Infographic illustrating some preliminary results about one of our focal-taxa (Family Hesperiidae, Insecta: Lepidoptera). Its taxonomic difficulty is considered medium (shown in yellow). The INC-STEP referecen collection compresis over 9,300 specimens (2, photo of a entomological box) belonging to 32 out of 33 species (1, photo of a specimen). The species with the most specimens is 'Thymelicus sylvestris' (3, represented by a photo of a live specimen over a flower). Source: our own Photo credits: MNCN Ent. Coll, MCNB Arth. Coll & Ivar Leidus (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Our reference collection comprises over 9,300 specimens belonging to 32 species! 📣

The most abundant is #Thymelicus sylvestris, with > 1,100 specimens. In contrast, the least frequent species is #Gegenes pumilio, which is not currently represented in our holdings... 🚫