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Mylothris Sagala
''Mylothris sagala'', the dusky dotted border or lemon dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of submontane and montane forests. Adults have a weak flight. They feed on the nectar of various flowers. Adults have been recorded on wing in August, September, December and from February to May. The larvae feed on '' Loranthus freisiorum'', '' Erianthemum dregei'', '' Oncocalyx fischeri'', '' Oncocalyx sulfureus'', '' Phragmanthera usuiensis'', '' Englerina'', '' Agelanthus'' and '' Viscum'' species. Subspecies *''M. s. sagala'' (Tanzania) *''M. s. albissima'' Talbot, 1944 (south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Lomami) *''M. s. dentatus'' Butler, 1896 (Malawi, north-eastern Zambia, Tanzania: Udzungwa Mountains) *''M. s. mahale'' Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania) *''M. s. mayenceae'' Berger, 1987 (R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henley Grose-Smith
Henley Grose-Smith (1833–1911) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Grose-Smith described many new taxa of butterflies from his own collections and those of Walter Rothschild. His collections were sold to James John Joicey in 1910. Most of his type specimens are in the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum London Publications Partial list *1887-1902 with William Forsell Kirby ''Rhopalocera exotica; being illustrations of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies''.London :Gurney & Jackson,1887-1902complete text and plates*1887 Description of six new species of Butterflies captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo, in the collection of Mr. H. Grose Smith ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' (5) 20: 432-435 *1889 Descriptions of new species of butterflies captured by Mr. C.M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands ''Ent. Mon. Mag''. 25: 299-303 *1894 Descriptions of eight new species of butterflies from New Britain and Duke of Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oncocalyx Fischeri
''Oncocalyx'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate .... Species Species: *'' Oncocalyx angularis'' *'' Oncocalyx bolusii'' *'' Oncocalyx cordifolius'' *'' Oncocalyx doberae'' *'' Oncocalyx fischeri'' *'' Oncocalyx ghikae'' *'' Oncocalyx glabratus'' *'' Oncocalyx kelleri'' *'' Oncocalyx quinquenervis'' *'' Oncocalyx sulfureus'' *'' Oncocalyx ugogensis'' *'' Oncocalyx welwitschii'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10340935 Loranthaceae Loranthaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierini
Pierini is a tribe of butterflies within the family Pieridae. Genera Listed alphabetically: – blackveins *''Appias'' Hübner, 819/small> – puffins and albatrosses *'' Archonias'' Hübner, 1825 *'' Ascia'' Scopoli, 1777 *''Baltia'' Moore, 1878 *'' Belenois'' Hübner, 819/small> – caper whites *'' Catasticta'' Butler, 1870 *'' Cepora'' Billberg, 1820 – gulls *'' Charonias'' Röber, 908/small> *''Delias'' Hübner, 819/small> – Jezebels *'' Dixeia'' Talbot, 1932 *'' Eucheira'' Westwood, 1834 *'' Ganyra'' Billberg, 1820 *'' Glennia'' Klots, 1933 *'' Glutophrissa'' Butler, 1887 *'' Hypsochila'' Ureta, 1955 *'' Infraphulia'' Field, 1958 *'' Itaballia'' Kaye, 1904 *'' Ixias'' Hübner, 819/small> – Indian orange tips *'' Leodonta'' Butler, 1870 *'' Leptophobia'' Butler, 1870 *'' Leuciacria'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 *''Melete'' Swainson, 831/small> *'' Mesapia'' Gray, 1856 *'' Mylothris'' Hübner, 819/small> – dotted borders *'' Neophasia'' Behr, 1869 *'' Pereute'' Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1886
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] |
Uluguru Mountains
The Uluguru mountains are a mountain range in eastern Tanzania, named after the Luguru tribe. The main portion of the Uluguru mountains is a ridge running roughly north-south and rising to altitude at its highest point. On the main Uluguru range, 50 villages touch the forest boundary and over 151,000 people are found within the mountain area, often at increasing densities at higher altitudes up to the forest boundary. Geography The Ulugurus lie 200 km inland from the Indian Ocean. They are part of a chain of mountains in eastern Africa collectively called the Eastern Arc Mountains, which include the Taita Hills, Pare Mountains, Usambara Mountains, Nguru Mountains, Rubeho, Ukaguru, Udzungwa Mountains and Mahenge Mountains. Vegetation The vegetation of the Uluguru main ridge and outlying blocks is extremely variable. It ranges from drier lowland coastal forest habitats, to transitional rainforests, to sub-montane, montane and upper montane forest types. Climate Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and about above its plateau base. It is the highest volcano in Africa and the Eastern Hemisphere. Kilimanjaro is the fourth most topographically prominent peak on Earth. It is part of Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major hiking and climbing destination. Because of its shrinking glaciers and ice fields, which are projected to disappear between 2025 and 2035, it has been the subject of many scientific studies. Toponymy The origin of the name Kilimanjaro is not known, but a number of theories exist. European explorers had adopted the name by 1860 and reported that Kilimanjaro was the mountain's Kiswahili name. The 1907 edition of ''The Nuttall Encyclopædia'' also records the name of the mountain as Kilima-Njaro. Johann Ludwig Krapf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udzungwa Mountains
