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Kallima Horsfieldii
''Kallima horsfieldii'', the blue oakleaf, southern blue oakleaf or Sahyadri blue oakleaf, Butterflies of India is a butterfly found in . The underside appears like a leaf complete with midrib while the upperside is brilliantly coloured. Description [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Kollar
Vincenz Kollar (15 January 1797 in Kranowitz, Silesia – 30 May 1860 in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He was especially concerned with species of economic interest, particularly those of forests. Kollar described many new species. He was Curator of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. He worked mainly on insects collected on expeditions, especially that from the Austrian Brazil Expedition The Austrian expedition to Brazil (Österreichische Brasilien-Expedition) was a scientific expedition which explored Brazil. It was organized and financed by the Austrian Empire from 1817 to 1835. History The expedition had as its main supporter t ... of 1817–1835. Works *''Die vorzüglich lästigen Insekten Brasiliens'', p. 101-119. In J.E. Pohl. ''Reise im Innern von Brasiliens'', vol. I, 448p.(1832) * Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freih. Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himalayagebirge gesammelten Insekten. (mit L. Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hamilton Aitken
Edward Hamilton Aitken (16 August 1851, in Satara, India – 11 April 1909, in Edinburgh) was a civil servant in India, better known for his humorist writings on natural history in India and as a founding member of the Bombay Natural History Society. He was well known to Anglo-Indians by the pen-name of Eha. Early life ''Eha'' was born at Satara in the Bombay Presidency on 16 August 1851. His father was the Rev. James Aitken, missionary of the Free Church of Scotland. His mother was a sister of the Rev. Daniel Edward, a missionary to the Jews at Breslau for some fifty years. He was educated by his father in India. His higher education was obtained at Bombay and Pune. He passed M.A. and B.A. of Bombay University, first on the list, and won the Homejee Cursetjee prize with a poem in 1880. From 1870 to 1876, he taught Latin at the Deccan College in Pune. He also knew Greek and was known to be able to read the Greek Testament without the aid of a dictionary. He grew up in India, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Asia
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large 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 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 out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallimini .
Kallimini is a tribe of brush-footed butterflies. List of genera * '' Catacroptera'' Karsch, 1894 – pirates * '' Doleschallia'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 * ''Hypolimnas'' – eggflies, diadems (tentatively placed here) * ''Kallima'' Doubleday, 1849 – oakleaf butterflies, oakleaves * ''Mallika'' Collins & Larsen, 1991 – Jackson's leaf butterfly In some classifications, ''Hypolimnas'' is placed in the Junoniini Junoniini is a tribe of nymphalid ( brush-footed) butterflies. References * Nymphalinae[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eranthemum Roseum
''Eranthemum roseum'', also known as blue eranthemum, rosy eranthemum (Marathi: ''dasmuli'', दसमुळी; ''jangali aboli'', जंगली अबोली ) is a native of the Western Ghats of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so .... The plant has tuberous roots, and grows to a height of ten in numbers, hence the local name, dasmuli. References Acanthaceae {{Acanthaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strobilanthes Ciliata
''Strobilanthes'' is a genus of about 350 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, mostly native to tropical Asia and Madagascar, but with a few species extending north into temperate regions of Asia. Many species are cultivated for their two-lipped, hooded flowers in shades of blue, pink, white and purple. Most are frost-tender and require protection in frost-prone areas. Species ''Strobilanthes atropurpurea'' is a temperate species, native to eastern Siberia; it is cultivated for its purple flowers. ''Strobilanthes dyeriana'' (Persian shield) is a tropical plant native to Myanmar. It is grown for its dark green foliage with bright, metallic-purple stripes radiating outward from the central leaf vein. In proper conditions, it will also produce pale purple flowers. Persian Shield grows best outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10, although it can survive in other zones as a houseplant given sufficient temperature, soil moisture and humidity. It has gained the Royal Horti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strobilanthes Callosus
''Strobilanthes callosa'' ''(Synonym: Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek)'' is a shrub found mainly in the low lying hills of the Western Ghats, all along the west coast of India.Flower that takes years to bloom by Prachi Pinglay; At Mumbai; BBC News Its standardized name is maruadona (मरुआदोना) which it is called in the state of where it is also found. In the state of |
Lepidagathis Cuspidata
''Lepidagathis cuspidata'' (also known as ''Kodajathripaccha'', ''Kodassathripaccha'' and ''Spiny Lepidagathis'') is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to India and is a prickly subshrub growing profusely on hilly terrain in the Western Ghats, in evergreen forests and in wet places. It has been recorded in the Indian states of Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as well as in Nepal and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar .... References Acanthaceae {{Acanthaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseuderanthemum Malabaricum
''Pseuderanthemum'' is a genus of plants in family Acanthaceae with a pantropical distribution. Species The following 130 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online * '' Pseuderanthemum alatum'' * '' Pseuderanthemum albiflorum'' * ''Pseuderanthemum album'' * ''Pseuderanthemum angustifolium'' * '' Pseuderanthemum armitii'' * '' Pseuderanthemum arunachalense'' * '' Pseuderanthemum aubertii'' * ''Pseuderanthemum bibracteatum'' * '' Pseuderanthemum bicolor'' * ''Pseuderanthemum bracteatum'' * '' Pseuderanthemum bradtkei'' * '' Pseuderanthemum breviflos'' * ''Pseuderanthemum campylosiphon'' * '' Pseuderanthemum candidum'' * '' Pseuderanthemum caudifolium'' * ''Pseuderanthemum chaponense'' * ''Pseuderanthemum chilianthium'' * ''Pseuderanthemum chocoense'' * ''Pseuderanthemum cinnabarinum'' * ''Pseuderanthemum cladodes'' * ''Pseuderanthemum comptonii'' * ''Pseuderanthemum confertum'' * ''Pseuderanthemum confusum'' * ''Pseuderanthemum congestum'' * ''Ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in temperate regions. The four main centres of distribution are Indonesia and Malaysia, Africa, Brazil, and Central America. Representatives of the family can be found in nearly every habitat, including dense or open forests, scrublands, wet fields and valleys, sea coast and marine areas, swamps, and mangrove forests. Description Plants in this family have simple, opposite, decussated leaves with entire (or sometimes toothed, lobed, or spiny) margins, and without stipules. The leaves may contain cystoliths, calcium carbonate concretions, seen as streaks on the surface. The flowers are perfect, zygomorphic to nearly actinomorphic, and arranged in an inflorescence that is either a spike, raceme, or cyme. Typically, a colorful bract subtends ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strobilanthes
''Strobilanthes'' is a genus of about 350 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, mostly native to tropical Asia and Madagascar, but with a few species extending north into temperate regions of Asia. Many species are cultivated for their two-lipped, hooded flowers in shades of blue, pink, white and purple. Most are frost-tender and require protection in frost-prone areas. Species ''Strobilanthes atropurpurea'' is a temperate species, native to eastern Siberia; it is cultivated for its purple flowers. ''Strobilanthes dyeriana'' (Persian shield) is a tropical plant native to Myanmar. It is grown for its dark green foliage with bright, metallic-purple stripes radiating outward from the central leaf vein. In proper conditions, it will also produce pale purple flowers. Persian Shield grows best outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10, although it can survive in other zones as a houseplant given sufficient temperature, soil moisture and humidity. It has gained the Royal Hortic ... [...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] |
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