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Mimoides Ariarathes
''Mimoides ariarathes'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to South America. Subspecies * ''M. a. ariarathes'' (Esper, 1788) Guianas, Surinam, Brazil (Pará) * ''M. a. arianus'' (Staudinger, 1884) Brazil (Amazonas), Peru * ''M. a. demerara'' K.S. Brown & Lamas, 1994 Guyana * ''M. a. evagorides'' K.S. Brown, & Lamas, 1994 Venezuela * ''M. a. gayi'' (Lucas, 1852) Colombia to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso) * ''M. a. illuminatus'' (Niepelt, 1928) Colombia * ''M. a. leuctra'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Brazil (Goiás) * ''M. a. metagenes'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Brazil (Pará) Description from Seitz P. ariarathes. Another widely distributed and very variable species, which has more spiny tibiae and a narrower cell in the hindwing than the allied species. Spots on head and breast yellowish grey. Forewing beneath with 2 red basal spots, the hindwing with 3. In the male the forewing usually with greywhite or yellowish band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (2 June 1742 – 27 July 1810) was a German zoologist and naturalist. Born in Wunsiedel in Bavaria, he was professor of zoology at Erlangen university. Life and work Eugen and his brother Friedrich were introduced to natural history at an early age by their father Friedrich Lorenz Esper, an amateur botanist. Encouraged to abandon his theology course by his professor of botany Casimir Christoph Schmidel (1718–1792) Eugen Esper, instead, took instruction in natural history. He obtained his doctorate of philosophy at the university of Erlangen in 1781 with a thesis entitled ''De varietatibus specierum in naturale productis''. The following year, he started to teach at the university initially as extraordinary professor, a poorly paid position, then in 1797 as the professor of philosophy. He directed the department of natural history in Erlangen from 1805. Thanks to him the university collections of minerals, birds, plants, shells and insects ... [...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] |
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] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southern subregion of a single continent called America. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent generally includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one internal territory: French Guiana. In addition, the ABC islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory), Bouvet Island ( dependency of Norway), Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimoides Ariarathes Gayi (Lucas, 1852)
''Mimoides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The species native to the Americas were formerly in genus ''Eurytides''. Species * '' Mimoides ariarathes'' (Esper, 1788) * '' Mimoides euryleon'' (Hewitson, 856 – false cattleheart swallowtail * '' Mimoides ilus'' (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail * '' Mimoides lysithous'' (Hübner, 821 __NOTOC__ Year 821 ( DCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine general Thomas the Slav leads a revolt, and secures control ... * '' Mimoides microdamas'' (Burnmeister, 1878) * '' Mimoides pausanias'' (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail * '' Mimoides phaon'' (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail * '' Mimoides protodamas'' (Godart, 1819) * '' Mimoides thymbraeus'' (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtai ... [...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] |
Mimoides
''Mimoides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The species native to the Americas were formerly in genus '' Eurytides''. Species * ''Mimoides ariarathes'' (Esper, 1788) * ''Mimoides euryleon'' (Hewitson, 856 – false cattleheart swallowtail * ''Mimoides ilus'' (Fabricius, 1793) – Ilus swallowtail or dual-spotted swallowtail * ''Mimoides lysithous'' (Hübner, 821 * ''Mimoides microdamas'' (Burnmeister, 1878) * ''Mimoides pausanias'' (Hewitson, 1852) – bluish mimic-swallowtail or Pausanias swallowtail * ''Mimoides phaon'' (Boisduval, 1836) – variable swallowtail or red-sided swallowtail * ''Mimoides protodamas'' (Godart, 1819) * ''Mimoides thymbraeus'' (Boisduval, 1836) – white-crescent swallowtail * ''Mimoides xeniades'' (Hewitson, 1867) * ''Mimoides xynias ''Mimoides xynias'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. Subspecies *''M. x. xynias'' Peru, Bolivia *''M. x. trapeza'' (Rothschild & Jorda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papilionidae Of South America
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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