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Charaxes Bipunctatus
''Charaxes bipunctatus'', the two-spot blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania. A local and uncommon butterfly. Description ''Ch. bipunctatus'' Rothsch. is another close ally of '' tiridates'', distinguished chiefly by the very short, tooth- like tails of the hindwing. Both sexes above coloured and marked like those of ''tiridates'' ; the blue spots, however, in the male in part indistinct or absent and the marginal streaks of the hindwing thick, ochre-yellow and not interrupted. Ashanti to Aruwimi. A full description is also given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 ''Novitates Zoologicae'' volume 7:287-524page 390 (for terms see ''Novitates Zoologicae'' volume 5:545-60 Differs from '' Charaxes tiridates'' and ''Charaxes numenes'' in that there are only two hindwing p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west. The Central African Republic covers a land area of about . , it had an estimated population of around million. , the Central African Republic is the scene of a civil war, ongoing since 2012. Most of the Central African Republic consists of Sudano-Guinean savannas, but the country also includes a Sahelo- Sudanian zone in the north and an equatorial forest zone in the south. Two-thirds of the country is within the Ubangi River basin (which flows into the Congo), while the remaining third lies in the basin of the Chari, which flows into Lake Chad. What is today the Central African Republic has been inhabited for millennia; however, the country's current borders were established by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Jordan (zoologist, Born 1861)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959) was a German-British entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology. Jordan was born in a farming family in Almstedt, raised by an uncle after the death of his father in 1855, finished school in Hildesheim and educated at Göttingen University. After a year of military service, he taught at Münden Grammar School for five years and came in contact with zoologist August Metzger and Count Berlepsch that led to a growth in his natural history interest. Through their recommendation he received an invitation to joined Ernst Hartert at Rotschild's museum. In 1893 he began work at Walter Rothschild's Natural History Museum at Tring, specialising in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera. Jordan published over 400 papers, many jointly with Charles and Walter Rothschild. He described 2,575 ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Bohemani
''Charaxes bohemani'', the large blue emperor, large blue charaxes or divebomber charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa (Angola, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa)."''Charaxes'' Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Description The is 65–75 mm in males and 78–95 mm in females. Both wings above in the basal part glossy blue; on the forewing the blue colour reaches to the base of vein 3 and is distally out off straight but obliquely, on t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Barnsi
''Charaxes barnsi'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of Príncipe. The species was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1927. ''Charaxes barnsi'' is a large butterfly with a brown ground colour and a very wide metallic blue band punctuated by light blue (tinged violet).The male is a little smaller than the female which reaches 105 mm. It is considered part of the '' Charaxes tiridates'' group. References External links''Charaxes barnsi'' imagesat 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 ... African Butterfly DatabaseRange map via search barnsi Butterflies of Africa Endemic fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe Fauna of Príncipe Butterflies described in 1927 Taxa named by George Talbot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Albimaculatus
''Charaxes numenes'', the lesser blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Description ''Ch. numenes'' Hew. (31 c). Tails of the hindwing short. Hindwing beneath somewhat beyond the middle with a continuous, fine, gently curved, black transverse line, distally bordered with white, almost exactly as in '' violetta''. In this these two species differ from all the rest of the '' tiridates'' group. Male, wings above bluish black, at the base black-brown; forewing in the middle with four small blue spots in the basal part of cellules 2-5 and usually also behind the middle with a transverse row of blue dots; marginal spots distinct, ochre-yellow. Hindwing beyond the middle with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Bubastis
