KWP Lepidoptera Collection (Arctos) (UAM-KWP)
Kenelm W. Philip Lepidoptera collection,includes the Alaska Lepidoptera Survey (ALS) collection. ALS was a citizen science initiative lead by Dr. Philip that was active from 1970 to 2014 and included over 600 people. 90% of the KWP pinned collection (~43,200 specimens) will be transferred to the NMNH in August 2018.
Contact: Derek Sikes (dssikes@alaska.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 March 2019
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
- 82,225 occurrence
- 82,005 (100%) georeferenced
- 64,156 (78%) identified to species
- 45 families
- 278 genera
- 572 species
- 574 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
