Annette Aiello Lepidoptera Collection (STRI-AALC)

Annette Aiello reared Lepidoptera as well as some other orders, occupies 75 Cornell drawers. The collection includes mounted head capsules, pupal exuviae, cocoons and other abandoned parts.
Curator: Annette Aiello, aielloa@si.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-5233-4841)
Data Technician/Photographer: Marleny Rivera, RiveraME@si.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0003-1231-4579)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 887954c0-3c96-4da4-8c46-2fe3360bbced
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 9,896 specimen records
  • 2,369 (24%) georeferenced
  • 256 (3%) with images (383 total images)
  • 7,371 (74%) identified to species
  • 145 families
  • 506 genera
  • 509 species
  • 551 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Achlyodes (42)
  • Antigonus (40)
  • Astraptes (14)
  • Bungalotis (28)
  • Calpodes (4)
  • Celaenorrhinus (13)
  • Cephise (18)
  • Chiomara (4)
  • Chrysoplectrum (13)
  • Cycloglypha (12)
  • Cyclosemia (20)
  • Cynea (12)
  • Dione (3)
  • Drephalys (7)
  • Dyscophellus (5)
  • Elbella (17)
  • Epargyreus (27)
  • Eracon (10)
  • Gorgythion (11)
  • Helias (2)
  • Hesperiinae (3)
  • Hyalothyrus (5)
  • Milanion (8)
  • Mysoria (27)
  • Nascus (4)
  • Nisoniades (21)
  • Ouleus (36)
  • Paches (24)
  • Pachyneuria (13)
  • Paramimus (7)
  • Pellicia (37)
  • Perichares (3)
  • Polyctor (30)
  • Polythrix (20)
  • Pyrrhopyge (22)
  • Pythonides (17)
  • Quadrus (72)
  • Rekoa (3)
  • Salatis (14)
  • Saliana (7)
  • Sostrata (17)
  • Staphylus (3)
  • Talides (3)
  • Thracides (7)
  • Timochares (4)
  • Timochreon (3)
  • Typhedanus (15)
  • Urbanus (8)
  • Xenophanes (24)
  • Yanguna (4)