The Biodiversity Atlas – India mobile app will help take your enjoyment of watching butterflies, dragonflies, reptiles and other cool Indian animals in the field to the next level. It is an authoritative field guide for species identification and natural history of Indian insects and other animals. The app includes custom-downloadable packs on Indian butterflies, moths, dragonflies and damselflies, cicadas, amphibians, reptiles and mammals, and serves as a companion to the existing citizen science websites for these animal groups (full listing available at https://www.bioatlasindia.org). The app also has advanced features to record field data on species occurrence and populations, making it a truly comprehensive citizen science platform.

The app is part of the Bioatlasindia project, where data on species occurrence are peer reviewed before publication. The app allows users to directly add their observations to the platform, while using key information derived from the extensive website. The project is driven by an integrated professional-amateur scientific community that aggregates big data on Indian biodiversity with the goal of studying ecological trends. The platform is also used extensively for educational and outreach activities, so it promotes the enjoyment, research and conservation of biodiversity.

It is a home-grown citizen science platform, custom-made for Indian biodiversity, hosted in a leading national research institution, and supported by a consortium of government and private non-profit agencies.

Features
⁎ Easy-to-use, richly illustrated mobile app for field identification of species, aided by a rich array of peer-reviewed reference images
⁎ Online as well as offline functionality, facilitating use in urban greeneries and remote field locations alike
⁎ Useful for everyone, from nature lovers and naturalists to citizen scientists and field researchers
⁎ Allows users to track sightings and organise and back up observations, field notes, data and images, on a secure platform
⁎ Includes an advanced data contribution module to record geo-tagged field data in standardised formats such as 30-min counts and daily checklists
⁎ Covers a wide range of popular insect and other animal groups, downloadable as independent packs for easy use
⁎ It is completely free!