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Agriades Orbitulus
''Agriades orbitulus'', the alpine argus, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a high altitude species found in the Alps (ranging from the French Alps to Slovenia and Austria), the mountains of Norway and Sweden, the Urals, the Himalayas and across central Asia. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 25–30 mm. The male upperside varies from sky blue to a greyish or steely blue, and is unmarked apart from the narrow black borders and white fringes. The female is brown, often with a slight blue dust suffusion at the wing bases. The fore-wings end in a very pointed apex. Both sexes are clearly assigned by conspicuous white spots on the otherwise pale greyish brown or beige wing underside. The spots under the hind-wing are pure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo De Prunner
Le Chevalier Leonardo De (or de) Prunner (died 1831) was an Italian soldier, a mineralogist and an entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach .... He wrote ''Catalogus larvarum Europae'' (1793, 39 pages) and ''Lepidoptera Pedemontana illustrata'' (1798, 127 pages). Sources *Cesare Conci et Roberto Poggi (1996), Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. ''Memorie della Società entomologica Italiana'', 75 : 159–382.Courte bibliographie en italien de Musei universitari External linksLetter of 15 March 1810 to Thomas JeffersonFounders Archives. U.S. National Archives {{DEFAULTSORT:Deprunner, Leonardo Italian lepidopterists 18th-century births 1831 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Alpinus
''Astragalus alpinus'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine milkvetch. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the upper latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Distribution It is widespread in Eurasia. In North America it occurs from Alaska to Newfoundland and as far south as Nevada and New Mexico. Description This plant is variable in appearance. In general, it is a perennial herb growing from a taproot and rhizome network topped with an underground caudex. The roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules. The aboveground stems are up to long and are mostly decumbent, forming a mat. The leaves are up to long and are made up of several pairs of leaflets each up to long. The inflorescence is a raceme of up to 30 flowers each about long. The flowers are purple or blue.J.M. Gillett, L.L. Consaul, S.G. Aiken and M.J. Dallwitz (1999 onwards)Fabaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Europe
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agriades
''Agriades'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in temperate Asia, Europe, and North America. Taxonomy As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, ''Agriades'' has been enlarged to include some of the species that used to be placed in ''Albulina'' (see the ''orbitulus'' species-group below) and in ''Vacciniina'' (see the ''optilete'' species-group). In some earlier classifications, these three genera used to be included in ''Plebejus''. Species Listed alphabetically within groups: The ''aquilo'' species-group: * '' Agriades diodorus'' (Bremer, 1861) Mongolia, North China, South Siberia * ''Agriades glandon'' (de Prunner, 1798) – Glandon blue or Arctic blue (including ''Agriades aquilo'', '' Agriades cassiope'', and '' Agriades franklinii'') * '' Agriades podarce'' (C. & R. Felder, 865 The ''ellisi'' species-group: * '' Agriades ellisi'' (Marshall, 1882) Himalaya * '' Agriades errans'' (Riley, 1927) Himalaya * '' Agriades jaloka' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedysarum Hedysaroides .
