''Outcast'''</span>]] [[User talk:PopularOutcast|<sup><span style="color:#ff9900;">'''talk2me'''</span></sup>]] 02:13, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
* '''Classification updates in [[Noctuoidea]]''' - this stems from my adding a talk note "Classification of ''Athetis''" on the recently created page [[Athetis hongkongensis]]. ''[[Athetis]]'' is placed in the subtribe [[Athetiina]], of [[Caradrinini]], in [[Noctuinae]], by Holloway (2011)<ref>Holloway, 2011. ''Moths of Borneo'' '''2''' http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-2/family-noctuidae.php</ref>, and also in Kononenko & Pinratana (2013),<ref>Kononenko & Pinratana, 2013 ''Moths of Thailand'' '''3'''(2) [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir_Kononenko/publication/303868715_Kononenko_V_S_A_Pinratana_Moth_of_Thailand_Vol_3_Part_2_Noctuoidea_An_illustrated_Catalogue_of_Erebidae_Nolidae_Euteliidae_and_Noctuidae_Insecta_Lepidoptera_in_Thailand_Brothers_of_St_Gabriel_in_Thail/links/5759700c08aed884620ae121/Kononenko-V-S-A-Pinratana-Moth-of-Thailand-Vol-3-Part-2-Noctuoidea-An-illustrated-Catalogue-of-Erebidae-Nolidae-Euteliidae-and-Noctuidae-Insecta-Lepidoptera-in-Thailand-Brothers-of-St-Gabriel-in.pdf Noctuoidea. An illustrated Catalogue of Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) in Thailand]</ref> which were both based on (developed in parallel with) the molecular review of Noctuidae by <ref>Zahiri ''et al''. 2013. http://doi:10{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.1111/zsc.12022</ref>. The American list (see Results paras 11 & 12 of <ref>Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2013 http://doi:10{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.3897/zookeys.264.4441</ref> and Fauna Europaea https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bb9d98b2-73dc-4b51-af53-cfc41f467c1f both now follow this arrangement. The [[Acronictinae]] is not the correct placement for [[Athetis]].  I suspect that there will be a lot of incorrect Wikipedia placements of genera in Noctuidae, as most volunteer Wiki editors/contributors have not yet caught up with the major recent upheavals in Lepidoptera classification. This is going to take a lot of effort, as thousands of species pages will be in need of correcting/updating..... We should follow the Zahirian approach as implemented by the American and European listings. The Fauna Europaea website's database already is updated, so there is no excuse to have Wikipedia out of data or incorrect. I can do a few items as time allows, but I am bogged down with other projects at work most of the time, so am looking to all other participants to give a bit of time to check Noctuioidea (i.e. [[Erebidae]], [[Noctuidae]], [[Nolidae]], [[Euteliidae]]) taxa, especially subfamily, tribe, subtribe, genera) and their taxonomic placement.  See also <ref>Zahiri, R.; Kitching, I. J.; Lafontaine, J. D.; Mutanen, M.; Kaila, L.; Holloway, J. D. & Wahlberg, N., 2010. A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). ''Zoologica Scripta'' '''40''': 158-173</ref> ; <ref>Zahiri, R.; Holloway, J. D.; Kitching, I. J.; Lafontaine, D.; Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N., 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). ''Systematic Entomology'' '''37''': 102-124</ref> and <ref>Zahiri, R.; Lafontaine, J. D.; Holloway, J. D.; Kitching, I. J.; Schmidt, B. C.; Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N., 2013. Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics. ''Cladistics'' '''29''': 337-359. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cla.12001.</ref>. It is worth noting that the Fauna Europaea concept of [[Acontiinae]] differs from the Borneo listing quite considerably.[[User:HKmoths|HKmoths]] ([[User talk:HKmoths|talk]]) 07:15, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
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*I am working on a page about a new species of butterfly. Please, I want the new article that I created in my sandbox to be checked and see if it is up to Wikipedia standards. If there are any problems or anything you would like to add let me know. If the article is okay let me know so that I can paste it as a new article on Wikipedia. The link is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Space_chinedu/sandbox. I really appreciate if the new article I made is verified.
:*{{brackets|[[User talk:Space chinedu#Blocked]]}} [[User:Invasive Spices|Invasive Spices]] ([[User talk:Invasive Spices|talk]]) 15:58, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
*''Mythimna irrorata'' (& ''Timora irrorata'') [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythimna_irrorata] is with incorrect synonyms and appears to be an incorrect merger of two species .... confusing because both species were described in 1881 by Moore, but note the different pagination. Full synonymies can be found on Funet (links below).  Please can someone address this issue?
**''[[Mythimna irrorata]]'' (Moore, 1881: 341) - https://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hadeninae/mythimna/#irrorata
**''[[Timora irrorata]]'' (Moore, 1881: 364) - https://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/heliothinae/timora/#irrorata [[User:HKmoths|HKmoths]] ([[User talk:HKmoths|talk]]) 06:41, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

=== WikiProject cleanup listing ===
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*[https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/alpha/Lepidoptera.html This project's listing in one big table]
*[https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Lepidoptera.html By categories]

==Templates==
===Stub templates===
*{{tl|butterfly-stub}}   
For example, placing the stub on a page gives the following effect:
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It also places the associated stub category [[:Category:Moth stubs]] on the page.

