Our Collection

Thanks to donations from colleagues and our own expeditions, we have gathered one of the most comprehensive butterfly collections for DNA studies worldwide. At this moment it consists of more than 45 thousand specimens representing 80 countries. All samples are stored in ethanol at -20ºC and carefully databased.


These butterflies are precious for scientific research, and some of them may be invaluable in the future to document vanishing biodiversity.


Contributions: If you have the opportunity to collect butterflies, even broken ones and at any life stage, please consider donating some to science! Almost any region and species may be of interest. Butterflies should be kept as dry as possible (high temperature is not a problem, but humidity destroys DNA) and ideally not older than a few years. Providing basic information on the locality and date of collection is also important. Of course, you will be acknowledged in any publication where your samples are used!


Loans: If you are interested in using some of these samples for your scientific projects, please do not hesitate contacting us.

 

We are lucky to have the invaluable help of good friends committed with butterfly research that are providing important samples to our collection. Thanks to:


Aagaard, Kaare; Acosta, Bene; Agabebian, K.; Aldwell, Bob; Amiet, J.L; Anastassiu, Hristos; Antonietty, Carlos; Ardeleanu, Gheorghe; Arheilger, H.; Arnal, Joan; Audusseau, Hélène; Aunion, S.; Azzolin, Luca; Balan, C.; Barech, Ghania; Barnes, F.; Belousov, D; Benyamini, Dubi; Beránek, O.; Bere, Carol; Bergò, P.E.; Bernhard, Jost; Bertoncino, L.; Betti, G.; Bina, Pavel; Bonelli, Simona; Bossi, Stefano; Bozano, G.C.; Brockmann, E.; Cabrera, R.; Cañellas, N.; Cardoso, Anabela; Carnicer, Jofre; Carreras, David; Casagrande, Flavio; Cerný, K.; Choch, Artur; Codina, A.; Corduneanu, Constantin; Costella, B.; Coutsis, John; Crocetta, Andrea; Csaba, Sandor L.; Cuvelier, Sylvain; Dantart, Jordi; Dapporto, Leonardo; Darlow, Tim; Delnoye, Jos; Descimon, Henri; Desse, J.M.; Dincă, Irinel; Dioszeghy, L.; Djuric, M.; Duque, P.; Eastwood, R.; Eliasson, Claes; Engra, A.; Engra, M.A.; Erazo, Martha; Espeland, Marianne; Estela, J.; Farenta, F.; Fattorini, S.; Feingold, Eviator; Fisher, Stuart; Fleurent, D.; Flinck, Jari; Foix, A.; Fortuny, Alícia; Fourguer, P.; Friberg, Magne; Fumi, Michele; Galassetti, Pietro; García-Alamá, J.A.; García-Barros, Enrique; García, F.; García, J.; García, Óscar; Garre, Manuel; Gascoigne-Pees, Martin; Gieseking, W.; Gil-T., Felipe; Gilioli, Claude; Giró, Anna; Glanc, Bradle.; Goia, Marin; Gómez-Zurita, Jesús; González, F.; González, José; González, Juan (Euroreptiles); Gorbunov, O.; Gorbunov, P.; Goshko, D.; Groza, Bogdan; Gurrea, Pilar; Gyulai, P.; Hambartzumian, V.; Harding, Jesmond; Haslett, J.; Heath, Alan; Heidemaa, M.; Heres, Ana-Maria; Hernández-Roldán, Juan; Herrero-Borgoñón, J.J.; Hreblay, M.; Huertas, M.; Hughes, Maurice; Ibáñez-Orrico, M.A.; Ikram; Iva Mihoci; J. Halada; Jakovlev, R.; Jantunen, Juha; Jeffcoate, Gail; Jiménez-Cintado, M.; Jubany, Jordi; Julià, Lluc; Kandul, Nikolai; Kapkaev, A.; Karashov, Vladimir; Karolinskiy, E. Khaldi, Mourad; Klir, Jiri; Kolev, Z.; König, F.; Kosarev, A.; Kovács S.; Kovács Z.; Kumikane, N.; Kunze, S; Kuztnetzov, G.; Laffitte, R.; Lafranchis, Tristan; Larsen, Torben; Levente, Székely; Longieras, Antoine; Louda; Lucca, Azzolin; Lukhtanov, Vladimir; Major, V.; Manoliu, W.; Maravalhas, Ernestino; Marín, Marga; Markhasiov, M.; Mars. F.; Martín-Cano, Jose; Martínez-Ortí, A.; Martínez, E.; Martins, Dino J.; Mazel, Robert; Merit, Xavier; Mesdagh, X.;  Metallinou, Margarita; Molgaard, Morten S.; Molina, T.; Monasterio, Yeray; Monterde, Pep; Moreno, A.; Moreno, Oscar; Mori, Emiliano; Mortera, Hugo; Morton, A.; Muller, Chris J.; Munguira, Miguel L.; Muñoz, Joaquim; Muñoz, Miguel Ginés; Nekolný, Jan; Nelson, Brian; Nilsson, Mårten; Nogueira, G.; Olofsson, Martin; Örden, Jan; Ortuño, V.; Páramo, Ferran; Parmentier, Laurian; Parra, Beatriz; Pegoud, J; Pérez-López, Javier; Pérez-Onteniente, A.; Perez, Rafael; Picó, M.J.; Pinazo, M; Pino, Juan; Piqué, J.; Planas, E.; Pljushtech, I.; Rebbas, Khellaf; Regan, Eugenie; Renneson, J-L.; Renom, Joan Gabriel; Requejo, Jesús; Revilla, T.; Rieppel, L.; Rippey, Ian; Rodrigo, I.; Romé, Daniel; Romo, H.; Rowlings, M.; Runquist, Marten; Ruzafa, N.; Ryrholm, Nils; Sachanowicz, Konrad; Saenz, O.; Sammut, Paul; Sanchís, M.J.; Sanjurjo, Miguel J.; Savourey, M.; Schäpers, Alexander; Schifani, Enrico; Schmidt, Axel; Schulte, A.; Schurian, Klaus; Sendra, A.; Shablya, V.; Shapoval, N.; Shevnin, Yuiry; Shnip, A.; Shtinkov, Nikolai; Skolka, Marius; Sousa, Paulo Alexandre; Stefanescu, Constantí; Svensson, L.; Székely, Levente; Tomer, Ofir; Tammaru, Toomas; Tarrier, Michel; Tello, Carlos; Tennent, W. John; Teruel, S.; Thust, Rudolf; Torres Méndez, José Luis; Trotsenko, Serhiy; Tshikolovets, Vadim; Ugarte, Alfredo; Velencoso, R.; Verhulst, Joseph; Verovnik, Rudi; Viader, Santi; Vicente, Juan Carlos; Vila, Laura; Wagner, W.; Wahlberg, Niklas; Warren, Martin; Weiss, JC; Wiemers, Martin; Wiklund, Christer; Yakovlev, R.; Yeranyan, K.; Zapater, M.J.; Zieris, Vl.; Zinszner, Emmanuel; Zurilina, Valentina.

Contributors of specimens