About the Society

The Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología (SHILAP), is a scientific Society, founded in 1972 and formally registered in 1973, in accordance with the Legal Regime of the Law of Associations of 24 December 1964. The Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología (SHILAP) was created in Madrid with the aim of bringing together interested parties in a non-profit association for scientific purposes. Membership is open to all persons interested in the study of Lepidoptera. The Society is independent of other national or foreign Organisms, Associations, Institutions and Entities that may have similar objectives, with which it will maintain relations and collaborate effectively. The aims of the Society are to promote and improve the study of Lepidoptera in general and Iberian Lepidoptera in particular, their biological cycle and the conservation of their habitat, bringing together Spanish and foreign entomologists who so wish, and providing them and official bodies with the greatest amount of information available on the speciality, with a view to a greater exchange of scientific experiences of a biological nature, encouraging research, development and innovation (R+D+i).

Edit SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología is an international journal published since 1973 by the Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología. It includes empirical and theoretical research articles in all areas of Lepidopterology (systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny, morphology, bionomics, ecology, faunistics and zoogeography, also bibliographical works or on the history of Lepidopterology, as well as book reviews on these topics) from all regions of the world, with special interest in studies that in one way or another have relevance in conservation biology.