Aside - the butterfly-stub shows a [[Morpho menelaus|blue morpho]] butterfly, a [[Nymphalidae|nymphalid]], while the moth-stub depicts an [[Attacus atlas|Atlas moth]], a [[Saturniidae|saturniid]] moth.

We now have stubs for many Lepidoptera superfamilies/families. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lepidoptera/stubs|here]] for the full list.

===Talk page template===
Please place <nowiki>{{WikiProject Lepidoptera|class=article_quality|importance=article_importance|needs-photo=}}</nowiki> at the top of each article's talk page. This will help to direct editors to WikiProject Lepidoptera for guidance. The arguments to be filled for importance and quality can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Article Classification]]. The value "article_quality" is a measure of the quality of the concerned article and will be one of the following: FA, GA, A, B, B, C, Start, Stub, List or Category. Similarly, "article_importance" is one of: top, high, mid or low. The "needs-photo" item if given a value of "yes" will indicate that a photograph is needed. An example of a WikiProject template with values of "B" for quality and "high" for importance and "yes" for needing a photograph will look like this:

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===Lepidoptera families listbox template===
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Placing this template on a page results in a box as shown below:
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There's also the superfamily template, incorporating some of the historical and hobbyist terminology (not for taxonomic use).
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===WikiProject Lepidoptera userbox===
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==Important lists==

* [[:Category:Lists of butterflies by location]]
* [[:Category:Lists of Lepidoptera by food]]
* [[List of moths]]
* [[Sphingidae species list]]

==Important articles==
Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Articles]].

==Adopt an article==
*Wolterbot has [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Lepidoptera/Archive5#WikiProject_cleanup_listing|added WikiProject Lepidoptera]] to its subscribed service. Find articles to work on here:
** [http://toolserver.org/~svick/CleanupListing/CleanupListing.php?project=Lepidoptera Wolterbot's project listing in one big table]
** [http://toolserver.org/~svick/CleanupListing/CleanupListingByCat.php?project=Lepidoptera Wolterbot's project listing by categories] 
*Keep watch on project articles [http://toolserver.org/~tim1357/cgi-bin/wikiproject_watchlist.py?template=WikiProject%20Lepidoptera&order=desc&limit=200&t=0&m=1&b=1&user=&off=428417801&cat=0&hip=0&q=1 here] using Tim12357's WikiProject Watchlist.
*Article alerts for this WikiProject can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lepidoptera/Article_alerts|here]].

==Resources==
===Resources provided by participants of this project===
* '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Library|Project Library]]''' - A collection of sources from participants of the project. 
* [[User:VirenVaz/Taxonomists|List species authors with wikilinks]].
* [[Glossary of Lepidopteran terms|Glossary of terms connected with Lepidoptera]].
* [[User:AshLin/Resource_Plant_List|List of food plants of Lepidoptera (under preparation)]].
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bingham%27s_Fauna_of_British_India_%28Butterflies%29  Bingham's Fauna of British India (Butterflies)].

===Project subpages===
For a complete list of project subpages see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixindex&from=WikiProject+Lepidoptera&namespace=4 here].
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/To do]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Log]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Articles]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Article Classification]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Unidentified pictures]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Unclear facts]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Family taxobox example]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Genus taxobox example]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Species taxobox example]]
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*[[:Category:Unassessed Lepidoptera articles]]

