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Butterflies of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia (Pieridae)

Citation

Hwang W S, Feng V, Ho Q Y, Koh E J, Ang Y, Soong J (2020). Butterflies of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia (Pieridae). Version 1.2. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pmqfpa accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-12.

Description

The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) joined the Butterflies of the Southeast Asian Islands Consortium Project coordinated by Naturalis Biodiversity Center and aimed to mobilize specimen data through the digitization of butterfly specimens housed in our collection, with priorities to achieve high coverage of representative families/subfamilies.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Currently there is scant information on the sampling methods due to the idiosyncretic sampling nature undertaken by the various collectors.

Sampling

Active sweep net collecting is the most common method for collecting butterflies, although some forms of baited traps are also employed for certain groups of butterflies.

Quality Control

Quality control for this project occurs at the data capturing and data processing stages. Incomplete information that requires certain level of interpretation were conducted with annotated remarks or verbatim data for further verification. Georeferencing data added were given a conservative level of uncertainty.

Method steps

  1. Label information were first transcribed onto Excel sheets as one of the first steps of data mobilization. Event Date interpreted from verbatim date from original label. Georeferencing was conducted based on a consolidated list of unique localities. GPS coordinates were estimated post hoc using Google Earth, with verification with original collector where possible. Image association is also performed using the Excel sheet by adding the url link to each specimen after the images of the specimens were uploaded to a separate image hosting server. Image filenames were interpreted by an OCR algorithm using catalogue number label within the image taken.
    Dataset cleaned using OpenRefine and saved as csv file for uploading.

Taxonomic Coverages

This dataset consists of Pieridae butterflies found in Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. All butterflies are identified to species or subspecies.
  1. Pieridae
    common name: Sulphurs, Whites, Yellows rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Wei Song Hwang
originator
position: Curator
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
email: nhmhws@nus.edu.sg
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3462-2142
Vivian Feng
originator
position: BIFA Intern
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
Qian Yi Ho
originator
position: BIFA Intern
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
Everlyn Julya Koh
originator
position: BIFA Intern
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
Yuchen Ang
originator
position: Curator
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
Jonathan Soong
originator
position: BIFA Intern
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
Wei Song Hwang
metadata author
position: Curator
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
email: nhmhws@nus.edu.sg
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3462-2142
Wei Song Hwang
user
email: weisong@nus.edu.sg
Wei Song Hwang
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
2 Conservatory Drive, National University of Singapore
Singapore
117377
SG
email: nhmhws@nus.edu.sg
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3462-2142
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