We frequently receive queries as to what you—as a citizen and a non-specialist—can do to help this Odonata of India citizen science project or Dragonfly and Damselfly conservation in general. Below are some thoughts about what you can do.
Creating detailed species pages is a critical aspect of the development of the Butterflies of India website. If you would like to volunteer to create a species page, please email us before you start writing the text to see if anyone else is working on it, and to get specific guidance for that species.
...Each page on the Butterflies of India website has an author or a set of authors. As a policy, we give authorship only if: (a) one contributes lifecycles, which is substantial information that is not commonly found elsewhere, (b) one contributes significant range extensions, new records of larval host plants or similar new natural history information, or (c) one writes text about the species.
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...Identification key for Common Albatross (Appias albina) and Striped Albatross (Appias libythea).
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Identification key for Tailed Judy (Abisara neophron) and Spot Judy (A. chela).
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Here are some short write-ups that may be used for press release and news coverage: ABOUT THE BUTTERFLIES OF INDIA PROJECT: Full description in a structured format: See below. 200 words or less: India—a megabiodiverse country—is host to a spectacular number of butterflies, many of them endemic....
The Odonata of India website is produced as an informal, non-profit collaboration between a few institutions, groups and individuals. The website runs mainly on voluntary efforts and generous image contributions from largely amateur dragonfly-watchers. The scientific backbone is provided by more serious amateurs and working scientists who also work on this website on a voluntary basis.
...The Odonata of India Website Team: Odonata of India website is a vast project that draws upon the expertise of a large number of odonata biologists, naturalists and advanced dragonfly-watchers, and upon the generous contributions from naturalists, citizen scientists and photographers.
...Editing the taxon tree
...This is an online peer-reviewed resource designed to disseminate comprehensive information on various aspects of the biology of Indian Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), encourage their observation to study their natural history and ecology, gather population and distributional data in a centralized database, and spread awareness about their conservation.
...Odonata of India website turns 8 years old! The Odonata of India website is now 8 years old and has more than 15,000 curated images and more than 340 curated species/genera pages!
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