The foundation of knowledge of the BC fauna lies in valuable collections found throughout the world.
Some of the institutions and people that have significant collections of BC material are as follows.
Collections:
Institutional Collections:
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) About 15,000 BC Lepidoptera specimens
Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM) University of British Columbia: Collection now houses over 600,000 specimens (All orders). Most holdings are from BC, the Yukon, and Alaska.
Canadian National Collection (CNC) Lepidoptera collection contains nearly 1.6 million specimens housed in over 8000 drawers and represents one of the best research collections of Lepidoptera in the world
Northern Forestry Centre Arthropod Collection approximately 50,000 specimens of over 1,850 species of Lepidoptera, mostly from western Canada, with provincial/territorial occurrences recorded for all species.
Oregon State University (OSU) Contains most of Jon Shepard’s original collection of butterflies, estimated as 25,000 specimens
Pacific Foresty Centre - Victoria (PFC)
Quesnel Museum A small (< 100 specimens) collection, but it is a historical collection of butterflies from the Okanagan
Royal BC Museum (RBCM) Lepidoptera (61,165: Pieridae (2,503), Hesperiidae (3,131), Lycaenidae (4,502), Nymphalidae (4,780), Geometridae (14,008), Noctuidae (20,207).
Simon Fraser University Biology Musuem
Strickland Museum, University of Alberta 45, 000 Pinned spread moths from the Jim Troubridge collection
Vernon Museum David L. Threatful Collection (retired from collecting), about 2,000 butterfly specimens
Private Collections:
Lars Crabo (LC)
Crispin S. Guppy (CSG) – about 40,000 BC butterflies (60,000 total butterflies) (includes John Reichel Collection (deceased) – about 1,000 BC butterflies
Roger A. Ashton Collection (retired from collecting) – about 2,000 BC butterflies)
Dave Holden (DGH) about 10,000 BC micro to macro moths - about 100 BC butterflies
Norbert G. Kondla (NGK) – about 72,000 BC butterflies (150,000 total butterflies)
Greg Pohl (GP)
Jon H. Shepard (JHS) – around 40,000 BC moths (most) and butterflies
Please let me know of other collections that should be listed. BCLeps@shaw.ca
Some of the institutions and people that have significant collections of BC material are as follows.
Collections:
Institutional Collections:
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) About 15,000 BC Lepidoptera specimens
Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM) University of British Columbia: Collection now houses over 600,000 specimens (All orders). Most holdings are from BC, the Yukon, and Alaska.
Canadian National Collection (CNC) Lepidoptera collection contains nearly 1.6 million specimens housed in over 8000 drawers and represents one of the best research collections of Lepidoptera in the world
Northern Forestry Centre Arthropod Collection approximately 50,000 specimens of over 1,850 species of Lepidoptera, mostly from western Canada, with provincial/territorial occurrences recorded for all species.
Oregon State University (OSU) Contains most of Jon Shepard’s original collection of butterflies, estimated as 25,000 specimens
Pacific Foresty Centre - Victoria (PFC)
Quesnel Museum A small (< 100 specimens) collection, but it is a historical collection of butterflies from the Okanagan
Royal BC Museum (RBCM) Lepidoptera (61,165: Pieridae (2,503), Hesperiidae (3,131), Lycaenidae (4,502), Nymphalidae (4,780), Geometridae (14,008), Noctuidae (20,207).
Simon Fraser University Biology Musuem
Strickland Museum, University of Alberta 45, 000 Pinned spread moths from the Jim Troubridge collection
Vernon Museum David L. Threatful Collection (retired from collecting), about 2,000 butterfly specimens
Private Collections:
Lars Crabo (LC)
Crispin S. Guppy (CSG) – about 40,000 BC butterflies (60,000 total butterflies) (includes John Reichel Collection (deceased) – about 1,000 BC butterflies
Roger A. Ashton Collection (retired from collecting) – about 2,000 BC butterflies)
Dave Holden (DGH) about 10,000 BC micro to macro moths - about 100 BC butterflies
Norbert G. Kondla (NGK) – about 72,000 BC butterflies (150,000 total butterflies)
Greg Pohl (GP)
Jon H. Shepard (JHS) – around 40,000 BC moths (most) and butterflies
Please let me know of other collections that should be listed. BCLeps@shaw.ca
