Finds of Lepidoptera species in the steppe zone of Ukraine according to some literature resources

Study Extent

The dataset was created after excluding data from already published literature resources and internet open-access resource.

Sampling

All information of the registration points of Lepidoptea was excluded from the following publications: 1) Zlatkov B., Budashkin Yu. Taxonomic and distributional remarks on some Palaearctic Cydia of the succedana-group with descriptions of two new species (Tortricidae). Nota lepi. 35 (1): 97 – 107; 2) Савчук В. В., Кайгородова Н. С. Новые сведения по фауне и биологии чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) Крыма. Часть II. Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень. 2020. 16(2): 255–264; 3) Karolinskiy Ye. A., Demyanenko S. A., Guglya Yu. A., Zhakov A. V., Kavurka V. V., Mushinskiy V. G.. On the fauna of Lepidoptera (Insecta) of the national nature park ‘Dvorichanskyi’ (Kharkiv region, Ukraine) and its environs. Contribution 2. The Kharkov Entomol. Soc. Gaz. 2018. Vol. XXVI, iss. 1. P. 55–114; 4) Будашкин Ю. И. Материалы по фауне Чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) Казантипского природного заповедника. Труды Никитского ботанического сада – Национального научного центра. 2006. Том 126. С. 263-290. The data from open-access internet resource (https://lepidoptera.crimea.ua/index.htm) about butterflies of Crimea was also used.

Quality Control

The authors are fully responsible for the quality of data provided within the dataset.

Method steps

1. Examining of the information provided within the resource.
2. Organizing of the dataset according to Darwin Core requirements.
3. Georeferencing.

The dataset includes anly representatives of Lepidoptera.

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Arthropoda
   rank: phylum
3. Insecta
   rank: class
4. Lepidoptera
   rank: order

The dataset consists of finds of Lepidoptera from the territory of Ukraine (Kharkiv region, Autonomuos Republic of Crimea) and several registration points from Bulgaria.