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Amauris Inferna
''Amauris inferna'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Adult males mud-puddle Mud-puddling, or simply puddling, is a behaviour most conspicuous in butterflies, but occurs in other animals as well, mainly insects; they seek out nutrients in certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud and carrion and they suck .... Subspecies *''Amauris inferna inferna'' (Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa) *''Amauris inferna discus'' Talbot, 1940 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: west and central to Kwilu, Sankuru, Kisangami) *''Amauris inferna grogani'' Sharpe, 1901 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to northern Kivu and Ituri) *''Amauris inferna moka'' Talbot, 1940 (Bioko) *''Amauris inferna uganda'' Talbot, 1940 (Uganda, Tanzania: north-west and Kere Hill) References Seitz, A. ''Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Seitz
Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908 and is best known for editing the multivolume reference on the butterflies and larger moths of the world ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' which continued after his death. Biography Seitz was born in Mainz and went to school in Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt and Bensheim. He studied medicine from 1880 to 1885 and then zoology at Giessen. His doctorate was on the protective devices of animals. He worked as an assistant in the maternity hospital of the University of Giessen and then worked as a ship's doctor from 1887, travelling to Australia, South America and Asia. He began to collect butterflies on these travels. In 1891 he habilitated in zoology with a thesis on the biology of butterflies from the University of Giessen. In 1893 he took up a position as a director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |