Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Article formats

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Contents 1 Format for article 1.1 Taxobox 1.2 Introductory paragraph 1.3 Description 1.4 Range 1.5 Status 1.6 Habitat 1.7 Habits 1.8 Life cycle 1.9 Host-plants 1.10 References 1.11 See also 1.12 External links 1.13 Templates 1.14 Categorisation of articles 2 Examples of articles

[edit] Format for article

A suggested format for articles on species of Lepidoptera is given below. This is more as a guideline than as a rule.

• Taxobox
• Introductory paragraph
• Description
• Range
• Status
• Habitat
• Habits
• Life cycle. Comprises :

• Egg
• Caterpillar
• Pupa
• Imago

• Host-plants
• References(printed material only)
• See also (for Wiki sites)
• External links (for websites)
• Categories, templates etc.

[edit] Taxobox

For examples of taxobox see

[edit] Introductory paragraph

[edit] Description

[edit] Range

[edit] Status

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Habits

[edit] Life cycle

Comprises :

• Egg
• Caterpillar
• Pupa
• Imago

[edit] Host-plants

[edit] References

(printed material only)

[edit] See also

(for Wiki sites)

[edit] External links

(for websites)

[edit] Templates

[edit] Categorisation of articles

Draft guidelines for categorisation will help you to categorise the articles sensibly and consistently.

• Category:Lepidoptera is the main container category.
• Category:Butterflies.
• Category:Moths.

[edit] Examples of articles

See Commander Limenitis procris and Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis as an example of a typical species account.

Some species have extremely little information and are virtually little more than stubs, so most of these headings are deleted. See Imperial Apollo Parnassius imperator augustus as an example. Such species in a single genus probably would merit consolidation in the near future, as per the accepted usage.

In some cases, the species has additional interesting information which merits separate sections and sub-sections. These are issues such as taxonomy, polymorphy, mimicry, ant-association, migration or any such feature characteristic to that species and warranting a detailed treatment by itself. Hence additional headings are provided on an as-required basis. The sequence of headings, sections and sub-sections may also be changed to represent the information in the best and most convenient manner possible.

See Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus and Common Mormon Papilio polytes as such examples.