Prerelease version of the database: The Butterflies (Diurna, Lepidoptera) of Republic of Belarus..
The authors of the database: Kirill E. Dovgailo, Igor A. Solodovnikov, Nikolai I. Rubin..

This edition of the database (prerelease version) needs registration and includes curtailed version of great work which is devoted to taxonomy, fauna, ecology and biology of Belarusian butterflies. Complete version of the work includes the complete review and the guide about 156 species of butterflies (Diurna, Lepidoptera), which reside in Republic of Belarus, as well as the species discovery of which is probable in future on(at?) the territory of the state. Due to the database is acquainted with complete version of the work and advertises it, you can find complete check-list of taxons and synonyms, but only some of them are completely described and illustrated. In each family we have chosen one genus and for its representatives (22 species), we left all texts, illustrations and distributional maps. You can test possibility of the key (the Key section) by their example. For all Belarusian representatives in this version of the database is allowed information about type locality, English name, etymology of Latin name and short range description. But information about detailed Belarussian distribution, ecology and biology, taxonomy is partially curtailed as a rule. In the complete version search of name of Belarusian representatives by means several filters are available. In this work several left filters (“Host-plant”, “Gigro-” and “Bio-preferendum”) are working only with the shorted check-list. You would build up true conclusion about amount and quality of complete version of the work, we left image labels of all deleted images and, as mentioned above, we left all images for 22 representatives. This version is supplied with 99 photos (illustrations), which were made in existence or in collection also 18 distributional maps are available. In this version all possibilities of identification key have been completely saved, but quantity of identified taxons was cut up to 128. For mentioned number identification of all genera and 10 species and subspecies is available. The Key base includes 261 schemes or pictures.

ISBN: 985-90000-4-3
Minsk, K.E. Dovgailo, 2003.

Kirill E. Dovgailo
The founder and chief of the project “Lysandra ”,
Dr. Igor A. Solodovnikov
Higher teacher of Department of zoology, Vitebsk state university,
Nikolai I. Rubin
The collector, founder Oriks-Diont Ltd.

Worked with the database also:
S.I. Evdoshenko, K. E. Dovgaiolo - translated of the text,
Е.О. Yurchenko - botanical and geobotanical consultations and translation,
V.P. Vdovichenko - text editing of rubrics (in Russian),
I.Е. Savkina - enteing of the text in a data base,
Е.V. Chechuy and Т.V. Dovgailo - help in preparation and photo-images of objects.

Majority of photos are made on the basis of personal collections I.A.Solodovnikov and N.I.Rubin. The authors are sincerely grateful to the colleagues who give useful information about distribution and biology peculiarities of the species, as well as for the giving for our disposal some specimens from theirs private collections:

• V.V. Alesenko (Belarus, Gomel)
• D. Dapkus (Lithuania)
• V.P. Vdovitchenko (Belarus, Grodno)
• L.V. Volynchuk (Belarus, Kobrin)
• А.А. Goldenkov (Belarus, Minsk)
• А.L. Devjatkin (Russia, Moscow)
• P.P. Ivinskis (Lithuania)
• Е. P. Koslovsky (Belarus, Minsk)
• А.А. Korovin (Belarus, Brest)
• S.М. Kostevich (Belarus, Minsk)
• А.V. Kulak (Belarus, Minsk)
• I.G. Plushtch (Ukraine, Kiev)
• V.А. Polhovsky (Belarus, Brest Region, Grivkovichi vill.)
• S.V. Churkin (Russia, Moscow)

The authors express gratitude to the Director of Zoological Museum of Belarusian State University A. D. Pisanenko and to the Director of Zoological Museum of Vitebsk State University V. I. Piskunov for the possibility to study the requisite materials and images some butterflies from Museum stocks.

For the given information about distribution and biology of some species the authors express gratitude:

• G.А. Kosulko (Belarus, Brest Region, Kamenyuki vil.)
• А.А. Lakotko (Belarus, Vitebsk)
• E.I. Liakh (Belarus, Lepel Distr., Borovka vil.)
• М.N. Maksimenkov (Belarus, Minsk)
• А.B. Prichozhiy (Belarus, Starobin)
• Е.V. Rud’ko (Belarus, Mozyr)
• G.G. Sushko (Belarus, Vitebsk)
• I.I. Shimko (Belarus, Vitebsk)

The database is a scientific publication. When using its textual date with scientific purpose, the reference its binding: "Kirill E. Dovgailo, Igor A. Solodovnikov, Nikolai I. Rubin. The Butterflies (Diurna, Lepidoptera) of Republic of Belarus. Key and database on the basis of software "Lysandra". Minsk, 2003".

The software Lysandra – a software for creating keys and database on different groups of living organisms.
The authors of the software:
Andrei A. Osipau – a leader of programming, development of the database, programming the Lysandra,
Alexey M. Shumeiko – programming of the interface,
Kirill E. Dovgailo – idea, scenario, interface design, Help.

© 2003, K.E. Dovgailo, the software "Lysandra", database, all digital date and digital images.