Thanks, Ashwin ji. Good work, Shyamal ji. On 28 October 2011 20:46, Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > > > Wikimedia Commons is a repository of images under free licenses to be used > under two conditions : > Attribution (give credit to author/photographer/creator), Share-alike > (Works using these images must allow the same freedoms given to you i.e. > commercial use permitted, distribution permitted, derivatives permitted). > > *Frederic Moore* > FZS<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological_Society_of_London>(May 13, > 1830–May 10, 1907) was a > British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> > entomologist<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomologist>and assistant > curator in the East India > Company<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company>Museum, > London <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London>. He continued until the > museum was disbanded in 1879. He began compiling *Lepidoptera > indica*(1890–1913), a major work on the butterflies of the South > Asia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia> in 12 volumes, which was > completed after his death by Charles > Swinhoe<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Swinhoe>. > The plates were produced by his son, while some others were produced by John > Nugent Fitch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nugent_Fitch>. The links > for scanned volumes for Lepidoptera Indica can be found on this page: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Moore > > Shyamal has completed the image > harvesting<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lepidoptera_Indica>of > Lepidoptera > Indica<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lepidoptera_Indica&action=edit&redlink=1>volumes > 1 to 10 for Wikimedia Commons (over 2000 images). Find the images > here: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lepidoptera_Indica > > A truly humungous task which has great relevance to Indian butterfly > articles. > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin> > > ** > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Templeton_watercolour_ulster.jpg> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Templeton_watercolour_ulster.jpg> > A watercolour plate by Robert > Templeton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Templeton>with notes by > Frederic Moore on the left margin > > > > Papilio mayo > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1725 members & 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- Enjoy
