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Halpe Homolea
''Halpe homolea'', the Indian ace or Ceylon ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy .... Description Subspecies *''H. h. aucma'' Swinhoe, 1893 - Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland *''H. h. hindu'' Evans, 1937 - Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu *''H. h. molta'' Evans, 1949 - Sikkim *''H. h. perfossa'' South, 1913 - Arunachal Pradesh References External links Astictopterini Butterflies of Asia {{Hesperiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chapman Hewitson
William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and, also, to birds' nests and eggs. His collection of butterflies, collected by him as well as purchased from travellers throughout the world, was one of the largest and most important of his time. He contributed to and published many works on entomology and ornithology and was an accomplished scientific illustrator. Life William Hewitson was educated in York. He became a land-surveyor and was for some time employed under George Stephenson on the London and Birmingham Railway. Delicate health and the accession to an ample fortune through the death of a relative led him to give up his profession and he afterwards devoted himself to scientific studies. He lived for a time at Bristol and Hampstead. In 1848 he purchased ten or tw ... [...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] |
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.Ackery et al. (1999) Description and systematics Traditionally, the Hesperiidae were placed in a monotypic superfamily Hesperioidea, because they are morphologically distinct from other Rhopalocera (butterflies), which mostly belong to the typical butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Swinhoe
Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838, in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an English naturalist and lepidopterist, who served in the British Army in India. He was one of the eight founders of the Bombay Natural History Society and a brother of the famous naturalist Robert Swinhoe. Swinhoe was commissioned ensign in the 56th Regiment of Foot without purchase in 1855, serving in the Crimea and reaching India after the 1857 Mutiny. He exchanged into a lieutenancy in the 15th Foot without purchase in 1858 and returned to the 56th Foot in 1859, transferring to the Bombay Staff Corps later the same year. He was at Kandahar with Lord Roberts in 1880, and collected 341 birds there and on the march back to India. These were described in ''The Ibis'' (1882: 95-126). He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1881 and colonel in 1885. Swinhoe was a kee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidoptera Indica
''Lepidoptera Indica'' was a 10 volume work on the butterflies of the Indian region that was begun in 1890 and completed in 1913. It was published by Lovell Reeve and Co. of London. It has been considered the ''magnum opus'' of its author, Frederic Moore, assistant curator at the museum of the East India Company. Frederic Moore described a number of new species through this publication. Moore was a splitter, known for careless creation of synonyms, sometimes placing the same species in more than one genus. History The series was based on a large collection of butterflies that were under the care of the curator of the Asiatic Museum, Dr Thomas Horsfield. The museum was closed in 1879 and the collection was transferred to the British Museum. Moore in his preface defined the Indian region as being roughly bounded by the Himalayan mountains in the north, Suleiman and Hala mountains in the northwest, Ceylon to the South and Burma in the East and including the Andaman and Nicobar Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halpe Homolea Hindu From Pookkottur Kerala
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Species *'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi. *'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, Laos, Yunnan *'' Halpe aucma'' Swinhoe, 1893 Tibet *'' Halpe aurifera'' (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Nias *'' Halpe beturia'' (Hewitson, 1868) Sulawesi, Banggai *'' Halpe burmana'' Swinhoe, 1893 Burma, Thailand, Laos *'' Halpe clara'' Cassidy, 1985 Borneo *'' Halpe damar'' Bedford-Russel, 1984 Sulawesi *'' Halpe dante'' Evans, 1949 *''Halpe dizangpusa'' Huang, 2002 China *'' Halpe elana'' Eliot, 1939 Thailand, Laos, Malaya *'' Halpe fasciata'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 *'' Halpe filda'' Evans, 1949 Tibet, Sikkim *''Halpe flava'' Evans, 1926 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo *''Halpe frontieri'' Devyatkin, 1997 Vietnam *''Halpe gamma'' Evans, 1937 China, Formosa *''Halpe handa'' Evans, 1949 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astictopterini
The Astictopterini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. As most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, more genera may be placed here eventually. Species Recognised genera in the tribe Astictopterini include: * ''Aeromachus'' * ''Artitropa'' Holland, 1896 * ''Astictopterus'' * '' Ceratricula'' Larsen, 2013 * '' Dotta'' Grishin, 2019 * ''Eogenes'' Mabille, 1909 * ''Fresna'' Evans, 1937 * ''Fulda'' Evans, 1937 * ''Galerga'' Mabille, 1897 * ''Gorgyra'' Holland, 1896 * ''Halpe'' * '' Hollandus'' Larsen and Collins, 2015 * '' Lennia'' Grishin, 2022 * '' Lissia'' Grishin, 2019 * ''Nervia The Nervia is a stream of Liguria (Italy). Geography The river rises near Monte Pietravecchia, in the Ligurian Alps, and flows through the Valle Nervia mainly heading south. It passes through the communes of Pigna and Isolabona; around one ...'' Grishin, 2019 * '' Onryza'' * '' Pithauria'' * '' Thoressa'' * '' Trida'' Grishin, 2022 * '' Xanthonymus'' Gris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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