Dataset Details - Irish Wood White Database
Leptidea sinapis and Leptidea reali
11/10/2011
05/03/2026
To understand the geographic distribution of the two Wood White butterflies in Ireland
Butterflies collected in the field, dissected by national expert and species verified using DNA techniques
Island of Ireland
N/A
All data checked and validated by the Brian Nelson, Ken Bond, Maurice Hughes
Complete and published
Dinca et al. 2011. Unexpected layers of cryptic biodiversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies. Nature Communications 2:324
Restricted (Data can be viewed on the mapping system but is not available for download)
Dr. Brian Nelson, Irish Wood White Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 03 April 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/103
N/A
Dataset species distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset record distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset Contacts
Dr. Brian Nelson
c/o NBDC, Beechfield House, SETU West Campus, Carriganore, Co. Waterford
01 - 8882000
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| Day | 154 |
| Month | 13 |
| Day Range | 11 |
| Year | 6 |
1916
2009
Record Statistics
184
136
2
0
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| 100m | 127 |
| 1km | 37 |
| 2km | 0 |
| 10km | 20 |
| 50km | 0 |
Dataset Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| County | Name of administrative county within which the record was made |
| Sex | The sex of the organism if known |
| Source | Original source of data |
| Vice-county | The name of the Watsonian (botanical) vice-county within which the record was made |
Recorded Species
| TaxonId | PrefnameTaxonId | Name | Authority | Group | Rank | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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