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Delias Nysa
''Delias nysa'', common name yellow-spotted jezebel (Australian subspecies), is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, described in 1775. It is found in Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria), New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The wingspan is 50 mm. The larvae feed on mistletoe species, including ''Amyema gaudichaudii'', ''Korthalsella japonica'', ''Korthalsella breviarticulata'' and '' Korthalsella rubra''. Subspecies * ''Delias nysa nysa'' (Cairns to Wollongong) * ''Delias nysa nivira'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (northern Queensland) * ''Delias nysa caledonica'' Nieuwenhuis & Howarth, 1969 (New Caledonia) References External links Australian InsectsAustralian Faunal Directory nysa Nysa may refer to: Greek Mythology * Nysa (mythology) or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus * Nysiads, nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant ... Butterflies described in 1775 Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island, Espíritu Santo, in 1606. Queirós claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies, and named it . In the 1880s, France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the archipelago, and in 1906, they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through an Anglo-French condominium. An independence movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delias
''Delias'' is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus ''Delias'', found in South Asia and Australia. The genus is considered to have its evolutionary origins in the Australian region.Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an 'out-of-Australia' origin. Systematic Entomology (2007), 32 Species *The ''singhapura'' species group **'' Delias agoranis'' Grose-Smith, 1887 **'' Delias kuehni'' Honrath, 1887 (or '' Delias kuhni'') **'' Delias singhapura'' (Wallace, 1867) **'' Delias themis'' (Hewitson, 1861) *The ''nysa'' species group **''Delias battana'' Fruhstorfer, 1896 Sulawesi **''Delias blanca'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1862) Philippines and Borneo **'' Delias dice'' (van Vollenhoven, 1865) **''Delias dumasi'' Rothschild, 1925 Buru **'' Delias enniana'' Oberthür, 1880 **'' Delias fruhstorferi'' (Honrath, 1891) **''Del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korthalsella Rubra
'' Korthalsella rubra'' (common name - Jointed mistletoe) is a flowering plant in the Santalaceae (sandalwood) family, formerly placed in the Viscaceae. Description It grows to about 16 cm, and has distinctive green to yellow-green segmented branches which are flattened. The minute flowers are found within cushions at the nodes between the segments, separating into the edges as the segments grow larger. Distribution It is found in eastern Australia from Gippsland (Victoria) to Cape York (Queensland). Ecology It is a host plant for the butterfly, ''Delias nysa ''Delias nysa'', common name yellow-spotted jezebel (Australian subspecies), is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, described in 1775. It is found in Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria), New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The wingspan i ...'', and can be found on some 25 or more different host species. Taxonomy It was first described as ''Bifaria rubra'' by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1896. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korthalsella Breviarticulata
''Korthalsella'' (korthal mistletoe) is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae (sometimes/formerly considered to be in Viscaceae). It contains about 25 species distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands. Selected species *''Korthalsella arthroclada'' Cranfield (Australia) *'' Korthalsella breviarticulata'' (Tiegh.) Danser (Australia) *''Korthalsella complanata'' (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - ''Kaumahana'' (Hawaii) *''Korthalsella cylindrica'' (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - Hawaii korthal mistletoe (Hawaii) *'' Korthalsella degeneri'' Danser - Degener's korthal mistletoe (Island of Oahu in Hawaii) *''Korthalsella disticha'' (Endl.) Engl. (Australia) *''Korthalsella emersa'' Barlow (Australia) *''Korthalsella grayi'' Barlow (Australia) *''Korthalsella japonica'' (Thunb.) Engl. (Australia) *''Korthalsella latissima'' (v. Tiegh.) Danser - Kauai korthal mistletoe (Hawaii) *''Korthalsella leucothrix'' Barlow (Australia) *''Korthalsella papu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korthalsella Japonica
''Korthalsella'' (korthal mistletoe) is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae (sometimes/formerly considered to be in Viscaceae). It contains about 25 species distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands. Selected species *''Korthalsella arthroclada'' Cranfield (Australia) *''Korthalsella breviarticulata'' (Tiegh.) Danser (Australia) *''Korthalsella complanata'' (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - ''Kaumahana'' (Hawaii) *''Korthalsella cylindrica'' (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - Hawaii korthal mistletoe (Hawaii) *'' Korthalsella degeneri'' Danser - Degener's korthal mistletoe (Island of Oahu in Hawaii) *''Korthalsella disticha'' (Endl.) Engl. (Australia) *''Korthalsella emersa'' Barlow (Australia) *''Korthalsella grayi'' Barlow (Australia) *''Korthalsella japonica'' (Thunb.) Engl. (Australia) *''Korthalsella latissima'' (v. Tiegh.) Danser - Kauai korthal mistletoe (Hawaii) *''Korthalsella leucothrix'' Barlow (Australia) *''Korthalsella papuana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyema Gaudichaudii
''Amyema gaudichaudii'', commonly known as melaleuca mistletoe, is a plant in the Family (biology), family Loranthaceae Endemism, endemic to eastern Australia. Like other mistletoes, it is a shrubby, woody, wikt:aerial, aerial Parasitic plant#Classification, hemiparasite plant. It has relatively small, wedge-shaped leaves and small, dark red flowers arranged in groups of three. It only grows on a few species of ''Melaleuca''. Description ''Amyema gaudichaudii'' is a mistletoe with wedge-shaped leaves long, wide, tapering to a Petiole (botany), petiole long and with a rounded end. The plant is wikt:glabrous, glabrous apart from a few short rust-coloured hairs on the young branches and flower buds. The flowers are arranged in a group of three, the group resembling a candelabra, with a stalk or Peduncle (botany), peduncle long. The flowers on the end have a stalk or Pedicel (botany), pedicel long but the central flower is stalkless. There are four or five dark red petals long w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stood at and owned one of the largest wingspans at . Wingspan of aircraft The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured in a straight line, from wingtip to wingtip, independently of wing shape or sweep. Implications for aircraft design and anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia
) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , established_title = Annexed by France , established_date = 24 September 1853 , established_title2 = Overseas territory , established_date2 = 1946 , established_title3 = Nouméa Accord , established_date3 = 5 May 1998 , official_languages = French , regional_languages = , capital = Nouméa , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym = New Caledonian , government_type = Devolved parliamentary dependency , leader_title1 = President of France , leader_name1 = Emmanuel Macron , leader_title2 = President of the Government , leader_name2 = Louis Mapou , leader_title3 = President of the Congress , leader_name3 = Roch Wamytan , leader_title4 = High Commissioner , leader_name4 = Patrice ... [...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] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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