''Charaxes mixtus'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Description ''Ch. mixtus'' Rothsch. The male is very similar to that of '' tiridates'' and only differs in having the marginal spots of the forewing short and whitish and the marginal streaks of the hindwing thick, undivided, blue; the blue spots behind the middle of the hindwing are also much larger than in tiridates. The female is considerably larger than the male but similar in colour and markings, hence entirely different from ''tiridates'' female . Cameroons and Congo. Biology The habitat consists of lowland forests. Notes on the biology of ''mixtus'' are given by Kielland (1990) Taxonomy '' Charaxes tiridates'' group The supposed clade members are: *'' Charaxes tiridates'' *'' Charaxes numenes'' similar to next *'' Charaxes bipunctatus'' similar to last *'' Charaxes vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Mixtus
''Charaxes mixtus'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Description ''Ch. mixtus'' Rothsch. The male is very similar to that of '' tiridates'' and only differs in having the marginal spots of the forewing short and whitish and the marginal streaks of the hindwing thick, undivided, blue; the blue spots behind the middle of the hindwing are also much larger than in tiridates. The female is considerably larger than the male but similar in colour and markings, hence entirely different from ''tiridates'' female . Cameroons and Congo. Biology The habitat consists of lowland forests. Notes on the biology of ''mixtus'' are given by Kielland (1990) Taxonomy ''Charaxes tiridates'' group The supposed clade members are: *''Charaxes tiridates'' *''Charaxes numenes'' similar to next *''Charaxes bipunctatus'' similar to last *''Charaxes violet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Fuscus
''Charaxes x fuscus'' is a naturally occurring hybrid between two sympatric species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was found in the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests. Described from a single male collected from Bangui by Plantrou, it is now proven to be the only known example of a naturally occurring hybrid (''Charaxes numenes'' x probably ''Charaxes cynthia'') Taxonomy ''Charaxes tiridates'' group. The supposed clade members are: *''Charaxes tiridates'' *''Charaxes numenes'' similar to next *''Charaxes bipunctatus'' similar to last *'' Charaxes violetta'' *''Charaxes fuscus'' *'' Charaxes mixtus'' *''Charaxes bubastis'' *''Charaxes albimaculatus'' *''Charaxes barnsi'' *''Charaxes bohemani'' *'' Charaxes schoutedeni'' *''Charaxes monteiri'' *''Charaxes smaragdalis'' *'' Charaxes xiphares'' *''Charaxes cithaeron'' *''Charaxes nandina'' *''Charaxes imperialis'' *''Charaxes ameliae'' *''Charaxes pythodoris'' *? ''Charaxes overl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Violetta
''Charaxes violetta'', the violet-spotted emperor or violet-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa."''Charaxes'' Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June. Larvae feed on '' unijugata'' and '''' spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, the equivalent Latin term ''cladus'' (plural ''cladi'') is often used in taxonomical literature. The common ancestor may be an individual, a population, or a species (extinct or extant). Clades are nested, one in another, as each branch in turn splits into smaller branches. These splits reflect evolutionary history as populations diverged and evolved independently. Clades are termed monophyletic (Greek: "one clan") groups. Over the last few decades, the cladistic approach has revolutionized biological classification and revealed surprising evolutionary relationships among organisms. Increasingly, taxonomists try to avoid naming taxa that are not clades; that is, taxa that are not monophyletic. Some of the relationships between organisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blighia Unijugata
''Blighia'' is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya. The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee (''B. sapida'') being grown commercially for fruit production. The genus is named for Captain William Bligh (formerly of ), who brought samples back to England. The species are evergreen trees growing to tall, with pinnate leaves. The flowers are produced in small panicles. The fruit is an oval capsule long containing three seed A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiospe ...s, each surrounded by an edible fleshy yellow aril, and a thick, leathery orange or red skin; the fruit apart from the aril is very poisonous. Selected species * '' Blighia sapida'' - Ackee * '' Blighia uniju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blighia
''Blighia'' is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya. The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee (''B. sapida'') being grown commercially for fruit production. The genus is named for Captain William Bligh (formerly of ), who brought samples back to England. The species are evergreen trees growing to tall, with pinnate leaves. The flowers are produced in small panicles. The fruit is an oval capsule long containing three seeds, each surrounded by an edible fleshy yellow aril, and a thick, leathery orange or red skin; the fruit apart from the aril is very poisonous. Selected species * ''Blighia sapida'' - Ackee * ''Blighia unijugata ''Blighia'' is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya. The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee (''B. sapida'') being grown commercially for fruit ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