The Udzungwa Mountains are a mountain range in south-central Tanzania. The mountains are mostly within Iringa Region, south of Tanzania's capital Dodoma. The Udzungwa Mountains are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, and are home to a biodiverse community of flora and fauna with large numbers of endemic species. The mountains are home to the Hehe people, and the name Udzungwa comes from the Kihehe word “Wadzungwa", which means the people who live on mountainsides. Iringa is the largest settlement in the mountains, and the regional headquarters. Geography The Undzungwa Mountains cover an area of 16,131.40 km², the largest of the Eastern Arc ranges. The highest peak in the range is Luhombero at . The mountain range extends generally northeast-southwest. The Usangu Plain lies to the northwest, drained by the Great Ruaha River and its tributaries. The Great Ruaha River separates the Udzungwa Mountains from the Rubeho Mountains and Uvidunda Mountains to the northeast. The Kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscum
''Viscum'' is a genus of about 70–100 species of mistletoes, native to temperate and tropical regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in its own family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. Its name is the origin of the English word viscous, after the Latin ''viscum'', a sticky bird lime made from the plants' berries. They are woody, obligate hemiparasitic shrubs with branches long. Their hosts are woody shrubs and trees. The foliage is dichotomously or verticillately branching, with opposite pairs or whorls of green leaves which perform some photosynthesis (minimal in some species, notably ''V. nudum''), but with the plant drawing its mineral and water needs from the host tree. Different species of ''Viscum'' tend to use different host species; most species are able to use several d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agelanthus
__NOTOC__ ''Agelanthus'' is a genus of Afrotropical plants in family Loranthaceae. They grow in trees, including Acacia and Combretum species, as hemiparasitic shrubs of varying sizes. The host plant is penetrated by a single haustorium, and the stems typically have swollen, flower-producing nodes. The flowers are often closely clustered ( fascicled) with the five petals (pentamerous) fused into a tube (gamopetalous).Flowers of the closely related genus '' Phragmanthera'' are similar in many respects. The flower may have a swollen base and the tubes open along unilateral, V-shaped splits. The filaments remain spirally rolled inward when the flowers open, while the styles are inconspicuous, slender filaments that are somewhat thickened in the middle. Berries range from pink to orange and red in colour, and are around 1 cm in diameter. The genus was first described by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895. Species It is the largest genus of the Afrotropical Loranthac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Englerina
''Englerina'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. The genus name of ''Englerina'' is in honour of Adolf Engler Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (''The Natural Plant Families''), edited with ... (1844–1930), a German botanist, it was first published and described in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.42 on page 257 in 1895. Species Known species: *'' Englerina collinsii'' *'' Englerina concinna'' *'' Englerina cordata'' *'' Englerina drummondii'' *'' Englerina gabonensis'' *'' Englerina heckmanniana'' *'' Englerina holstii'' *'' Englerina inaequilatera'' *'' Englerina kagehensis'' *'' Englerina kapiriensis'' *'' Englerina kwaiensis'' *'' Englerina lecardii'' *'' Englerina longiflora'' *'' Englerina luluensis'' *'' Englerina macilenta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phragmanthera Usuiensis
Phragmanthera is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ..., the showy mistletoes. It is native to Africa and temperate Asia. The genus contains 35 species. References Loranthaceae genera Loranthaceae {{Santalales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oncocalyx Sulfureus
''Oncocalyx'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. Species Species: *''Oncocalyx angularis'' *''Oncocalyx bolusii'' *''Oncocalyx cordifolius'' *''Oncocalyx doberae'' *''Oncocalyx fischeri'' *''Oncocalyx ghikae'' *''Oncocalyx glabratus'' *''Oncocalyx kelleri'' *''Oncocalyx quinquenervis'' *'' Oncocalyx sulfureus'' *''Oncocalyx ugogensis'' *''Oncocalyx welwitschii ''Oncocalyx'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. Species Species: *''Oncocalyx angularis'' *''Oncocalyx bolusii'' *''Oncocalyx cor ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10340935 Loranthaceae Loranthaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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