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Charaxes Balfouri
''Charaxes balfouri'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters. Description A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). ''Novitates Zoologicae'' 7:287-524page 361-362 (for terms see ''Novitates Zoologicae'' Volume 5:545-601 Taxonomy ''Charaxes varanes'' group. Subgenus ''Stonehamia'' (''Hadrodontes'') The group members are *''Charaxes varanes'' *'' Charaxes fulvescens'' very similar to ''varanes'' *''Charaxes acuminatus'' very pointed forewing *'' Charaxes balfouri'' *''Charaxes analava'' *''Charaxes nicati'' *''Charaxes bertrami'' perhaps subspecies of ''varanes'' *''Charaxes saperanus'' *''Charaxes defulvata'' Etymology The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Gardiner Butler
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner Butler was born at Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. He was the son of Thomas Butler (1809–1908), assistant-secretary to the British Museum.Thomas Butler: He was educated at St. Paul's School,He was admitted 15-03-1854, according to: later receiving a year's tuition in drawing at the Art School of South Kensington. At the British Museum, he was appointed as an officer with two roles, as an assistant-keeper in zoology and as an assistant-librarian in 1879. Work He also published articles on spiders of Australia, the Galápagos, Madagascar, and other places. In 1859, he described the Deana moth. Bibliography Entomology *"Monograph of the species of ''Charaxes'', a genus of diurnal Lepidoptera". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Nicati
''Charaxes nicati'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Comoros. Taxonomy ''Charaxes varanes'' group. Subgenus ''Stonehamia'' (''Hadrodontes''). The group members are: *''Charaxes varanes'' *'' Charaxes fulvescens'' very similar to ''varanes'' *'' Charaxes acuminatus'' very pointed forewing *'' Charaxes balfouri'' *''Charaxes analava'' *''Charaxes nicati'' *''Charaxes bertrami'' perhaps subspecies of ''varanes'' *''Charaxes saperanus'' *''Charaxes defulvata ''Charaxes defulvata'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé. The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926. Taxonomy The species i ...'' References External links''Charaxes nicati'' imagesat Consortium for the Barcode of Life Butterflies described in 1991 nicati Endemic fauna of the Comoros {{Charaxinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes
The rajah and pasha butterflies, also known as emperors in Africa and Australia, (genus ''Charaxes'') make up the huge type genus of the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. They belong to the tribe Charaxini, which also includes the nawab butterflies ('' Polyura''). ''Charaxes'' are tropical Old World butterflies, with by far the highest diversity in sub-Saharan Africa, a smaller number from South Asia to Melanesia and Australia, and a single species ('' C. jasius'') in Europe. They are generally strong flyers and very popular among butterfly collectors. Etymology ''Charaxes'' means "to sharpen" or "to make pointed", referring to the pointed 'tails' on the hind wing. ''Charaxes'' may also be related to ''charax'', meaning 'a sharp stake', or ''charaxis'', a 'notch' or 'incision', which are also features of the hind wing. Biology ''Charaxes'' frequent sunny forest openings and glades where they rest with open or partly open wings sunning themsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1881
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, ... [...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] |
Isaac Bayley Balfour
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford from 1884 to 1888, and Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh from 1888 to 1922. Early life He was the son of John Hutton Balfour, also a botanist, and Marion Spottiswood Bayley, and was born at home, 27 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh. His mother was granddaughter of George Husband Baird. He was the cousin of Sir James Crichton-Browne. Biography Balfour was educated at the Edinburgh Academy from 1864 to 1870. At this early stage his interests and abilities were in the biological sciences, which were taught to him by his father. Due to his father's post as Professor of Botany at Edinburgh, the young Balfour was able to visit the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, not open to the public at the time. Balfour studied at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Defulvata
''Charaxes defulvata'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé. The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926. Taxonomy The species is often treated as a subspecies of ''Charaxes varanes'' following Van Someren in 1974. In 1983, it was given full species status again by Plantrou. It is considered a member of the ''Charaxes varanes ''Charaxes varanes'', the pearl emperor, Karkloof emperor, or pearl charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in Africa from Saudi Arabia to South Africa.African Butterfly Database Range map via search [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Saperanus
''Charaxes saperanus'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southeast Africa. The habitat consists of dry forests and patches of vegetation between plantations. The larvae feed on '' Allophylus'' species. Taxonomy ''Charaxes varanes'' group.Subgenus ''Stonehamia'' (''Hadrodontes'') The group members are: *''Charaxes varanes'' *'' Charaxes fulvescens'' - very similar to ''varanes'' *'' Charaxes acuminatus'' - very pointed forewing *'' Charaxes balfouri'' *'' Charaxes analava'' *'' Charaxes nicati'' *'' Charaxes bertrami'' - perhaps subspecies of ''varanes'' *''Charaxes saperanus'' *''Charaxes defulvata'' References ''Charaxes saperanus'' imagesat Bold In typography, emphasis is the strengthening of words in a text with a font in a different style from the rest of the text, to highlight them. It is the equivalent of prosody stress in speech. Methods and use The most common methods in W ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Bertrami
''Charaxes varanes'', the pearl emperor, Karkloof emperor, or pearl charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in Africa from Saudi Arabia to South Africa.''Charaxes varanes'' at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' The is 65–70 mm in males and 70–90 mm in females. Its flight period is year round. Larvae feed on '' Allophylus'' species and '' |
Charaxes Analava
''Charaxes analava'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests. Description ''Ch. analava'' Ward . The marginal band of the hindwing is unicolorous black without spots and only reaches vein 4. The hindwing beneath behind the middle with a row of large eye-spots, of which the one in cellule 7 is especially large and distinct. Hindwing with 3 long tails, that at vein 3 somewhat shorter. Ground-colour of both wings light yellow. Madagascar. Aurivillius, .O.. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'' Band 13: Abt. 2, ''Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter'', 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. A full description is also given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). ''Novitates Zoologicae'' Volume 7:287-524page 362-364 (for terms see ''Novitates Zoologicae'' Volume 5:545-601 Taxonomy ''Charaxe ... [...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] |
Charaxes Balfouri
''Charaxes balfouri'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters. Description A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). ''Novitates Zoologicae'' 7:287-524page 361-362 (for terms see ''Novitates Zoologicae'' Volume 5:545-601 Taxonomy ''Charaxes varanes'' group. Subgenus ''Stonehamia'' (''Hadrodontes'') The group members are *''Charaxes varanes'' *'' Charaxes fulvescens'' very similar to ''varanes'' *''Charaxes acuminatus'' very pointed forewing *'' Charaxes balfouri'' *''Charaxes analava'' *''Charaxes nicati'' *''Charaxes bertrami'' perhaps subspecies of ''varanes'' *''Charaxes saperanus'' *''Charaxes defulvata'' Etymology The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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