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Deinbollia Oblongifolia
''Deinbollia oblongifolia'' is a shrub or small tree in the family Sapindaceae. It is commonly known as the dune soap-berry and is found in coastal vegetation from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, through KwaZulu-Natal to southern Mozambique and Eswatini. It is named after Peter Vogelius Deinboll (1783–1876), a Danish botanist and plant collector. Description These plants can grow up to tall. The stem often branches low down and the bark is grey brown. The leaves are compound, up to long and clustered at the ends of the branches. The flowers are white, or cream and produced on branched flowering heads at the ends of the branches. The fruit are rounded; green and velvety when young to yellow and smooth when ripe. The dune soap-berry may be confused with a young forest mahogany (''Trichilia dregeana'') because of the similar shaped compound leaves, however the dune soap-berry has paler green slightly matt leaves compared to the forest mahogany, which has a darker green leaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapindaceae
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in temperate to tropical regions, many in laurel forest habitat, throughout the world. Many are laticiferous, i.e. they contain latex, a milky sap, and many contain mildly toxic saponins with soap-like qualities in either the foliage and/or the seeds, or roots. The largest genera are ''Serjania'', ''Paullinia'', ''Allophylus'' and '' Acer''. Description Plants of this family have a variety of habits, from trees to herbaceous plants to lianas. The leaves of the tropical genera are usually spirally alternate, while those of the temperate maples ('' Acer), Aesculus'', and a few other genera are opposite. They are most often pinnately compound, but are palmately compound in ''Aesculus'', and simply palmate in ''Acer''. The petiole has a swollen ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypolycaena Philippus
''Hypolycaena philippus'', the purple-brown hairstreak or common hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa where it is commonly found in wooded locations. The wingspan is 22–28 mm for males and 23.5–31 mm for females. Females lack the purple sheen which is present on the upper wings of males, and instead have submarginal white markings on their hind wings. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas with peaks in November and March or April. The larvae feed on '' Clerodendrum glabrum'', ''Ximenia'' species (including '' X. caffra'' and '' X. americana''), ''Deinbollia'' species (including '' D. oblongifolia''), ''Vangueria'' species (including the inside of fruits of '' V. randii''), ''Maytenus senegalensis'', ''Allophylus'', ''Loranthus'', ''Punica granatum'', other ''Clerodendrum'', ''Coccinia grandis'' and ''Ixora''. Subspecies *''Hypolycaena philippus philippus'' – mainland sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Sahara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telchinia Encedon
''Acraea encedon'', the common acraea, white-barred acraea or encedon acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia. It is one of the species of ''Acraea'' sometimes separated in ''Telchinia''. Description The wingspan is , with the female being slightly larger than the male, but otherwise similar in pattern and colour. The apex of the forewing is blackish and divided by a white bar. The rest of the surface of the wings are usually orange with black spots, however paler varieties with a greyish or yellowish base colour are also found. The butterfly is a polymorphic Müllerian mimic of ''Danaus chrysippus'', which is a highly unusual phenomenon as Müllerian mimicry is almost always monomorphic. Description in Seitz ''A. encedon'' is a very variable and widely distributed species and appears in many forms but with no definite local races. The black dots are the same in all the forms and are arranged as follows. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevenia Natalensis
''Sevenia natalensis'', the Natal tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in southeastern Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ....''Sallya'' at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Wingspan: 40–48 mm. Flight period year round, peaking between February and May. Larvae feed of '' Sapium reticulatum'' and '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Brutus
