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Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Ireland 1979 (An Foras Forbartha)

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Butterfly distribution in Ireland

Geographic Coverage: The island of Ireland

Temporal Coverage: 1940 to 1979

Species Groups recorded: insect - butterfly

Dataset Status: Records from Michael O'Meara and Ken Bond were removed from the dataset, as their records are already available as separate surveys on the system.

Additional Information: The records were published as Ní Lamhna, E. (1980) Distribution atlas of butterflies in Ireland. Irish Biological Records Centre, Dublin.

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Date released 2018-03-12
Date updated 2018-03-12
Dataset conforms to these standards The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
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Language English
Landing page http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/94
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-10.55350436, 51.44618814],[-10.55350436, 55.42956303], [-5.45951783, 55.42956303], [-5.45951783, 51.44618814], [-10.55350436, 51.44618814]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) TM75 / Irish Grid (EPSG:29903)
Vertical Extent {"verticalDomainName": "EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height", "minVerticalExtent": "0", "maxVerticalExtent": "0"}
Provenance information The data would have been checked by staff of the Biological Records Centre (An Foras Forbartha) when received from recorders. Data Capture Method: Casual field observations Data Capture Purpose: To understand geographic distribution of butterflies in Ireland Original Format: The dataset would originally been in record card format. The current version of the dataset is in an Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It is unclear who would have digitised the records.
Period of time covered (begin) 1940-01-01
Period of time covered (end) 1984-12-31