Description
The butterfly collection of Roger Verity (1883-1959) is of particular historical and scientific importance. His collection was obtained by personal collecting, exchanges with other collectors and the purchase of specimens or whole collections, for istance the Ubaldo Rocci's (1885-1943) collection. The Verity collection is undoubtedly one of the most important butterfly collections in Italy.
Geographic Coverage
World, mainly The Palearctic (Italy, France, Spain, England, Asia Minor, North and East Africa, Central Asia, North America)
Purposes
This is a sub-collection of https://registry.gbif.org/collection/7856d07e-2e9b-4b56-a524-c2e1b830e40a. There is a catalog of types (Fabiano 2003). Information updated thanks to the internal University of Florence Museal System (UNIFI-SMA) digitization dashboard, compiled in October 2021.
