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Lampides
''Lampides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It currently consists of one species: ''Lampides boeticus ''Lampides boeticus'', the pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family. Etymology The Latin species name ''boeticus'' refers to Baetica, a province of the Roman Empire in the Iber ...'' (Linnaeus, 1767), the peablue or long-tailed blue. ''Lampides'' used to contain other species, most of which have now been moved to the genus '' Jamides''. External links ''Lampides boeticus''at Captain's European Butterfly Guide Lycaenidae genera {{Polyomma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampides Boeticus
''Lampides boeticus'', the pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family. Etymology The Latin species name ''boeticus'' refers to Baetica, a province of the Roman Empire in the Iberian Peninsula . Its common name refers to the long streamers on its hind wings, the male's bright iridescent blue colour, and peas, which is the typical host plant of the butterfly. Distribution This species can be found in Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia. Also found in the Hawaiian islands. Habitat This species inhabits the edge of forests, mountain meadows and hot flowery places at an elevation up to above sea level.Simon Coombe Description The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 24–34 mm for females. In these small butterflies (although unusually large for their family) the males have a mainly blue violet upper face of the wings with the brown edges, while the females have only a small amount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampides
''Lampides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It currently consists of one species: ''Lampides boeticus ''Lampides boeticus'', the pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family. Etymology The Latin species name ''boeticus'' refers to Baetica, a province of the Roman Empire in the Iber ...'' (Linnaeus, 1767), the peablue or long-tailed blue. ''Lampides'' used to contain other species, most of which have now been moved to the genus '' Jamides''. External links ''Lampides boeticus''at Captain's European Butterfly Guide Lycaenidae genera {{Polyomma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. He was one of the first specialists to work on the European Lepidoptera. He described many new species, for example ''Sesia bembeciformis'' and ''Euchloe tagis'', many of them common. He also described many new genus, genera. He was a designer and engraver and from 1786 he worked for three years as a designer and engraver at a cotton factory in Ukraine. There he collected butterflies and moths including descriptions and illustrations of some in ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge'' (1786–1790) along with other new species from the countryside around his home in Augsburg. Hübner's masterwork "Tentamen" was intended as a discussion document. I ... [...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] |
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] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamides
''Jamides'', commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm. Species Listed alphabetically: * '' Jamides aruensis'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) * '' Jamides biru'' (Ribbe, 1926) Celebes * ''Jamides bochus'' (Stoll, 782 – dark cerulean * '' Jamides butleri'' (Rothschild, 1915) Obi Islands, Moluccas, Lease Islands, Gorong archipelago, Sula Islands, New Guinea * '' Jamides caerulea'' (Druce, 1873) – royal cerulean (Assam, Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Java) * '' Jamides callistus'' (Röber, 1886) Philippines, Borneo * '' Jamides candrenus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) * '' Jamides carissima'' (Butler, 876 New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands * '' Jamides celebica'' (Eliot, 1969) Sulawesi * '' Jamides celeno'' (Cramer, 775 – common cerulean (Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Malaya, Celebes) * '' Jamides cephion'' Druce, 1891 Solomon Islands * '' Jamides cleodus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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