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Hyponephele Maroccana
''Hyponephele maroccana'', the Moroccan meadow brown is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Morocco (Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through Moroc ...) Subspecies *''H. m. maroccana'' (High Atlas) *''H. m. nivellei'' (Oberthür, 1920) Oberthür, C. 1920 ''Études de Lépidoptérologie comparée''. ''Faunes Entomologiques .Descriptions d'Insectes nouveaux oupeu connus, variations et races locales'', 1904 à 1925 Rennes, 1904-1925 (1920 17: 49, pl. E, F (Middle Atlas) Biology It flies in rocky places in one generation from June to August. References * Tennent, J., 1996 ''The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia'' Gem Publishing Co * Delacre, J. and Tarrier, M. 2008 ''Les Papillons de Jour du Maroc Un Guide d'Identification et de Bioin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Théodore Blachier
Charles Théodore Blachier (6 February 1859, Geneva – 5 October 1915, Geneva) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Blachier taught Grammar. He was a Member of the Société entomologique de France. His collections of Palearctic Lepidoptera are held by the Natural History Museum of Geneva. Works *1905 Descriptions sommaires d'espèces et de variétés nouvelles de Lépidoptères paléarctiques ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'' 1905: 52-54 *1905 Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux du Maroc. ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'':212-215. *1908 Lépidoptères du Maroc - Remarque sur diverses espèces et descriptions de variétés nouvelles ''Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.'' 77 (2) : 209-222 *1912 Espèces ou formes nouvelles de Lépidoptères africains appartenant aux genres ''Acraea'' et ''Mylothris ''Mylothris'', commonly called dotted borders, is a genus of Pieridae, pierid butterfly, butterflies found in Africa. Species Listed ... [...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] |
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their surroundings. Nomenclature Rafinesque introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Species
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The range's highest peak is Toubkal, which is in central Morocco, with an elevation of . The Atlas mountains are primarily inhabited by Berbers, Berber populations. The terms for 'mountain' are ''Adrar'' and ''adras'' in some Berber languages, and these terms are believed to be cognates of the Toponymy, toponym ''Atlas''. The mountains are also home to a number of animals and plants which are mostly found within Africa but some of which can be found in Europe. Many of these species are endangered and a few are already extinct. The weather is cooling but has sunny summers, and the average temperature there is 25°C.Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyponephele
''Hyponephele'' is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Most range from Europe into central Asia with a few in northern Africa. They are commonly called meadowbrowns. Species Listed alphabetically: at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *'''' (Lederer, 1869) *'' Hyponephele argyrostigma'' Tuzov & Samodurow, 1997 *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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