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Libytheana Fulvescens
The Dominican snout (''Libytheana fulvescens'') is a species of snout butterfly that is endemic to Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. Taxonomy It was first described in 1904, as ''Libythea fulvescens'', by Percy Ireland Lathy of the Zoological Society of London. It was reassigned to the new genus ''Libytheana'' in 1943 by American entomologist Charles D. Michener, who split ''L. fulvescens'' and three other New World species from the Old World ''Libythea'' species. Habitat and distribution The Dominican snout is rare, and locally distributed on Dominica in dry coastal forest and scrub, at such sites as Cabrits National Park, Morne Espagnole, and Morne Daniel.; . Behavior and ecology Its behavior has been described as similar to ''Libytheana carinenta''.. Adults are active even in windy weather. It is not gregarious and probably does not migrate. Generations are unknown but likely, because adults are found at different times of the year, though more c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy I
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc. People Surname * Alf Percy, Scottish footballer * Algernon Percy (other) * Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress * George Percy (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor * Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England * Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War * James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), American Marin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Museum Of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. In Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 26 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain over 34 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time. The museum occupies more than . AMNH has a full-time scientific staff of 225, sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year, and averages about five million visits annually. The AMNH is a private 501(c)(3) organization. Its mission statement is: "To discover, interpret, and disseminate—through scientific research and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidoptera Of The Caribbean
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described species of living organisms. It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world. The Lepidoptera show many variations of the basic body structure that have evolved to gain advantages in lifestyle and distribution. Recent estimates suggest the order may have more species than earlier thought, and is among the four most speciose orders, along with the Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. Lepidopteran species are characterized by more than three derived features. The most apparent is the presence of scales that cover the bodies, wings, and a proboscis. The scales are modified, flattened "hairs", and give butterflies and moths their wide variety of colors and patterns. Almost all species have some form of membrano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingbird
''Tyrannus'' is a genus of small passerine birds of the tyrant flycatcher family native to the Americas. The majority are named as kingbirds. Description They prefer semi-open or open areas. These birds wait on an exposed perch and then catch insects in flight. They have long pointed wings and large broad bills. These birds tend to defend their breeding territories aggressively, often chasing away much larger birds. A kingbird was photographed in 2009 defending its young by landing on and sinking its talons into the back of a red-tailed hawk and pecking its skull until the red-tailed hawk gave up and flew away. Taxonomy The genus was introduced in 1799 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède with the eastern kingbird (''Tyrannus tyrannus'') as the type species. The genus name is the Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtis Iguanaea
''Celtis iguanaea'', commonly known as the iguana hackberry is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Celtis''. The species is found in the United States (Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...), Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. References iguanaea Flora of Florida Flora of Texas Flora of Mexico Flora of South America {{Rosales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Host Plant
In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist ''guest'' (symbiont). The guest is typically provided with nourishment and shelter. Examples include animals playing host to parasitic worms (e.g. nematodes), cells harbouring pathogenic (disease-causing) viruses, a bean plant hosting mutualistic (helpful) nitrogen-fixing bacteria. More specifically in botany, a host plant supplies food resources to micropredators, which have an evolutionarily stable relationship with their hosts similar to ectoparasitism. The host range is the collection of hosts that an organism can use as a partner. Symbiosis Symbiosis spans a wide variety of possible relationships between organisms, differing in their permanence and their effects on the two parties. If one of the partners in an association is much larger than the other, it is generally known as the host. In parasitism, the parasite benefits at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libytheana Carinenta
