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Acraea Eponina
__NOTOC__ ''Acraea eponina'', the orange acraea or small orange acraea to distinguish it from the larger '' A. anacreon'', is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia. The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males and 36–44 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common in warmer months. Natural enemies include the parasitoids '' Carcelia normula'' and '' Charops'' species and the predaceous bugs '' Afrius figuratus'', '' Rhynocoris bicolor'' and other '' Rhynocoris'' species. The larvae of subspecies ''eponina'' feed on '' Hibiscus'', '' Sida'', ''Nicotiana'', ''Hermannia'', and ''Triumfetta'' species. Subspecies ''manjaca'' has been reported on '' Triumfetta rhomboidea'', ''Triumfetta annua'', ''Triumfetta effusa'', ''Triumfetta pilosa'' and ''Hermannia'' species. Subspecies * ''Acraea eponina eponina'' (Tropical Africa, south-western Arabia) * ''Acraea eponina manjaca'' (Natal, Eswatini, Transvaal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Cramer
Pieter Cramer (21 May 1721 (baptized) – 28 September 1776), was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, remembered as an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing, and a member of ''Concordia et Libertate'', based in Amsterdam. This literary and patriotic society, where Cramer gave lectures on minerals, commissioned and/or financed the publishing of his book ''De uitlandsche Kapellen'', on foreign (exotic) butterflies, occurring in three parts of the world Asia, Africa and America. Cramer assembled an extensive natural history collection that included seashells, petrifications, fossils and insects of all orders. Many were colourful butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), collected in countries where the Dutch had colonial or trading links, such as Surinam, Ceylon, Sierra Leone and the Dutch East Indies. Cramer decided to get a permanent record of his collection and so engaged the painter Gerrit Wartenaar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicotiana
''Nicotiana'' () is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs in the Family (biology), family Solanaceae, that is Native plant, indigenous to the Americas, Australia, Southwestern Africa and the South Pacific. Various ''Nicotiana'' species, commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are cultivated as ornamental garden plants. ''Nicotiana tabacum, N. tabacum'' is grown worldwide for the cultivation of tobacco leaves used for manufacturing and producing List of tobacco products, tobacco products, including cigars, cigarillos, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, Snuff (tobacco), snuff, and snus. Taxonomy Species The 79 accepted species include: * ''Nicotiana acuminata'' (Graham) William Jackson Hooker, Hook. – manyflower tobaccoKnapp et al. (2004) Nomenclatural changes and a new sectional classification in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) Taxon. 53(1):73-82. * ''Nicotiana africana'' Merxm. * ''Nicotiana alata'' Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Link & Christoph Friedrich Otto, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consortium For The Barcode Of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC. Barcoding was proposed in 2003 by Prof. Paul Hebert of the University of Guelph in Ontario as a way of distinguishing and identifying species with a short standardized gene sequence. Hebert proposed the 658 bases of the Folmer region of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome-C oxidase-1 as the standard barcode region. Hebert is the Director of the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, and the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL), all headquartered at the University of Guelph. The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) is also located at the University of Guelph. CBOL was created in May 2004 with support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acraea Terpsicore
Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a name that had several uses in Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. *Acraea, the naiad daughter of the Potamoi, river-god Asterion (god), Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea (mythology), Euboea and Prosymna (mythology), Prosymna acted as nurses to Hera. A hill Acraea opposite the temple of Hera near Mycenae derived its name from her. *Acraea and Acraeus (mythology), Acraeus are also epithets given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, such as Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, and others.Ezechiel Spanheim, ''In Callimachi hymnos observationes, in Jov.'' 82. Notes References * Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4Online version at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acraea (genus)
''Acraea'' is a genus of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae) of the subfamily Heliconiinae. It seems to be highly paraphyletic and has long been used as a "wastebin taxon" to unite about 220 species of anatomically conservative Acraeini. Some phylogenetic studies show that the genus ''Acraea'' is monophyletic if ''Bematistes'' and Neotropical ''Actinote'' are included (see Pierre & Bernaud, 2009). Most species assembled here are restricted to the Afrotropical realm, but some are found in India, Southeast Asia, and Australia.Silva-Brandão et al. (2008) Biology The eggs are laid in masses; the larvae are rather short, of almost equal thickness throughout, and possessing branched spines on each segment, young larvae group together on a protecting mass of silk; the pupa is slender, with a long abdomen, rather wide and angulated about the insertion of the wings, and suspended by the tail only. '' A. horta'', '' A. cabira'', and '' A. terpsicore'' illustrate typical life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species Group
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each other, further blurring any distinctions. Terms that are sometimes used synonymously but have more precise meanings are cryptic species for two or more species hidden under one species name, sibling species for two (or more) species that are each other's closest relative, and species flock for a group of closely related species that live in the same habitat. As informal taxonomic ranks, species group, species aggregate, macrospecies, and superspecies are also in use. Two or more taxa that were once considered conspecific (of the same species) may later be subdivided into infraspecific taxa (taxa within a species, such as bacterial strains or plant varieties), that is complex but it is not a species complex. A species complex is in most cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acraea Serena
