Collections of the Lepidoptera Section

Species catalogues

In systematical order of families according to Karsholt & Razowski (1996)

In the following catalogues, the numbers and codes after the species names mean:

• (1) family code-number in ZSM = position in the collection hall
• (2) drawer number within this family
• (3) total number of specimens. - Abbreviation of countries represented on the labels (facultative).
• Example:
• taraxaci Esp. Lemonia Hbn. 102 / 1 / 80 / A, CH, F, I, YU, RO
• (1) family 102 = Lemoniidae
• (2) the queried species is stored in drawer 1
• (3) There are 80 specimens from Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, former Yugoslavia, and Romania

Hepialidae

Endromidae

Saturniidae

Lemoniidae

Pieridae (Colias) (PDF, 411 KB)

Drepanidae

Geometridae

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X-Z

Noctuidae (overview of subfamilies)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z

Lymantriidae

There are MS-Access databases available of Zygaenidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae s. l., Nymphalidae s. l., and Arctiidae. We are working on making these data availabel online.