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Araschnia Davidis
''Araschnia davidis'' is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ... to Tibet, West and Central China. Description from Seitz A. davidis Pouj. has on the forewing reddish yellow irregular transverse bands and lines on a black-brown ground, placed as in the next form Araschnia_oreas.html" ;"title="'Araschnia oreas">oreas'' Leech, but broader. The hindwing bears in the outer half a broad reddish brown band, in whose centre there is a round black spot, other black spots, irregularly shaped, being situated before and behind this spot; the basal area is traversed by several reddish brown lines. The underside is reddish brown, variegated with black, the veins being pale, especially on the hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustave Arthur Poujade
Gustave Arthur Poujade (1845–1909, Fontainebleau) was a French entomologist interested in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. He was an honorary preparator in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. The museum holds his collections. He described new species of Lepidoptera in Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris and Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. He was especially interested in the butterflies and moths of Tibet. Gustave Poujade was a Member of Société entomologique de France The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. The society was founded in 1832 in Paris, France. The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The first .... References *Anonym 1909: oujade, G. A.Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 1909:253–25online*Constantin, R. 1992: Memorial des Coléopteristes Français. Bulletin de liaison de l'Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily (zoology), 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 Holometabolism, 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; and Western, Central and East Asia. The Palaearctic realm also has numerous rivers and lakes, forming several freshwater ecoregions. The term 'Palearctic' was first used in the 19th century, and is still in use as the basis for zoogeographic classification. History In an 1858 paper for the ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society'', British zoologist Philip Sclater first identified six terrestrial zoogeographic realms of the world: Palaearctic, Aethiopian/Afrotropic, Indian/Indomalayan, Australasian, Nearctic, and Neotropical. The six indicated general groupings of fauna, based on shared biogeography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration. Alfred Wallace a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their surroundings. Nomenclature Rafinesque introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araschnia Oreas
''Araschnia oreas'' is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ... to East Tibet and West China Description from Seitz oreas Leech (64f) is perhaps only a seasonal form of the preceding Araschnia_davidis.html" ;"title="'Araschnia davidis">'Araschnia davidis'', with narrower bands and lines, which have partly a yellowish tint; near the edge of the hindwing a row of blue elongate spots. The underside more brightly marked, the ground colour being almost red. West China: Wa-ssu-kow, Chow-pin-sa, Pu-tsu-fong.Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand David
Father Armand David (7 September 1826, Espelette – 10 November 1900, Paris) was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist. Several species, such as Père David's deer, are named after him — being French for Father David. Biography Born in Espelette near Bayonne, in the north of Basque Country, in Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' of France, he entered the Congregation of the Mission in 1848, having already displayed great fondness for the natural sciences. Ordained in 1851, he was in 1862 sent to Peking, where he began a collection of material for a museum of natural history, mainly zoological, but in which botany, geology, and palaeontology were also well represented. At the request of the French government, important specimens from his collection were sent to Paris and aroused the greatest interest. The Jardin des Plantes commissioned him to undertake scientific journeys through China to make further collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araschnia
''Araschnia'' is a genus of the family Nymphalidae found in the East Palearctic (temperate Asia). The seasonal polyphenism (difference between spring and summer forms) is very marked. Species In alphabetical order:819]"">"''Araschnia'' Hübner, [1819]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Araschnia burejana'' (Bremer, 1861) * ''Araschnia davidis'' Poujade, 1885 * ''Araschnia dohertyi'' Moore, 1899 * ''Araschnia doris'' Leech, 1893 * ''Araschnia levana'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – map * '' Araschnia oreas'' Leech, 1892 * '' Araschnia prorsoides'' (Blanchard, 1871) – Mongol * '' Araschnia zhangi'' Chou, 1994 References Further reading * "Le genre ''Araschnia''" in French Wikipedia provides distribution information External linksImages representing ''Araschnia'' at Consortium for the Barcode of LifeImages representing ''Araschnia''at Encyclopedia of Life The ''Encyclopedia of Life'' (''EOL'') is a free, online encyclopedia intended to docum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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