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Calycopis
''Calycopis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Massively split up by Kurt Johnson in 1991, most modern authors consider the changes proposed at that time to be unjustified. Most of the species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm and others in the Nearctic realm. Species include: * ''Calycopis cecrops'' Fabricius, 1793 – red-banded hairstreak * ''Calycopis isobeon'' Butler & H. Druce, 1872 * ''Calycopis pisis ''Calycopis pisis'', the pisis groundstreak, is a butterfly found in several countries in Latin America. Taxonomic history and synonyms This species was described in 1887 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in ''Biologia Centrali-Americ ...'' (Godman & Salvin, 1887) * ''Calycopis trebula'' (Hewitson, 1868); Trebula groundstreak Several proposed species are of doubtful validity. External links "''Calycopis'' Scudder, 1876"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Eumaeini Lycaenidae of South Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calycopis Pisis
''Calycopis pisis'', the pisis groundstreak, is a butterfly found in several countries in Latin America. Taxonomic history and synonyms This species was described in 1887 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in '' Biologia Centrali-Americana''. They placed it in the genus ''Thecla''. In 1969, William D. Field transferred the species to his newly-circumscribed genus ''Calystryma''. Then, in 1991, Kurt Johnson transferred it his newly-circumscribed genus ''Klaufera'' to be its type species. In the same paper, Johnson described a species he named ''Serratoterga larsoni'' to honor the American cartoonist Gary Larson; this was the type species of ''Serratoterga''. In 2004, R. K. Robins synonymized the two species and transferred it to the genus '' Calycopis'', making ''C. larsoni'' an invalid junior synonym. Distribution It has been found in several parts of Latin America, including Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Ecuador, Belize, Mexico (in the states of Veracruz an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calycopis
''Calycopis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Massively split up by Kurt Johnson in 1991, most modern authors consider the changes proposed at that time to be unjustified. Most of the species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm and others in the Nearctic realm. Species include: * ''Calycopis cecrops'' Fabricius, 1793 – red-banded hairstreak * ''Calycopis isobeon'' Butler & H. Druce, 1872 * ''Calycopis pisis ''Calycopis pisis'', the pisis groundstreak, is a butterfly found in several countries in Latin America. Taxonomic history and synonyms This species was described in 1887 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in ''Biologia Centrali-Americ ...'' (Godman & Salvin, 1887) * ''Calycopis trebula'' (Hewitson, 1868); Trebula groundstreak Several proposed species are of doubtful validity. External links "''Calycopis'' Scudder, 1876"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Eumaeini Lycaenidae of South Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Banded Hairstreak
The red-banded hairstreak (''Calycopis cecrops'') is a butterfly native to the southeastern United States. It feeds on fallen leaves of sumac species and other trees. Its size ranges from . It lives near coastal areas. Its genome was sequenced in 2016. It has a false "head" that helps it avoid predators. In a 2012 experiment, ''C. cecrops'' was exposed to a jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ..., '' Phidippus pulcherrimus'', which researchers found to be a "very efficient strategy in deflecting attacks." References External links Butterflies & Moths of North America Calycopis Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1793 {{Lycaenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calycopis Cecrops
The red-banded hairstreak (''Calycopis cecrops'') is a butterfly native to the southeastern United States. It feeds on fallen leaves of sumac species and other trees. Its size ranges from . It lives near coastal areas. Its genome was sequenced in 2016. It has a false "head" that helps it avoid predators. In a 2012 experiment, ''C. cecrops'' was exposed to a jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ..., '' Phidippus pulcherrimus'', which researchers found to be a "very efficient strategy in deflecting attacks." References External links Butterflies & Moths of North America Calycopis Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1793 {{Lycaenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calycopis Isobeon
''Calycopis isobeon'', the dusky-blue groundstreak, is a butterfly native to the Americas, ranging from Venezuela to central Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by .... It is very similar to the red-banded hairstreak (''Calycopis cecrops'') and the two are sometimes treated as conspecific. External linksButterflies & Moths of North America isobeon Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1872 Lycaenidae of South America Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler Taxa named by Herbert Druce {{Lycaenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eumaeini
The Eumaeini are a tribe of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae). They are typically placed in the subfamily Theclinae, but sometimes considered a separate subfamily Eumaeinae. Over 1,000 species are found in the Neotropical realm Systematics As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary. However, much progress has been made in sorting out the profusion of synonymous taxa, and at least some degree of stability has been achieved in the early years of the 21st century. While there is no good phylogenetic hypothesis yet for the subfamily, groups of at least apparently related genera have been delimited. They are sometimes called "sections", but do not correspond to the taxonomic rank of section (the section in which the gossamer-winged butterflies are placed is the Cossina); if validated as clades and assigned taxonomic rank, they would qualify as subtribes.See Brower (2008) and the references in Savela (2008) There is still much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nearctic Realm
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America that are not in the Nearctic realm are Eastern Mexico, Southern Florida, coastal Central Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean islands, which, together with South America, are part of the Neotropical realm. Major ecological regions The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) divides the Nearctic into four bioregions, defined as "geographic clusters of ecoregions that may span several habitat types, but have strong biogeographic affinities, particularly at taxonomic levels higher than the species level (genus, family)." Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield bioregion extends across the northern portion of the continent, from the Aleutian Islands to Newfoundland. It includes the Nearctic's Arctic Tundra and Boreal forest ecoregions. In terms of fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaenidae Of South America
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues (Polyommatinae), the coppers ( Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae), and the harvesters (Miletinae). Description, food, and life cycle Adults are small, under 5 cm usually, and brightly coloured, sometimes with a metallic gloss. Larvae are often flattened rather than cylindrical, with glands that may produce secretions that attract and subdue ants. Their cuticles tend to be thickened. Some larvae are capable of producing vibrations and low sounds that are transmitted through the substrates they inhabit. They use these sounds to communicate with ants.Pierce, N. E.; Braby, M. F.; Heath, A.; Lohman, D. J.; Mathew, J.; Rand, D. B. & Travassos, M. A. (2002)"The ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic kingdom. The Neotropic is delimited by similarities in fauna or flora. Its fauna and flora are distinct f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Johnson (entomologist)
Kurt Johnson (born 1946) is an American entomologist who is also a recognized figure in comparative religion and consciousness studies. His scientific career began while he was a Christian monk, during which time he completed his doctoral studies in evolution and ecology. He is known in science for his writing on taxonomy, evolution and ecology (especially about butterflies) and in particular for his published research and popular writing on the scientific career of famous Russian–American novelist and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov. His book ''Nabokov's Blues'' (co-authored with journalist S. Coates) was named a "top 10 book in science" in 2000 at the ''Washington Post'', '' Library Journal'', ''Booklist'' and ''HMS Beagle''. However, Johnson also became a significant figure, and writer and lecturer in comparative religion, spirituality, consciousness and integral studies, having continued as a Christian monastic for a number of years during his active scientific career and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
