Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Article formats

Detailed taxonomic information, including notes on how taxa are defined and how they vary between different systems, belongs in the article proper. Where possible, however, a standard table will be provided to allow easier navigation between related groups and quick identification of what sort of organisms are being discussed. These are called taxoboxes. A typical taxobox is shown at right (it belongs on the top right of the page Cetacea).

There are three main sections to the taxobox:

A header showing the name of the group, sometimes followed by a representative image.
A table showing the placement of the group in a typical classification system.
A footer, whose content varies, showing the binomial name or a species, or a list of subgroups for higher taxa.

Some items that are often included, but are not (necessarily) standardized, include:

Range map (see, for example, Orca)
Synonyms (See the taxobox shown here and Euploea radamanthus)

Position: The taxobox generally belongs at the top right corner of the article, unless it has been decided otherwise on the relevant talk page - for instance, if the article is not primarily about the biological group.

For examples of taxobox see :-

[edit] Introductory paragraph

The introductory part of an article is very important. (See Wikipedia:Lead section for general guidelines)

[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~~ should be commented out. 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.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera/Article formats

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Contents

[edit] Format for article

[edit] Taxobox

[edit] Taxoboxes