===Online===
====General====
*[http://tolweb.org/Lepidoptera Tree of Life website]
*[https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/ LepIndex 'LepIndex' Project of National Museum of Natural History, London]. Queries on the site can be placed at: [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/index.dsml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409161228/http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/index.dsml |date=2008-04-09 }}. WARNING: Just did a check but Lepindex can not be trusted wrt "original combination". '''LepIndex was last updated in 2012, and many parts of it are outdated or otherwise incorrect.''' It is '''no longer''' recommended that LepIndex be used as the authoritative reference to check Lepidoptera taxonomy. A revised, curated dataset based on the LepIndex digitized card archive, which is in the process of being corrected and updated, exists as '''Global Lepidoptera Index''' (and has been linked further down this list)
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:*Usage of data from LepIndex in scientific publications should be acknowledged using the following format:
::Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. [[The Global Lepidoptera Names Index]] (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 6 January 2007]. 
:*If you wish to cite any unpublished information from LepIndex then please credit the person responsible for it (presuming the name of an individual is given). For example, on the card for bibarra Chu & Wang, 1991 there is a pencil annotation by M. Shaffer written in 1991, which indicates that he transferred this species to the genus CANAEA (thus CANAEA bibarra is an unpublished or MS combination). The citation should therefore be as follows:-
::Shaffer, M. In: Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 6 January 2007].
:*Note, however, that some of the 'manuscript changes' written on the cards may have subsequently been published. It is therefore advisable to contact the person responsible for the annotation and ask whether or not this is the case. Note that Mike Shaffer, responsible for many of the manuscript notes in Pyraloidea and Thyridoidea has passed away. Thorough literature searches will be needed to establish if there have been published name changes, but also check the [http://www.pyraloidea.org/ Globiz Pyraloidea] database.
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*{{cite web |last1=Beccaloni |first1=G. |last2=Scoble |first2=M. |last3=Kitching |first3=I. |last4=Simonsen |first4=T. |last5=Robinson |first5=G. |last6=Pitkin |first6=B. |last7=Hine |first7=A. |last8=Lyal |first8=C. |last9=Ollerenshaw |first9=J. |last10=Wing |first10=P. |editor-last=Hobern |editor-first=D. |title=Global Lepidoptera Index v1.1.24.171 |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=2024-06-19}} The Global Lepidoptera is an updated version of the Lepidoptera Names Index (Lepindex), curated in TaxonWorks. Many groups still have inaccuracies and errors carried over from Lepindex,but some familiees and superfamilies have seen significant updates (see list in status box below). Other groups have not being updated because there are alternative taxonomic resources covering those families and superfamilies (see box below).
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; Global Lepidoptera Index ([https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233256 checklistbank])
Families that have seen significant updates since Lepindex:
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233663 Micropterigoidea]: Micropterigidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233414 Eriocranioidea]: Eriocraniidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233645 Agathiphagoidea]: Agathiphagidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233270 Heterobathmioidea]: Heterobathmiidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233759 Neopseustoidea]: Acanthopteroctetidae, Aenigmatineidae, Neopseustidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233471 Lophocoronoidea]: Lophocoronidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233368 Hepialoidea]: Anomosetidae, Mnesarchaeidae, Neotheoridae, Palaeosetidae, Prototheoridae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=745028 Andesianoidea]: Andesianidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233518 Adeloidea]: Adelidae, Cecidosidae, Heliozelidae, Incurvariidae, Prodoxidae, Tridentaformidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233340 Tischeroidea]: Tischeriidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233307 Palaephatoidea]: Palaephatidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233324 Tineoidea]: Psychidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233686 Yponomeutoidea]: Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, Tonzidae, Yponomeutidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233685 Simaethistoidea]: Simaethistidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233364 Gelechioidea]: Autostichidae, Elachistinae (Elachistidae), Lecithoceridae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233320 Drepanoidea]: Thyatiridae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233722 Geometroidea]: Pseudobistonidae
* [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/classification?taxonKey=233475 Noctuoidea]: Oenosandridae, Scranciidae, Notodontidae, Lithosiini (Erebidae: Arctiinae), Micronoctuini (Erebidae: Hypenodinae
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"The Global Lepidoptera Index is not at present actively maintained for the following Lepidoptera groups since these are maintained in other public datasets" (see list below with links to checkkistbank and date of update):
* Hepialidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/265709/about A Revised World Catalogue of Ghost Moths] (2024)
* Nepticulidae, Opostegidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/1172/about Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World] (2016)
* Tineidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/1031/about Global taxonomic database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)] (2011)
* Gracillariidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/1049/about Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae] (2024) https://www.gracillariidae.net/
* Gelechiidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2362/about Catalogue of World Gelechiidae] (2024)
* Alucitidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2207/about Catalogue of the Alucitoidea of the World] (2024) https://alucitoidea.hobern.net/
* Pterophoridae, Macropiratidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/1199/about Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World] https://pterophoroidea.hobern.net
* Tortricidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/219318/about World Catalogue of the Tortricidae] (2018) http://tortricidae.com/
* Sesiidae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/about Checklist of the Sesiidae of the world] (2024) http://www.sesiidae.net/Checklst.htm
* Papilionidae, Pieridae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/1046/about Global Butterfly Information System] (2013)
* Geometridae: [https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/about Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae] (2024) https://geometroidea.smns-bw.org/introduction
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* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/ Lepidopteran caterpillar hosts database] Another project of the Natural History Museum. It is a database of larval foodplants of butterflies. You can search by butterfly_name, butterfly_family_name, plant_name, plant_family_name and  country/region.
* Another interesting taxonomy project from Finland! The gentleman, Markku Savela, uses perl scripts to generate rough distribution maps from the text data on distribution. The site is at : [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/index.html]
* {{cite web |url=http://www.insects-online.de/frames/papilio.htm |title=Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft) |author=Häuser, Christoph L. |author2=de Jong, Rienk |author3=Lamas, Gerardo |author4=Robbins, Robert K. |author5=Smith, Campbell |author6=Vane-Wright, Richard I. |date=28 July 2005 |publisher= |accessdate=24 October 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909141739/http://www.insects-online.de/frames/papilio.htm |url-status=dead }}
*[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook/The_Macrolepidoptera_of_the_World_1000840314#1  Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 2 Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912–1913 '''in English translation''']