__NOTOC__ ''Charaxes brutus'', the white-barred emperor or white-barred Charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa (see subspecies section for detailed information). Its flight period is year-round. Notes on the biology of ''brutus'' are given by Larsen, T.B. (1991). Description Its average wingspan is 60–75 mm in males and 75–90 mm in females. Both wings above black or black-brown with a common white or whitish yellow discal band, which on the forewing is broken up into spots towards the costal margin. Marginal spots wanting; but the hindwing has before the distal margin 2—4 small blue spots, 2 in cellule 1 c and one each in 2 and 3. The under surface has a continuous white discal band; the ground-colour of the basal part is red-brown with the black, white-edged markings peculiar to the genus, which stand out sharply; the marginal part is brown-yellow next to the discal band and then ornamented with large, triangular black spot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Xiphares
''Charaxes xiphares'', the forest king emperor or forest king charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Afromontane forest in the eastern and southern Afrotropical realm. Description The wingspan is 65–80 mm for males and 70–95 mm for females. ''Ch. xiphares'' Cr. male: the forewing marked almost exactly as in nandina , but the spots blue with the exception of the first two in the distal row; the basal part is tinged with blue, but usually not so distinctly as in the figure. The blue median band of the hindwing is placed further distad, is broader and distally deeply incised at the veins or even almost broken up into spots; small blue submarginal dots and blue or yellowish marginal spots. The female is very different from the male; the forewing is brown-black without blue markings, but with four white discal spots (in the middle of cellule 2, before the middle of 3 and at the base of 4 and 5) and 2 or more white spots behind the middle; sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaxes Ethalion
''Charaxes ethalion'', the satyr emperor or satyr 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'' Description The is 45–55 mm in males and 50–63 mm in females. ''Ch. ethalion'' Bdv. Very nearly allied to '' c. etheocles'' and only differing in the male in the genital armature and in the female in having the cell of the forewing above unicolo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.''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 '''' species and '' |
Charaxes Candiope
''Charaxes candiope'', the green-veined emperor or green-veined charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common in sub-Saharan Africa. Biology The habitat is forest and savanna excluding arid savanna. It also occurs in gardens and agricultural areas. Notes on the biology of ''candiope'' are given by Pringle et al (1994), Larsen, T.B. (1991), Larsen, T.B. (2005) and Kielland, J. (1990). Flight period is from October to June. Description The wingspan is 45–55 mm in males and 50–60 mm in females. The basic colour of the upperside wings is tawny or orange tawny, with a basal area slightly paler or pale ochre yellow. The unscaled veins and the costal edge of forewing are green. The hindwings have a submarginal black band with a series of tawny ochreous or whitish interstitial spots. The undersides of the forewings are clayish, slightly ochreous, while the hindwings are sepia colour. Forewings are rather falcate, while the hindwings have two small ta ... [...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] |
Andropadus Importunus
The sombre greenbul (''Andropadus importunus'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in coastal bush, evergreen forest and dry shrub land in eastern and southern Africa. It is the only member of the genus ''Andropadus''. Taxonomy and systematics Eighteen species of greenbuls originally described in the genus ''Andropadus'' were re-classified to the genera ''Arizelocichla'', '' Stelgidillas'' and ''Eurillas'' in 2010. This has left ''Andropadus'' as a monotypic genus with the sombre greenbul remaining as its sole extant species. The sombre greenbul was originally described in the genus ''Turdus'' and was later re-classified to the genus ''Andropadus''. Alternatively, some authorities classify the sombre greenbul in the genus ''Pycnonotus''. Alternate names for the sombre greenbul include the sombre bulbul, southern sombre bulbul and southern sombre greenbul. Subspecies Four subspecies of the sombre greenbul are recognized: * Zanzibar somb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egybolis Vaillantina
''Egybolis'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. Its only species, ''Egybolis vaillantina'', the African peach moth, was Species description, first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The wingspan is about 60 mm. The moths are active during the day. The larvae feed on peach and ''Sapindus'' species. Gallery File:African_Peach_Moth_newly_hatched_29_06_2010_3.JPG, Newly hatched File:African_Peach_Moth_stretching_wings_29_06_2010.JPG, Extending wings File:Peach_Moth_29_06_2010.JPG, Drying wings File:Egybolis vaillantina (Zambia).jpg File:Egybolis vaillantina2.jpg References * * External links * Catocalinae Owlet moths of Africa Moths described in 1790 Monotypic moth genera {{Catocalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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