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Protogoniomorpha Temora
''Protogoniomorpha temora'', the blue mother-of-pearl or eastern blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of dense forests and riverine thicket. The larvae feed on '' Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton'', '' Mimulopsis spatulata'', '' Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina'', '' Justicia'', ''Asystasia'' and '' Mellera'' species. Subspecies *''Protogoniomorpha temora temora'' (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, western Kenya, southern Sudan, Ethiopia) *''Protogoniomorpha temora virescens'' (Suffert, 1904) (Tanzania: east to the Nguru and 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 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Cajetan Von Felder
Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878. Life and career Felder was born in Wieden, today the fourth district of Vienna. An orphan from 1826, he attended the ''Gymnasium'' of Seitenstetten Abbey, as well as schools in Brno and Vienna, and began to study law at the University of Vienna in 1834. He completed his legal internship in Brno and articled clerk in Vienna, obtaining his doctorate in 1841. Since 1835 he had made intensive travels throughout Western and Southern Europe, mostly on foot, and studied foreign languages. From 1843 he also worked as an assistant at the Theresianum academy and as a court interpreter in Vienna, before passing the Austrian bar examination in 1848, only a few days before the outbreak of the March Revolution. In October 1848 Felder was elected to the newly established m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protogoniomorpha Temora Mounted
''Protogoniomorpha'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Afrotropical realm, commonly known as mother-of-pearls. Taxonomy ''Protogoniomorpha'' was viewed as part of '' Salamis'' by Ackery et al. (1995). Based on phylogenetic research, the group was reinstated as distinct genus, with some members possibly needing further reassignment. Species * ''Protogoniomorpha anacardii'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — clouded mother-of-pearl * ''Protogoniomorpha cytora'' (Doubleday, 1847) — western blue beauty * '' Protogoniomorpha duprei'' Vinson, 1863 — Madagascan mother-of-pearl (sometimes listed as a subspecies of ''P. anacardii'') * '' Protogoniomorpha parhassus'' (Druce, 1782) — common mother-of-pearl or forest mother-of-pearl * ''Protogoniomorpha temora ''Protogoniomorpha temora'', the blue mother-of-pearl or eastern blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the De ... [...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] |
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 Described In 1867
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 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 out, and after its wings have expande ... [...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 Climaticall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguru Mountains
The Nguru Mountains are a mountain range in Morogoro Region, Tanzania, Africa. The Nguru Mountains are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The mountains are predominantly covered with rainforest, home to 83 species of birds (Romdal 2001) and African violets. There are a number of forest reserves in the mountains. Geography The Nguru Mountains cover an area of 1672.90 km². The highest elevation is 2400 meters in Nguru South. The range runs roughly northeast-southwest, and is split by the valley of the Mjonga River, a tributary of the Wami River. The range lies in the watershed of the Wami. The plain of the Wami and its tributary the Mkata lies to the southeast and east. The Uluguru Mountains lie to the southeast across the plain. The Ukaguru Mountains lie to the southwest, and the Nguu Mountains lie to the north; both ranges are separated from the Nguru Mountains by low hills. More hilly country separates the Maasai Steppe the northwest. Climate The Nguru mountains interce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellera
''Mellera'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ..., and Madagascar. Species Species: *'' Mellera briartii'' *'' Mellera calcarata'' *'' Mellera congdonii'' *'' Mellera insignis'' *'' Mellera lobulata'' *'' Mellera menthiodora'' *'' Mellera nyassana'' *'' Mellera submutica'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q9031373 Acanthaceae Acanthaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asystasia
The genus ''Asystasia'' belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises approximately 70 species found in the tropics, including the weedy species ''Asystasia gangetica''. Selected species * '' Asystasia africana'' (S. Moore) C.B. Clarke * ''Asystasia alba'' Ridl. * '' Asystasia albiflora'' Ensermu * '' Asystasia ammophila'' Ensermu * '' Asystasia atriplicifolia'' Bremek. * ''Asystasia bella'' (Harvey) Benth. et Hook.f. * '' Asystasia buettneri'' Lindau * ''Asystasia calcicola'' Ensermu & Vollesen * '' Asystasia calycina'' Benth. * '' Asystasia charmian'' S.Moore * ''Asystasia chelnoides'' Nees * '' Asystasia chinensis'' S.Moore * '' Asystasia comoroensis'' S.Moore * '' Asystasia crispata'' Benth. * ''Asystasia dalzelliana'' Santapau * ''Asystasia decipiens'' Heine * ''Asystasia gangetica'' (L.) T.Anderson * ''Asystasia glandulifera'' Lindau * ''Asystasia hedbergii'' Ensermu * ''Asystasia longituba'' Lindau * ''Asystasia minutiflora'' Ensermu & Vollesen * ''Asystasia moorei' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justicia (plant)
''Justicia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It is the largest genus within the family, encompassing around 700 species with hundreds more as yet unresolved. They are native to tropical to warm temperate regions of the Americas, India and Africa. The genus serves as host to many butterfly species, such as ''Anartia fatima''. Common names include water-willow and shrimp plant, the latter from the inflorescences, which resemble a shrimp in some species. The generic name honours Scottish horticulturist James Justice (1698–1763). They are closely related to '' Pachystachys''. Description They are evergreen perennials and shrubs with leaves which are often strongly veined; but they are primarily cultivated for their showy tubular flowers in shades of white, cream, yellow, orange, violet or pink. Excepting Justicia americana L., they are not hardy below , so may be grown under glass in frost-prone areas. Species Selected species include: ''Justicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sclerochiton Paulowilhelmina
''Sclerochiton'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ... as of January 2023: *'' Sclerochiton apiculatus'' *'' Sclerochiton bequaertii'' *'' Sclerochiton boivinii'' *'' Sclerochiton coeruleus'' *'' Sclerochiton glandulosissimus'' *'' Sclerochiton harveyanus'' *'' Sclerochiton hirsutus'' *'' Sclerochiton ilicifolius'' *'' Sclerochiton insignis'' *'' Sclerochiton kirkii'' *'' Sclerochiton nitidus'' *'' Sclerochiton obtusisepalus'' *'' Sclerochiton odoratissimus'' *'' Sclerochiton preussii'' *'' Sclerochiton tanzaniensis'' *'' Sclerochiton triacanthus'' *'' Sclerochiton uluguruensis'' *'' Sclerochiton vogelii'' References * * Acanthaceae Acanthaceae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimulopsis Spatulata
''Mimulopsis'' is a genus in the flowering plant family Acanthaceae with about 20 species native to tropical Africa and 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 20 species are accepted: * '' Mimulopsis alpina'' * '' Mimulopsis angustata'' * '' Mimulopsis arborescens'' * '' Mimulopsis calcarata'' * '' Mimulopsis catati'' * '' Mimulopsis champluvierae'' * '' Mimulopsis dasyphylla'' * '' Mimulopsis elliotii'' * '' Mimulopsis excellens'' * '' Mimulopsis glandulosa'' * '' Mimulopsis hildebrandtii'' * '' Mimulopsis kilimandscharica'' * '' Mimulopsis lyalliana'' * '' Mimulopsis macrantha'' * '' Mimulopsis madagascariensis'' * '' Mimulopsis marronina'' * '' Mimulopsis runssorica'' * '' Mimulopsis solmsii'' * '' Mimulopsis speciosa'' * '' Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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