====By taxonomy====
* {{cite web |last1=Hobern |first1=Donald |title=Catalogue of World Pterophoidea |url=https://pterophoroidea.hobern.net/ |website=Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=5 May 2023}} - families [[Pterophoridae]] and [[Macropiratidae]], with an acknowledgement that research has shown the latter to not belong in the Pterophoroidea (but not formally assigned elsewhere yet, either) 
* {{cite web |last1=Hobern |first1=Donald |title=Catalogue of World Alucitoidea|url=https://alucitoidea.hobern.net/ |website=Catalogue of the Alucitoidea of the World |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=5 May 2023}}
* [http://www.pyraloidea.org/ Globiz Pyraloidea database]
* [https://geometroidea.smns-bw.org/geometridae/Catalogue/ An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae]
* [https://www.gracillariidae.net/ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae]
* [http://tortricidae.com/ World Catalogue of the Tortricidae]
* [http://www.sesiidae.net/Checklst.htm Checklist of the Sesiidae of the world]
* [http://www.nymphalidae.net/Nymphalidae/home.htm NYMPHALIDAE.net]

====By area====
=====Africa=====
*[http://www.afromoths.net/ Afromoths]{{anchor|Afromoths}}
:*'''Linking to Afromoths''': On the Afromoths website, maintained by Jurate and Willy De Prins at the [[Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences]], pages for species have somewhat dynamic links. Linking to the URL in the browser's address window will not reliably continue to go to that species. Each species page has a "Permalink" button - right clicking on that button and selecting "Copy Link Location", "Copy link address" or similar depending on your browser, will put the [[permanent link]] for that species into your [[Clipboard (computing)|clipboard]], from which it can be pasted into the link you are creating.

=====Europe=====
*[https://www.leps.it/ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa]
*[https://bladmineerders.nl/ Plant parasites of Europe]
*[https://ukmoths.org.uk/ UKMoths]

=====North America=====
*[https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)]
*[https://bugguide.net/node/view/57 BugGuide.net]. North America north of Mexico.
*[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Plates.shtml North American Moth Photographers Group]. Published by the Mississippi Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University.
*[https://massmoths.org/ Mass Moths]. Moths of Massachusetts.

=====Oceania=====
*[http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/butter.html Butterflies of Australia], [http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/moths.html Moths of Australia], [http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/larvae.html Caterpillars].

===Print===
*Charles A. Triplehorn, Norman F. Johnson ''Borror and DeLong's introduction to the study of insects'', 7th edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2005 - Excellent reference for insects. The keys are for North-America but can apply also to European insects.

*Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). 1999. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda:   Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.  For taxonomy...

*Scoble, MJ. 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form Function and Diversity. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-854952-0}} Excellent for Lep biology. However, Scoble seems to have changed his mind about some of the taxonomy: here, he has Geometroidea and Uranioidea, but in his chapter in Kristensen, he has Uraniidae and Sematuriidae in Geometroidea.

==Sister project searches==
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Lepidoptera&go=Go WikiBooks search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:en.wikibooks.org+Lepidoptera Google WikiBooks search]
*[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Lepidoptera&go=Go WikiQuote search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:en.wikiquote.org+Lepidoptera} Google WikiQuote search]
*[http://wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Lepidoptera&go=Go WikiSource search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:wikisource.org+Lepidoptera Google WikiSource search]

==Web sites helping identification==
* [https://www.inaturalist.org/ iNaturalist]
* [http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plates/mplate.htm Nearctica.com for North American butterflies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911201714/http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plates/mplate.htm |date=2008-09-11 }}
* [http://www.neotropicalbutterflies.com/ Neotropical Butterflies for Central and South America – post images to the relevant country forum for appropriate feedback]

==Sister project links==
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