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Lipaphnaeus
''Lipaphnaeus'' is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Coleop ... in 1916. Species *'' Lipaphnaeus aderna'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Lipaphnaeus eustorgia'' (Hulstaert, 1924) *'' Lipaphnaeus leonina'' (Sharpe, 1890) *'' Lipaphnaeus loxura'' (Rebel, 1914) External links * Aphnaeinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius {{Aphnaeini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipaphnaeus Aderna
''Lipaphnaeus aderna'', the bramble false hairstreak or blue silver speckle, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests and dense savanna. Both sexes have been recorded on flowering shrubs in sunny glades. Adult males mud puddle A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface. A puddle is generally shallow enough to walk through, and too sm .... Adults are probably on wing year-round, with peaks from August to October and again from March to May. The larvae feed on '' Maesa lanceolata''. They are associated with ants of the genus '' Crematogaster''. Subspecies *''Lipaphnaeus aderna aderna'' (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipaphnaeus Eustorgia
''Lipaphnaeus eustorgia'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. References Butterflies described in 1924 Aphnaeinae {{Aphnaeini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipaphnaeus Leonina
''Lipaphnaeus leonina'', the orange silver speckle, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ..., the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests. Subspecies *''L. l. leonina'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia) *''L. l. bitje'' (Druce, 1910) (eastern Nigeria, southern Cameroon, Congo, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Uele, Sankuru and Lualaba) *''L. l. ivoirensis'' Stempffer, 1966 (eastern Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Togo, western Nigeria) *''L. l. paradoxa'' (Schultze, 1908) (north-western Cameroon, Uganda, north-western Tanza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipaphnaeus Loxura
''Lipaphnaeus loxura'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Kivu and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The larvae feed on '' Maesa'' species, including '' M. lanceolata'' and '' M. welwitschii''. References Butterflies described in 1914 Aphnaeinae {{Aphnaeini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphnaeinae
The Aphnaeinae are a subfamily of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Systematics Until recently, this taxon used to be considered a tribe (called Aphnaeini) within the subfamily Theclinae. Genera Modern authors recognize 17 genera:, 2015. Phylogeny of the Aphnaeinae: myrmecophilous African butterflies with carnivorous and herbivorous life histories. ''Systematic entomology'' 40(1): 169–182. * ''Aloeides'' Hübner, 819/small> * '' Aphnaeus'' Hübner, 819/small> * '' Argyraspodes'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 * '' Axiocerses'' Hübner, 819/small> * ''Cesa'' Seven, 1997 * '' Chloroselas'' Butler, 886/small> * ''Chrysoritis'' Butler, 898/small> * ''Cigaritis'' Donzel, 1847 * '' Crudaria'' Wallengren, 1875 * '' Erikssonia'' Trimen, 1891 * '' Lipaphnaeus'' Aurivillius, 1916 * '' Phasis'' Hübner, 819/small> * ''Pseudaletis'' Druce, 1888 * '' Trimenia'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 * '' Tylopaedia'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 * '' Vansomerenia'' Heath, 1997 * '' Zeritis'' Boisduval, 836 __NOTOC__ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. He was, for a long time, the secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science . His brother was the zoologist Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854–1899) and his son the zoologist Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892–1928). He was the author of Part 39 Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae (1912) and Parts 73 and 74. Cerambycidae: Lamiinae (1922, 1923) in: S. Schenkling (ed.), ''Coleopterorum Catalogus''. W. Junk, Berlin, 1000 + pages. Also ''Rhopalocera Aethiopica'' (1898), major contributions to Adalbert Seitz's ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'' Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925 and many papers on the Lepidoptera of Africa and ''Über sekundäre Geschlechtscharaktere nord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region. Major ecological regions Most of the Afrotropic, with the exception of Africa's southern tip, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts, including the Atlantic and Sahara deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, separate the Afrotropic from the Palearctic realm, which includes northern Africa and temperate Eurasia. Sahel and Sudan South of the Sahara, two belts of tropical grassland and savanna run east and west across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ethiopian Highlands. Immediately south of the Sahara lies the Sahel belt, a transitional zone of semi-arid short grassland and vachellia sav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies
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] |
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues (Polyommatinae), the coppers (Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae), and the harvesters (Miletinae). Description, food, and life cycle Adults are small, under 5 cm usually, and brightly coloured, sometimes with a metallic gloss. Larvae are often flattened rather than cylindrical, with glands that may produce secretions that attract and subdue ants. Their cuticles tend to be thickened. Some larvae are capable of producing vibrations and low sounds that are transmitted through the substrates they inhabit. They use these sounds to communicate with ants.Pierce, N. E.; Braby, M. F.; Heath, A.; Lohman, D. J.; Mathew, J.; Rand, D. B. & Travassos, M. A. (2002)"The eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaenidae Genera
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues (Polyommatinae), the coppers (Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae), and the harvesters (Miletinae). Description, food, and life cycle Adults are small, under 5 cm usually, and brightly coloured, sometimes with a metallic gloss. Larvae are often flattened rather than cylindrical, with glands that may produce secretions that attract and subdue ants. Their cuticles tend to be thickened. Some larvae are capable of producing vibrations and low sounds that are transmitted through the substrates they inhabit. They use these sounds to communicate with ants.Pierce, N. E.; Braby, M. F.; Heath, A.; Lohman, D. J.; Mathew, J.; Rand, D. B. & Travassos, M. A. (2002)"The ecol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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