''Acraea serena'', the dancing acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout Africa south of the Sahara. It is the most common of the ''Acraea'', from Dakar to Fort-Dauphin and from Yemen to the Cape. This is the type species of the old genus ''Telchinia'', which may warrant re-separation from '' Acraea''. Formerly, ''A. serena'' was often misidentified as ''Acraea eponina'' (small orange acraea) or ''Acraea terpsicore'' (tawny coaster). It is very likely that the butterfly's black-spotted orange markings are a sign of unpalatability and it may well form part of a mimicry ring with '' Erikssonia edgei''. Taxonomy of ''Acraea manjaca'' Boisduval ''Acraea manjaca'' from Madagascar, now considered to be conspecific with ''Acraea serena'', has a complex taxonomic history which illustrates the problems in interpreting the genus as a whole. Here is an account of how ''Acraea manjaca'' was placed by different authors. Boisduval notes the proximity with ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumfetta Pilosa
''Triumfetta'' is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae. Burbark is a common name for plants in this genus. There are about 70 species which are widespread across tropical regions. These include: *''Triumfetta albida'' (Domin) Halford *''Triumfetta antrorsa'' Halford *''Triumfetta appendiculata'' F.Muell. *''Triumfetta aquila'' Halford *''Triumfetta aspera'' Halford *''Triumfetta barbosa '' Lay *''Triumfetta bradshawii'' F.Muell. *''Triumfetta breviaculeata'' Halford *''Triumfetta carteri'' Halford *''Triumfetta centralis'' Halford *''Triumfetta cladara'' Halford *''Triumfetta clementii'' (Domin) Rye *''Triumfetta chaetocarpa'' F.Muell. *''Triumfetta clivorum'' Halford *''Triumfetta cordifolia'' A. Rich. *''Triumfetta coronata'' Halford *''Triumfetta denticulata'' R.Br. ex Benth. *''Triumfetta deserticola'' Halford *''Triumfetta echinata'' Halford *''Triumfetta fissurata'' Halford *''Triumfetta glaucescens'' Benth. *''Triumfetta hapala'' Halford *''Triumfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumfetta Effusa
''Triumfetta'' is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae. Burbark is a common name for plants in this genus. There are about 70 species which are widespread across tropical regions. These include: *'' Triumfetta albida'' (Domin) Halford *'' Triumfetta antrorsa'' Halford *'' Triumfetta appendiculata'' F.Muell. *'' Triumfetta aquila'' Halford *'' Triumfetta aspera'' Halford *'' Triumfetta barbosa '' Lay *'' Triumfetta bradshawii'' F.Muell. *'' Triumfetta breviaculeata'' Halford *''Triumfetta carteri'' Halford *'' Triumfetta centralis'' Halford *'' Triumfetta cladara'' Halford *'' Triumfetta clementii'' (Domin) Rye *''Triumfetta chaetocarpa'' F.Muell. *''Triumfetta clivorum'' Halford *''Triumfetta cordifolia'' A. Rich. *''Triumfetta coronata'' Halford *''Triumfetta denticulata'' R.Br. ex Benth. *''Triumfetta deserticola'' Halford *''Triumfetta echinata'' Halford *''Triumfetta fissurata'' Halford *''Triumfetta glaucescens'' Benth. *''Triumfetta hapala'' Halford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumfetta Annua
''Triumfetta'' is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae. Burbark is a common name for plants in this genus. There are about 70 species which are widespread across tropical regions. These include: *'' Triumfetta albida'' (Domin) Halford *'' Triumfetta antrorsa'' Halford *'' Triumfetta appendiculata'' F.Muell. *'' Triumfetta aquila'' Halford *'' Triumfetta aspera'' Halford *'' Triumfetta barbosa '' Lay *'' Triumfetta bradshawii'' F.Muell. *'' Triumfetta breviaculeata'' Halford *''Triumfetta carteri'' Halford *'' Triumfetta centralis'' Halford *'' Triumfetta cladara'' Halford *'' Triumfetta clementii'' (Domin) Rye *''Triumfetta chaetocarpa'' F.Muell. *''Triumfetta clivorum'' Halford *''Triumfetta cordifolia'' A. Rich. *''Triumfetta coronata'' Halford *''Triumfetta denticulata'' R.Br. ex Benth. *''Triumfetta deserticola'' Halford *''Triumfetta echinata'' Halford *''Triumfetta fissurata'' Halford *''Triumfetta glaucescens'' Benth. *''Triumfetta hapala'' Halford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumfetta Rhomboidea
''Triumfetta rhomboidea'', commonly known as diamond burbark or Chinese bur, is a shrub that is extensively naturalised in tropical regions. It is thought that to have come to Australia from China. Its bark—sometimes called burbark--makes a kind of jute Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', which is in the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ''Corchorus olit .... The taxon was first formally described in 1760 by botanist Nikolaus von Jacquin. Description Various sources give the number of stamens as being between 8 and 15. The fruit is round to slightly ovoid and about in diameter with smooth spines which are about long. The stems are covered in star-shaped ( stellate) hairs. Its embryology was described by Venkata Rao in 1952. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10898699 Grewioideae Flora naturalised in Australia Taxa named by N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumfetta
''Triumfetta'' is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar .... Burbark is a common name for plants in this genus. There are about 70 species which are widespread across tropical regions. These include: *'' Triumfetta albida'' (Domin) Halford *'' Triumfetta antrorsa'' Halford *'' Triumfetta appendiculata'' F.Muell. *'' Triumfetta aquila'' Halford *'' Triumfetta aspera'' Halford *'' Triumfetta barbosa '' Lay *'' Triumfetta bradshawii'' F.Muell. *'' Triumfetta breviaculeata'' Halford *''Triumfetta carteri'' Halford *''Triumfetta centralis'' Halford *''Triumfetta cladara'' Halford *''Triumfetta clementii'' (Domin) Rye *''Triumfetta chaetocarpa'' F.Muell. *''Triumfetta clivorum'' Halford *''Triumfetta cordifolia'' A. Rich. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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