The American snout or common snout butterfly (''Libytheana carinenta'') is a member of the subfamily Libytheinae in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. This species is found in both North and South America. The larval host plants are ''Celtis'' species on which the eggs are laid singly. Massive migrations of this species often attract attention in the Texas and Mexican newspapers. Description Snout butterflies have prominent elongated mouthparts (labial palpi) which, in concert with the antennae, give the appearance of the petiole (stem) of a dead leaf. Snouts often take advantage of this superb camouflage by hanging upside down under a twig, making them nearly invisible. Wings are patterned black-brown with white and orange markings. The forewings have a distinctive squared off, hook-like (falcate) tip. The caterpillars appear humpbacked, having a small head, swollen first and second abdominal segments, and a last abdominal segment which is tapered and rounded. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morne Daniel
Morne is an Old-French word for a small mountain. It may refer to: * Morne a Chandelle, a village in the Sud-Est department of Haiti * Morne-à-l'Eau, a commune in Guadeloupe * Morne Bois-Pin, the fourth highest mountain in Haiti * Morne la Vigie, hill and extinct cinder cone in Haiti * Morne Ciseaux, a town on the island of Saint Lucia * Morne Criquet, a quartier of Saint Barthélemy * Morne de Dépoudré, a quartier of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean * Morne de la Grande Montagne, the highest point of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Morne Diablotins, the highest mountain in Dominica * Morne du Cibao, the third highest mountain in Haiti * Morne du Vitet, the highest point of Saint Barthélemy * Morne Docteur, a town in Saint George Parish, Grenada * Morne Fendue, a town in Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada * Morne Fortune, a hill and residential area located south of Castries, Saint Lucia * Morne Jaloux, a town in Saint George Parish, Grenada * Morne Jaloux Ridge, a town in Saint Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morne Espagnole
Morne is an Old-French word for a small mountain. It may refer to: * Morne a Chandelle, a village in the Sud-Est department of Haiti * Morne-à-l'Eau, a commune in Guadeloupe * Morne Bois-Pin, the fourth highest mountain in Haiti * Morne la Vigie, hill and extinct cinder cone in Haiti * Morne Ciseaux, a town on the island of Saint Lucia * Morne Criquet, a quartier of Saint Barthélemy * Morne de Dépoudré, a quartier of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean * Morne de la Grande Montagne, the highest point of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Morne Diablotins, the highest mountain in Dominica * Morne du Cibao, the third highest mountain in Haiti * Morne du Vitet, the highest point of Saint Barthélemy * Morne Docteur, a town in Saint George Parish, Grenada * Morne Fendue, a town in Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada * Morne Fortune, a hill and residential area located south of Castries, Saint Lucia * Morne Jaloux, a town in Saint George Parish, Grenada * Morne Jaloux Ridge, a town in Saint Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabrits National Park
Cabrits National Park is on a peninsula at the north end of the Caribbean island of Dominica, north of Portsmouth. The park protects tropical forest, coral reefs and wetlands. There are hiking trails and an English garrison called Fort Shirley (Dominica), Fort Shirley. Cabrits National Park occupies 1,313 acres (531 ha) and was established in 1986. Cabrits is an extinct volcano that was once its own island, separate from mainland Dominica. It was connected to Dominica by the sweeping in of material from Douglas Bay and Prince Rupert Bay. The word Cabrits is derived from "goat" in Spanish, French and Portuguese, and is a reference to the animal that has been indigenous to Cabrits. Goats were introduced to the island by sailors, who set them free on the island to grow, so that there would be meat available when they returned. Cabrits is the last stop on the Waitukubuli Trail which originates in the southern village of Scott's Head. Segment 14 of the trail runs from Capuchin to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea
''Libythea'' is a widespread genus of nymphalid butterflies 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 ... commonly called beaks or snouts. They are strong fliers and may even be migratory. Classification * Source The higher classification of Nymphalidae, at Nymphalidae.net* Note: Names preceded by an equal sign (=) are synonyms, homonyms, rejected names or invalid names. Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833 * ''Libythea'' Fabricius, 1807 (= ''Hecaerge'' Ochsenheimer, 1816; = ''Chilea'' Billberg, 1820; = ''Hypatus'' Hübner, 1822; = ''Libythaeus'' Boitard, 1828; = ''Dichora'' Scudder, 1889) ** '' Libythea geoffroy'' Godart, 1824 *** ''Libythea geoffroy geoffroy'' Godart, 1824 *** ''Libythea geoffroy alompra'' Moore, 1901 (= ''Libythea hauxwelli'' Moore, 1901) *** ''Libyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libytheinae
The Libytheinae are a nymphalid subfamily known as snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about ten species: six in '' Libythea'' and four in ''Libytheana''. The common name refers to the thick labial palps (pedipalps) that look like a "snout" in this subfamily. In older literature, this group was recognized as the family Libytheidae. They are medium-sized and typically a drab brown. The front legs are reduced in length and the ventral hindwings are cryptically colored to help them blend in with their surroundings. While at rest, the members of this subfamily keep their wings tightly closed to resemble dead leaves. Classification Libytheinae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae: *Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 ** Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833 *** '' Libythea'' Fabricius, 1807 *** ''Libytheana ''Libytheana'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the snout butterfly subfamily, Libytheinae. ''Libytheana carinenta'' is found in both North and So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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