Talk:Actinote zikani

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• ... that Actinote zikani was rediscovered in Brazil ten years after being declared extinct?

• Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259781650

https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1991/199114285013.pdf

• • ALT1: ... that Actinote zikani is one of only two butterflies on the IUCN's list of the 100 most threatened species? Source: https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2012-096.pdf
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Voss (Alexander McQueen collection)
  • Comment: This is a translated article.

Created by Sir MemeGod (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 12:36, 30 August 2024 (UTC).

•  Reviewing..., Article is new enough and long enough. The citations need formatting and duplication clean-up immediately, you have the same refs multiple times, and names should not be capscase, among other issues. Also citations should not be in the lede, if something is in the lede, it should be in the body with a citation there. Also beware of peacockery.--Kevmin § 16:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
• @Sir MemeGod: of initial comments.--Kevmin § 17:18, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

• @Kevmin: I have fixed the lede, fixed (most) of the peacockery issues, and there are no duplicate citations as of my last check, 2 minutes ago. Apologies for not getting back sooner, I had COVID and really wasn't in the mood to edit. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 12:38, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

• The fixes are good, I'm going to pause the nom review to see what the GA review outcome is.--Kevmin § 16:31, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

• Okay, that makes sense. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 16:32, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Actinote zikani/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Sir MemeGod (talk · contribs) 13:01, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Jens Lallensack (talk · contribs) 02:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Great to see this here! And an interesting coincident, as I just nominated another critically endangered species (the cherry-throated tanager) from the Atlantic Forest! Will review shortly. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 02:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Lead

• Generally speaking, the lead should be a summary of the article that is easy to understand for non-experts, and we should try to keep it as simple as possible.
• I suggest to remove "the subfamily Heliconiinae and the genus Actinote" and just mention the family, to make it more concise. (the genus is redundant because it is part of the species name anyways).
• We don't need references in the lead (because all information is supposed to be repeated in the main text anyways); would make it appear less cluttered.
• No need to link Brazil, but please link endemic.
• Its typical habitat is – Why "typical"? Does that mean it occurs outside the Atlantic Forest, too?
• I think the second paragraph should start with the basics (it was declared "critically endangered" by both the IUZN, which makes the official global red list, and on the national red list of Brasil (which is a regional red list). Then, point out that 100-species list.
• State of Sao Paulo – you should link to the state article (São Paulo (state)), not the city.

Taxonomy

• Between 1941 and 1942, the naturalist Romualdo Ferreira d'Almeida collected around ten specimens of a species of the genus Actinote at the Boracéia biological station – This is not possible, since the biological station was only established in 1954.
• and attributed the specimens to Actinote zikani whose characteristics he defined in 1951 – maybe instead write "and described them as a new species, Actinote zikani, in 1951"?

Description

• This needs some additions; most importantly size, but also the diagnostic features (what distinguishes this species from related species), and how does the caterpillar and pupa look like. Also, differences (if any) between males and females.

Biology

• I think source 22 is not fully correctly represented in the text. I strongly doubt that "they attack any insect", and you should provide the background/reason why they attack. I think it is necessary to read the source again and rework the section.
• male-dominted – should that be "male-dominated"?

Habitat and Distribution

• by its inventor – no, species are not being invented.

Disappearance and rediscovery

• Therefore considered extinct – who considered it extinct? The IUZN?

The article still needs some significant work to reach GA level, but it's certainly doable. I will need to do a second read and another round of comments after the above is addressed; I haven't checked source integrity yet. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 02:42, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

• Okay, that doesn’t seem that hard. A little note, I will be away at something until Monday (2 days from now) and won’t respond to any messages in that time, but can fix up the article then :) Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 12:01, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

• No problem. I will be away from Tuesday, too, so it could take me some days to do the second go-through. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:09, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I've fixed up the lede, removed the references, removed the Bio station mention, linked state instead of city, iventor > describer, dominted > dominated, only thing I need to do is Biology and Disappearance and rediscovery. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 12:47, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

@Jens Lallensack: I am back, see above comment as to what I've done. Also fixed up some peacockery issues highlighted in the DYK Nomination. Duplicate citations were also cleaned up. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 12:51, 3 September 2024 (UTC)