''Hedysarum hedysaroides'', common name alpine sainfoin, is a perennial herb belonging to the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ... Description ''Hedysarum hedysaroides'' grows to in height. It is a perennial plant, with straight or ascending stems and imparipinnate leaves, 1–3 cm long. Inflorescences bear from 15 to 30-35 purple-violet flowers in clusters. The flowering period extends from June to August.Acta Plantarum/ref> Distribution This species can be found in Central and Southern Europe, in Finland, Russia, Ukraine and Western ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxytropis Montana
''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genus is the closely related '' Astragalus''. There are about 600 species, native to Eurasia and North America. Several species are native to the Arctic. These are hairy perennial plants which produce raceme inflorescences of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers which are generally pea-like but have distinctive sharply beaked keels. The stems are leafless, the leaves being all basal. The plant produces legume pods containing the seeds. Selected species *''Oxytropis arctica'' – Arctic locoweed *''Oxytropis bellii'' *''Oxytropis borealis'' – boreal locoweed *''Oxytropis campestris'' – field locoweed *''Oxytropis deflexa'' – nodding locoweed *''Oxytropis halleri'' – purple oxytropis *'' Oxytropis jacquinii'' *''Oxytropis kobukensis'' – Kobuk locoweed *''Oxytropis lambertii'' – purpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxytropis Campestris
''Oxytropis campestris'', the field locoweed, is a plant native to Northern Europe, the mountains of Central & Southern Europe, the Northwestern United States and all of Canada, sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. It is found in prairies, woods, and meadows, and prefers gravelly and rocky slopes, where it grows most abundantly. The plant has numerous variants. It is a larval host plant of the small blue butterfly Description ''Oxytropis campestris'' blooms flowers from May to July. These are racemes that are capitate or oblong, 4 to 15 cm in length. The plants have 8 to 32 flowers that rise from a scape. The actual flowers have five lobes and form a calyx tube. They are of a cream to yellowish color, but sometimes of pink, blue, or purple, with hairs that are usually black. The keel petals are pointed, and often have purple blotches. The plant also produces fruit which matures from July to September. These are legumes which are oblong-ovate 1.5 to 2 cm in l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxytropis
''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genus is the closely related ''Astragalus''. There are about 600 species, native to Eurasia and North America. Several species are native to the Arctic. These are hairy perennial plants which produce raceme inflorescences of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers which are generally pea-like but have distinctive sharply beaked keels. The stems are leafless, the leaves being all basal. The plant produces legume pods containing the seeds. Selected species *'' Oxytropis arctica'' – Arctic locoweed *'' Oxytropis bellii'' *'' Oxytropis borealis'' – boreal locoweed *''Oxytropis campestris'' – field locoweed *'' Oxytropis deflexa'' – nodding locoweed *'' Oxytropis halleri'' – purple oxytropis *''Oxytropis jacquinii'' *'' Oxytropis kobukensis'' – Kobuk locoweed *'' Oxytropis lambertii'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Penduliflorus
''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milkvetch (most species), locoweed (in North America, some species) and goat's-thorn ( ''A. gummifer'', ''A. tragacantha''). Some pale-flowered vetches ('' Vicia'' spp.) are similar in appearance, but they are more vine-like than ''Astragalus''. Description Most species in the genus have pinnately compound leaves. There are annual and perennial species. The flowers are formed in clusters in a raceme, each flower typical of the legume family, with three types of petals: banner, wings, and keel. The calyx is tubular or bell-shaped. Ecology ''Astragalus'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including many case-bearing moths of the genus '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Norvegicus
''Astragalus norvegicus'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae. Its native range is Northern and Eastern Central Europe to Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ... and Mongolia. Synonym: * ''Astragalus subpolaris'' Boriss. & Schischk. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5709895 norvegicus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Frigidus
''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milkvetch (most species), locoweed (in North America, some species) and goat's-thorn ( ''A. gummifer'', ''A. tragacantha''). Some pale-flowered vetches ('' Vicia'' spp.) are similar in appearance, but they are more vine-like than ''Astragalus''. Description Most species in the genus have pinnately compound leaves. There are annual and perennial species. The flowers are formed in clusters in a raceme, each flower typical of the legume family, with three types of petals: banner, wings, and keel. The calyx is tubular or bell-shaped. Ecology ''Astragalus'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including many case-bearing moths of the genus '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astragalus Australis
''Astragalus australis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Indian milkvetch. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including northern North America, Europe, and temperate Asia. Description This plant produces spreading and erect stems up to 25 centimeters tall from a caudex. The stems have a dense coat of hairs and have leaves alternately arranged. Each leaf is up to 3 to 4 centimeters long and is made up of leaflets measuring a few millimeters in length. The leaflets are covered in ashy gray hairs. The inflorescence is a raceme of up to 15 flowers with petals that are greenish, white, purplish, or pinkish with green veins and purple tips. The fruit is a hairless legume pod that matures deep red in color and measures up to 2.6 centimeters in length. It contains up to 12 seeds.Gillett, J. M., et al. (1999 onwards)''Astragalus australis''. Fabaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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