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Precis Archesia
''Precis archesia'', the garden inspector or garden commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to Subsaharan Africa. Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females. Flight period is year-round with two main broods between September to March and April to August. Subspecies *''P. a. archesia'' — Kenya, Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province to the south-east *''P. a. ugandensis'' (McLeod, 1980) — Sudan, Uganda Diet Larval food plants include ''Plectranthus esculentus'', ''Plectranthus fruticosus ''Plectranthus fruticosus'', the forest spurflower, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to South Africa. Growing up to tall, it is an erect evergreen shrub, with rounded, hairy leaves, and spikes of soft blu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Cramer
Pieter Cramer (21 May 1721 (baptized) – 28 September 1776), was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, remembered as an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing, and a member of ''Concordia et Libertate'', based in Amsterdam. This literary and patriotic society, where Cramer gave lectures on minerals, commissioned and/or financed the publishing of his book ''De uitlandsche Kapellen'', on foreign (exotic) butterflies, occurring in three parts of the world Asia, Africa and America. Cramer assembled an extensive natural history collection that included seashells, petrifications, fossils and insects of all orders. Many were colourful butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), collected in countries where the Dutch had colonial or trading links, such as Surinam, Ceylon, Sierra Leone and the Dutch East Indies. Cramer decided to get a permanent record of his collection and so engaged the painter Gerrit Wartenaar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their surroundings. Nomenclature Rafinesque introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsaharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the African countries and territories that are situated fully in that specified region, the term may also include polities that only have part of their territory located in that region, per the definition of the United Nations (UN). This is considered a non-standardized geographical region with the number of countries included varying from 46 to 48 depending on the organization describing the region (e.g. UN, WHO, World Bank, etc.). The African Union uses a different regional breakdown, recognizing all 55 member states on the continent - grouping them into 5 distinct and standard regions. The term serves as a grouping counterpart to North Africa, which is instead grouped with the definition of MENA (i.e. Middle East–North Africa) as it is part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plectranthus Esculentus
''Coleus esculentus'', synonym ''Plectranthus esculentus'', also known as the kaffir potato or Livingstone potato, is a species of plant in the dicot family Lamiaceae. It is indigenous to Africa, where it is grown for its edible tubers. It is more difficult to cultivate than '' Coleus rotundifolius'', but able to give greater yields. Although the crop is similar to a potato, it is from the mint family, but it is still quite nutritious and useful. This crop can benefit many subsistence farmers since it is native, easy to grow, enjoying growing popularity in the market, and quite nutritious. Description The species is a perennial dicot herb and a member of the mint family. It can grow to be as tall as 2 metres. Some of the branches on the base bend down and grow into the ground that then can form oblong tubers, which are the fleshy underground stems. These tubers are edible and nutritious, often eaten as a substitute for potato or sweet potato. Although they are rarely seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plectranthus Fruticosus
''Plectranthus fruticosus'', the forest spurflower, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to South Africa. Growing up to tall, it is an erect evergreen shrub, with rounded, hairy leaves, and spikes of soft blue or mauve flowers in summer. The Latin specific epithet ''fruticosus'' means “shrubby”. This plant is found throughout the Western Cape and Limpopo regions, enjoying the moist conditions and dappled shade of forest margins. It has a long history of cultivation in Europe, where it requires protection from freezing temperatures. Several cultivars are available, of which the pink-flowered ‘James’ has won the Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...’s Award of Garden Merit. References {{Taxonba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pycnostachys Reticulata
''Pycnostachys'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... ;Species # '' Pycnostachys abyssinica'' Fresen. - Ethiopia # '' Pycnostachys angolensis'' G.Taylor - Angola # '' Pycnostachys batesii'' Baker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda # '' Pycnostachys chevalieri'' Briq. - Central African Republic # '' Pycnostachys ciliata'' Bramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia # '' Pycnostachys coerulea'' Hook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar # '' Pycnostachys congensis'' Gürke - Zaïre, Zambia # '' Pycnostachys de-wildemaniana'' Robyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe # '' Pycnostachys deflexifolia'' Baker - Kenya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pycnostachys Urticifolia
''Pycnostachys'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar. ;Species # '' Pycnostachys abyssinica'' Fresen. - Ethiopia # '' Pycnostachys angolensis'' G.Taylor - Angola # '' Pycnostachys batesii'' Baker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda # '' Pycnostachys chevalieri'' Briq. - Central African Republic # '' Pycnostachys ciliata'' Bramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia # '' Pycnostachys coerulea'' Hook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar # '' Pycnostachys congensis'' Gürke - Zaïre, Zambia # '' Pycnostachys de-wildemaniana'' Robyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe # '' Pycnostachys deflexifolia'' Baker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda # '' Pycnostachys descampsii'' Briq. - Zaïre # '' Pycnostachys elliotii'' S.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda # '' Pycnostachys eminii'' Gürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania # '' Pycnostachys erici-rosenii'' R.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Seitz
Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908 and is best known for editing the multivolume reference on the butterflies and larger moths of the world ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' which continued after his death. Biography Seitz was born in Mainz and went to school in Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt and Bensheim. He studied medicine from 1880 to 1885 and then zoology at Giessen. His doctorate was on the protective devices of animals. He worked as an assistant in the maternity hospital of the University of Giessen and then worked as a ship's doctor from 1887, travelling to Australia, South America and Asia. He began to collect butterflies on these travels. In 1891 he habilitated in zoology with a thesis on the biology of butterflies from the University of Giessen. In 1893 he took up a position as a director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junoniini
Junoniini is a tribe of nymphalid ( brush-footed) butterflies. at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Genera * '''' Hübner, 1819 – buckeyes, commodores, pansies * '' Precis'' Hübner, 1819 – pansies * '''' Wallengren, 1857 (formerly in ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Africa
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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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