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Lamproptera Curius
''Lamproptera curius'', the white dragontail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly native to parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia where it is common. It belongs to the dragontails genus, ''Lamproptera'', of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. Description Upperside dull brownish black. Forewing: a broad outwardly oblique white transverse band that crosses from a little beyond the basal third of the costal margin to the dorsum, its outer half hyaline (glass like), followed by a hyaline triangular area that does not reach the costa or the termen but is traversed by conspicuously black veins. Between the semihyaline transverse band and the hyaline area the black forms a more or less even band slightly narrower in the middle; the black edging to the costa and termen broad, broadened towards the apex; cilia black. Hindwing: the transverse white band of the forewing is continued straight across and ends in a point on the outer half of vein 3, but is not hyaline along its outer mar ... [...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] |
Kampuchea
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective const ... [...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] |
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus ''Ornithoptera''. Swallowtails have a number of distinctive features; for example, the papilionid caterpillar bears a repugnatorial organ called the osmeterium on its prothorax. The osmeterium normally remains hidden, but when threatened, the larva turns it outward through a transverse dorsal groove by inflating it with fluid. The forked appearance in some of the swallowtails' hindwings, which can be seen when the butterfly is resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name ''swallowtail''. As for its formal name, Linnaeus chose ''Papilio'' for the type genus, as ''papilio'' is Latin for "butterfly". For the specific epithets of the genus, Linnaeus applied th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instar
An instar (, from the Latin '' īnstar'', "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (''ecdysis''), until sexual maturity is reached. Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to grow or assume a new form. Differences between instars can often be seen in altered body proportions, colors, patterns, changes in the number of body segments or head width. After shedding their exoskeleton (moulting), the juvenile arthropods continue in their life cycle until they either pupate or moult again. The instar period of growth is fixed; however, in some insects, like the salvinia stem-borer moth, the number of instars depends on early larval nutrition. Some arthropods can continue to moult after sexual maturity, but the stages between these subsequent moults are generally not called instars. For most insect species, an ''instar'' is the developmental stage of the larval forms of holometabolous (complete metamorphism) or nymphal forms o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernandiaceae
The Hernandiaceae are a family of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the order Laurales. Consisting of five genera with about 58 known species, they are distributed over the world's tropical areas, some of them widely distributed in coastal areas, but they occur from sea level to over 2000 m. The family is closely related to the Lauraceae, and many species inhabit laurel forest habitat; they have laurel-like (lauroid) leaves. Based on morphology, chromosome numbers, geographical distribution, and phylogenetic analyses, the family is clearly divided into two groups that have been given the rank of subfamilies Gyrocarpoideae and Hernandioideae. Overview The Hernandiaceae are important components of tropical forests, ranging from low-lying to montane forests. In general, there is a worldwide lack of knowledge about the family; little is yet known about its diversity. At a national level, in some countries with limited economic means, the majority of specimens are poorly determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illigera Platyandra
''Illigera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae, found tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Species To date, 53 species have been named, but only the following are accepted:The Plant List: ''Illigera''/ref> * ''Illigera appendiculata'' Carl Ludwig Blume, Blume (type species) * ''Illigera aromatica'' S.Z. Huang & S.L. Mo * ''Illigera brevistaminata'' Y.R. Li * ''Illigera celebica'' Miq. * ''Illigera cordata'' Dunn * '' Illigera glabra'' Y.R. Li * '' Illigera grandiflora'' W.W. Sm. & Jeffrey * '' Illigera henryi'' W.W. Sm. * '' Illigera khasiana'' C.B. Clarke * '' Illigera luzonensis'' (C. Presl) Merr. * '' Illigera nervosa'' Merr. * '' Illigera orbiculata'' C.Y. Wu * ''Illigera parviflora'' Dunn * '' Illigera pentaphylla'' Welw. * '' Illigera pseudoparviflora'' Y.R. Li * '' Illigera rhodantha'' Hance (synonym ''I. petelotii'') * ''Illigera trifoliata'' (Griff.) Dunn * ''Illigera vespertilio'' (Benth.) Baker f. Other unresolved species include: *''Illiger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illigera Celebica
''Illigera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae, found tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Species To date, 53 species have been named, but only the following are accepted:The Plant List: ''Illigera''/ref> * ''Illigera appendiculata'' Carl Ludwig Blume, Blume (type species) * ''Illigera aromatica'' S.Z. Huang & S.L. Mo * ''Illigera brevistaminata'' Y.R. Li * ''Illigera celebica'' Miq. * ''Illigera cordata'' Dunn * ''Illigera glabra'' Y.R. Li * ''Illigera grandiflora'' W.W. Sm. & Jeffrey * ''Illigera henryi'' W.W. Sm. * ''Illigera khasiana'' C.B. Clarke * ''Illigera luzonensis'' (C. Presl) Merr. * ''Illigera nervosa'' Merr. * '' Illigera orbiculata'' C.Y. Wu * ''Illigera parviflora'' Dunn * ''Illigera pentaphylla'' Welw. * ''Illigera pseudoparviflora'' Y.R. Li * ''Illigera rhodantha'' Hance (synonym ''I. petelotii'') * ''Illigera trifoliata'' (Griff.) Dunn * ''Illigera vespertilio'' (Benth.) Baker f. Other unresolved species include: *''Illigera cardiop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VB 014 White Dragontai
VB often refers to volleyball, a team sport. VB, Vb, and variants may refer to: Places * Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (ISO code VB), Italy * Vero Beach, a city in Florida, USA * Virginia Beach, a city in Virginia, USA Companies and organizations * VB, stock symbol for the Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund * VB Pictures, Indian film production company * VB Rocks, fashion line designed by Victoria Beckham for Rock and Republic * Veřejná bezpečnost, a Communist-era Czechoslovak police force * Verkehrsbetriebe Biel, public transport operator in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland * Villeroy & Boch, producer of ceramics from Germany; abbreviated VB * VivaAerobús (IATA code VB), Mexican airline * Vlaams Belang, Belgian political party * Vlaams Blok, former Belgian political party * Volksbank, bank in Vienna, Austria * Vojvođanska banka a.d., active bank in Serbia * Vojvođanska banka, defunct bank in Serbia Science and technology * VB speed, aircraft design speed for maximum gust i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Union For Conservation Of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable". Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice and through building partnerships. The organization is best known to the wider pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the part of Malaysia that occupies the southern half of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia and the nearby islands. Its area totals , which is nearly 40% of the total area of the country; the other 60% is in East Malaysia. For comparison, it is slightly larger than England (130,395 km2). It shares a land border with Thailand to the north and a maritime border with Singapore to the south. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra, and across the South China Sea to the east lie the Natuna Islands of Indonesia. At its southern tip, across the Strait of Johor, lies the island country of Singapore. Peninsular Malaysia accounts for the majority (roughly 81.3%) of Malaysia's population and economy; as of 2017, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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