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Curetis Insularis
''Curetis insularis'' is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ... (Java, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Thailand). Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175 ''Curetis insularis'' was described by Horsfield in 1829. References External links "''Curetis'' Hübner, [1819]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 6, 2017. Curetis">insularis Butterflies described in 1829 {{lycaenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Horsfield
Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. He was later a curator of the East India Company Museum in London. Early life Horsfield was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of Timothy Horsfield, Sr. (1708-1773), who was born in Liverpool and emigrated to New York in 1725. In New York, his brother Isaac and he ran a butcher shop. The Horsfield family converted from the Church of England to Moravianism, a Protestant denomination with a strong emphasis on education. In 1748, Horsfield, Sr. applied for permission to reside in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He, however, moved only his family to Bethlehem and joined them the next year. When Northampton County was created in 1752, he was made a justice of peace by Governor Hamilton. In 1763 he was commissioned a colonel i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaenidae
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 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indomalayan Realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Borneo, east of which lies the Wallace line, the realm boundary named after Alfred Russel Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia. Indomalaya also includes the Philippines, lowland Taiwan, and Japan's Ryukyu Islands. Most of Indomalaya was originally covered by forest, and includes tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, with tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests predominant in much of India and parts of Southeast Asia. The tropical forests of Indomalaya are highly variable and diverse, with economically important trees, especially in the families Dipterocarpaceae and Fabaceae. Major ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Seitz
Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908 and is best known for editing the multivolume reference on the butterflies and larger moths of the world ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' which continued after his death. Biography Seitz was born in Mainz and went to school in Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt and Bensheim. He studied medicine from 1880 to 1885 and then zoology at Giessen. His doctorate was on the protective devices of animals. He worked as an assistant in the maternity hospital of the University of Giessen and then worked as a ship's doctor from 1887, travelling to Australia, South America and Asia. He began to collect butterflies on these travels. In 1891 he habilitated in zoology with a thesis on the biology of butterflies from the University of Giessen. In 1893 he took up a position as a direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curetis
''Curetis'', the sunbeams, is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from Southeast Asia. They are presently the only genus in the subfamily Curetinae. Selected species * '' Curetis acuta'' - angled sunbeam ** ''Curetis acuta formosana'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * ''Curetis brunnea'' Wileman, 1909 * ''Curetis barsine'' Felder, 1860 * ''Curetis bulis'' - bright sunbeam * '' Curetis dentata'' - toothed sunbeam * ''Curetis discalis'' Moore, 1879 * '' Curetis felderi'' Distant, 1884 * ''Curetis freda'' Eliot, 1959 * ''Curetis honesta'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * ''Curetis insularis'' (Horsfield, 1829) * ''Curetis latipicta'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Curetis minima'' Distant & Pryer, 1887 * ''Curetis naga'' Evans, 1954 * ''Curetis nesophila'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 * ''Curetis nisias'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * ''Curetis regula'' * ''Curetis santana'' * ''Curetis saronis'' - Burmese sunbeam * ''Curetis semilimbata'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * ''Curetis siva'' - Shiva's sunbeam * '' Curetis sperthis'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
