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Euptoieta Hortensia
''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical 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 bioge ... ecological zone. Species Listed alphabetically:848]"">"''Euptoieta'' Doubleday, [1848]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Euptoieta bogotana'' (Staudinger, 1885) * ''Euptoieta claudia'' (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary * ''Euptoieta hegesia'' (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary * ''Euptoieta hortensia'' (Blanchard, 1852) * '' Euptoieta perdistincta'' (Hall, 1930) * '' Euptoieta poasina'' (Schaus, 1913) * '' Euptoieta sunides'' (Hewitson, 1877) * '' Euptoieta thekla'' (Hall, 1919) References *Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euptoieta Claudia
''Euptoieta claudia'', the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the ''Speyeria'' fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: variegated fritillaries have two or three broods per year vs. one per year in ''Speyeria''; they are nomadic vs. sedentary; and they use a wide range of host plants vs. just violets. And because of their use of passionflowers as a host plant, variegated fritillaries also have taxonomic links to the heliconians. Their flight is low and swift, but even when resting or nectaring, this species is extremely difficult to approach, and, because of this, its genus name was taken from the Greek word ''euptoietos'' meaning "easily scared".Rich Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). ''The Butterflies of the East Coast''. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. Description The upperside of the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Doubleday (entomologist)
Henry Doubleday (1 July 1808 – 29 June 1875) was an English entomologist and ornithologist. Henry Doubleday was the eldest son of Quaker and grocer Benjamin Doubleday and his wife Mary of Epping, Essex. He and his brother Edward Doubleday spent their childhood collecting natural history specimens in Epping Forest. He lived at the same time as his cousin Henry Doubleday (1810-1902) the scientist and horticulturist. There is a blue plaque to him at the corner of High Street and Buttercross Lane, Epping. He was the author of the first catalogue of British butterflies and moths, ''Synonymic List of the British Lepidoptera'' (1847–1850). He named a number of new species of moths, including the pigmy footman, Ashworth's rustic and marsh oblique-barred. His moth collection remains intact at the Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historica ... [...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] |
Butterflies
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] |
Heliconiinae
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Papilionoidea. The colouration is predominantly reddish and black, and though of varying wing shape, the forewings are always elongated tipwards, hence the common name. Most longwings are found in the Tropics, particularly in South America; only the Argynnini are quite diverse in the Holarctic. Especially tropical species feed on poisonous plants, characteristically Passifloraceae vines, as larvae, becoming poisonous themselves. The adult butterflies announce their acquired toxicity with strong aposematic colours, warning off would-be predators. There are several famous cases of Batesian and Müllerian mimicry both within this group and with other butterflies. Other commonly seen food plants are Fabaceae (which also contain several toxic spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euptoieta Bogotana
''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical 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 bioge ... ecological zone. Species Listed alphabetically:848]"">"''Euptoieta'' Doubleday, [1848]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Euptoieta bogotana'' (Staudinger, 1885) * ''Euptoieta claudia'' (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary * ''Euptoieta hegesia'' (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary * ''Euptoieta hortensia'' (Blanchard, 1852) * '' Euptoieta perdistincta'' (Hall, 1930) * '' Euptoieta poasina'' (Schaus, 1913) * '' Euptoieta sunides'' (Hewitson, 1877) * '' Euptoieta thekla'' (Hall, 1919) References *Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euptoieta Hegesia
''Euptoieta hegesia'', the Mexican fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Description The upperside of the wings is bright orange with the basal part of the hindwing unmarked. There is a row of submarginal black spots on both the forewing and the hindwing. The underside of the wings is yellow orange with no submarginal black spots.Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). ''Butterflies of North America''. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. It has a wingspan of 2.5 to 3 inches.Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin and Hank Brodkin (2001). ''Butterflies of Arizona''. West Coast Lady Press, Arcata, CA. Similar species The only similar species in the Mexican fritillary's range is the variegated fritillary (''Euptoieta claudia''). The variegated fritillary has black median lines on the upperside of the hindwing, and on the underside of the hindwing it has a pale postmedian band. Flight The Mexican fritillary may be seen from mid-June to November in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euptoieta Hortensia
''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical 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 bioge ... ecological zone. Species Listed alphabetically:848]"">"''Euptoieta'' Doubleday, [1848]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Euptoieta bogotana'' (Staudinger, 1885) * ''Euptoieta claudia'' (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary * ''Euptoieta hegesia'' (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary * ''Euptoieta hortensia'' (Blanchard, 1852) * '' Euptoieta perdistincta'' (Hall, 1930) * '' Euptoieta poasina'' (Schaus, 1913) * '' Euptoieta sunides'' (Hewitson, 1877) * '' Euptoieta thekla'' (Hall, 1919) References *Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euptoieta Perdistincta
''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical 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 bioge ... ecological zone. Species Listed alphabetically:848]"">"''Euptoieta'' Doubleday, [1848]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Euptoieta bogotana'' (Staudinger, 1885) * ''Euptoieta claudia'' (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary * ''Euptoieta hegesia'' (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary * ''Euptoieta hortensia'' (Blanchard, 1852) * '' Euptoieta perdistincta'' (Hall, 1930) * '' Euptoieta poasina'' (Schaus, 1913) * '' Euptoieta sunides'' (Hewitson, 1877) * '' Euptoieta thekla'' (Hall, 1919) References *Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euptoieta Poasina
''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical ecological zone. Species Listed alphabetically:848]"">"''Euptoieta'' Doubleday, [1848]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Euptoieta bogotana'' (Staudinger, 1885) * ''Euptoieta claudia'' (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary * ''Euptoieta hegesia'' (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary * ''Euptoieta hortensia'' (Blanchard, 1852) * ''Euptoieta perdistincta ''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestri ...'' (Hall, 1930) * ''Euptoieta poasina'' (Schaus, 1913) * ''Euptoieta sunides'' (Hewitson, 1877) * ''Euptoieta thekla'' (Hall, 1919) References *Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euptoieta Sunides
''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical ecological zone. Species Listed alphabetically:"''Euptoieta'' Doubleday, [1848]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Euptoieta bogotana'' (Staudinger, 1885) * ''Euptoieta claudia'' (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary * ''Euptoieta hegesia'' (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary * ''Euptoieta hortensia'' (Blanchard, 1852) * ''Euptoieta perdistincta'' (Hall, 1930) * ''Euptoieta poasina ''Euptoieta'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical ecological zone. Species Listed alphabetically:848]"">"''Euptoieta'' Doubleday, 848]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life F ...'' (Schaus, 1913) * ''Euptoieta sunides'' (Hewitson, 1877) * ''Euptoieta thekla'' (Hall, 1919) References *Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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