Amazing work !!! Thank you. It would be a pretty good reference collection for us.
Kishen On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Sengupta Ashok <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Dear Ashwin, > > > Thanks for the information and the Wikimedia links. This will help us a > lot to learn more about the butrterflies. > > > Regards, > > Ashok > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> > *To:* wikimediaindia-l <[email protected]>; > butterflyindia <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 28 October 2011 8:46 PM > *Subject:* [ButterflyIndia] Harvesting Indian Butterfly Images for > Wikimedia Commmons > > > Wikimedia Commons is a repository of images under free licenses to be used > under two conditions : > Attribution (give credit to author/photographer/creator), Share-alike > (Works using these images must allow the same freedoms given to you i.e. > commercial use permitted, distribution permitted, derivatives permitted). > > *Frederic Moore* > FZS<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological_Society_of_London>(May 13, > 1830–May 10, 1907) was a > British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> > entomologist<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomologist>and assistant > curator in the East India > Company<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company>Museum, > London <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London>. He continued until the > museum was disbanded in 1879. He began compiling *Lepidoptera > indica*(1890–1913), a major work on the butterflies of the South > Asia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia> in 12 volumes, which was > completed after his death by Charles > Swinhoe<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Swinhoe>. > The plates were produced by his son, while some others were produced by John > Nugent Fitch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nugent_Fitch>. The links > for scanned volumes for Lepidoptera Indica can be found on this page: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Moore > > Shyamal has completed the image > harvesting<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lepidoptera_Indica>of > Lepidoptera > Indica<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lepidoptera_Indica&action=edit&redlink=1>volumes > 1 to 10 for Wikimedia Commons (over 2000 images). Find the images > here: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lepidoptera_Indica > > A truly humungous task which has great relevance to Indian butterfly > articles. > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin> > > ** > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Templeton_watercolour_ulster.jpg> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Templeton_watercolour_ulster.jpg> > A watercolour plate by Robert > Templeton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Templeton>with notes by > Frederic Moore on the left margin > > > > Papilio mayo > > > > > -- Enjoy
