README.md

# Data Source
High-res images from Smithsonian "Education and Outreach" & "NMNH - Entomology Dept." collections found online [here](https://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=butterfly&view=list&fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&fq=topic%3A%22Insects%22&fq=data_source%3A%22NMNH+-+Entomology+Dept.%22&media.CC0=true&dsort=title&start=0)

License: Only CC0

Includes metadata about the scientific name etc.! Might be  also good for classifications 


# Example data

```
{'image_url': 'https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=ark:/65665/m3b3132f6666904de396880d9dc811c5cd',
 'image_alt': 'view Aholibah Underwing digital asset number 1',
 'id': 'ark:/65665/m3b3132f6666904de396880d9dc811c5cd',
 'name': 'Aholibah Underwing',
 'scientific_name': 'Catocala aholibah',
 'gender': None,
 'taxonomy': 'Animalia, Arthropoda, Hexapoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Catocalinae',
 'region': None,
 'locality': None,
 'date': None,
 'usnm_no': 'EO400317-DSP',
 'guid': 'http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39b506292-715f-45a7-8511-b49bb087c7de',
 'edan_url': 'edanmdm:nmnheducation_10866595',
 'source': 'Smithsonian Education and Outreach collections',
 'stage': None,
 'image': <PIL.JpegImagePlugin.JpegImageFile image mode=RGB size=2000x1328 at 0x7F57D0504DC0>,
 'image_hash': '27a5fe92f72f8b116d3b7d65bac84958',
 'sim_score': 0.8440760970115662}
​
```

# Processing
 sim-score indicates clip score for "pretty butterfly". This is to eliminate non-butterfly images(just id card images etc)