News
of the Month
Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara
Nr.3 , October 2000
"News of the month" appears monthly in the internet only. Maintained by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ömer Koçak
Cesa is an independent international research Centre, Museum and Library-
founder: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ömer Koçak a_kocak@mailcity.com
"The truest guide in the world is the science" (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)
" Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven" (Shakespeare)
Do you know?
Cesa was founded on October,1st
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Pictures from the Yüzüncüyıl University, Van, East Turkey
Sunset at the most beautiful corner of the World
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Book Sellers: Apollo Books
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Do you know?
"Science Citation Index" against ICZN, and list of "worthless" Biological journals in the World
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Weather: Central America § Europe § Middle East § Africa § Asia § Australia § Ankara / Currency: $-TL (Telsim - Turkcell for e-mail )
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Researches on the database of the Holarctic butterflies are continuing.
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Amateurs with Ms. Banu Tolan!
THE SMALL 
This is a very pretty little butterfly indeed, for the upper surface of its front wings is of the richest and most glossy reddish- brown, just like the colour of burnished copper, with nine black spots in the middle, and a narrow blackish border. The hind wings are dark brown, with a broad band of copper running along the margin. It is plentiful indeed, and you may see it by the roadside, or on heaths and in waste places, darting to and for in the hot sunshine, gambolling with the pretty little "blue" butterflies, or resting on the lilac blossoms of scabious plants. And it has no less than three broods in each year, the first appearing in April, the second in June, and the third in August and September.
The caterpillar of this pretty little butterfly is bright green in colour, with a red stripe running along each side, and another along its back. It feeds on the leaves of sorrel plants, and turns into a whitish chrysalis speckled with black and brown.
Perhaps you may wonder why this insect is called the "Small" Copper. The reason is that there used to be a much larger butterfly, which was very much like it, and which was called the "Large Copper." But this has not been taken for a great many years.
News from Abroad
A scientific agreement between Cesa and the Institute of Zoology, Almaty have been signed. For further information see : Kazachstan Studies
Checklist of the Butterflies of the Alexander Mountains (Kyrgyzistan) 
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Butterflies of the South- East Turkey* A CD-Rom under preparation.
Personals: 
Dr. Marek Bakowski, one of the best specialist on the Sesiidae of Europe and Turkey.
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If a country doesn't respect to its own vernacular, other neighbours are never obligated to give some regards to it. Why we used Uighurian language for the publication "Butterflies of Ankara Province" ? Reasons are in the internet now. Details
Links for Botany/Ecology : * Internet Directory for Botany * Botany Encyclopedia *Botany Journals On The WWW * World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Botany (Biosciences) * Major Biomes of the World * Herbarium of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew * Department of Plant Physiology /DK
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Links to the Protozoa * Links to the Biochemistry
