Geometra papilionaria
(Linnaeus, 1758) · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Geometra papilionaria's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility98 390 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI130 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics102 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) is a moth which is the type species for the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East in and around deciduous forests, heathlands, marshland and in settlements close to woodland. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Museum specimen, collections SLU, Uppsala
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Diet & foraging2
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Geometra papilionaria has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Geometra papilionaria carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type98 390 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions24 of 70 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record | 2 421 |
| Helsinki, FI | 979 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 551 |
| Kuopio, FI | 274 |
| Zürich, CH | 247 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 168 |
| Tartu, EE | 114 |
| Bern, CH | 97 |
| Salzburg, AT | 96 |
| Dhaka, BD | 95 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 92 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 78 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 70 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 66 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 61 |
| Tallinn, EE | 59 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 56 |
| Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record | 52 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 51 |
| Geneva, CH | 46 |
| Philadelphia, US | 37 |
| Naturama Aargaulocation not on record | 30 |
| Podgorica, ME | 27 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 22 |
| Tromsø, NO | 20 |
| South Kensington, GB | 16 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 16 |
| Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record | 14 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 14 |
| MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record | 13 |
| Fribourg, CH | 13 |
| RMZlocation not on record | 12 |
| DABUHlocation not on record | 12 |
| Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Glarus, CH | 10 |
| Paro, BT | 9 |
| Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record | 9 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 8 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 8 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 8 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 7 |
| neflocation not on record | 7 |
| Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 7 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 7 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 6 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 6 |
| KSSlocation not on record | 4 |
| Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 4 |
| HUNMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 3 |
| New Haven, US | 3 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 2 |
| KSTRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 2 |
| Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Research Collection of Stefano Scalerciolocation not on record | 1 |
| Brussels, BE | 1 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chiba Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record | 1 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of Alfred Haslbergerlocation not on record | 1 |
| SBPlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Geometra papilionaria was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.