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Ptychandra
''Ptychandra'' is a butterfly genus in the subfamily Satyrinae within the family Nymphalidae. ''Ptychandra'' was first described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1861. The genus comprises eight species, seven found in the Philippines with an additional species found on the island of Borneo. It is remarkable for the fact that it is one of a few genera to have undergone evolutionary radiation in the Philippine archipelago, with most other species being migrants from the Asian mainland. Taxonomy ''Ptychandra'' was described in 1861 by Cajetan von Felder and Rudolf Felder. The type species is ''Ptychandra lorquinii''. Previously described as "difficult to place satisfactorily in the higher classification of the Satyrinae", it has been previously grouped with the Elymniini and Melanitini. Fruhstorfer (1908) noted similarities with the characteristics of ''Mycalesis'' and ''Orsotriaena medus, Orsotriaena'' rather than ''Lethe (butterfly), Lethe''. Reuter (1897) instead puts ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychandra Ohtanii
''Ptychandra ohtanii'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its forewing length is 26–29 mm. The species resembles ''Ptychandra lorquinii, P. lorquinii''. Black hair-pencil is arising in space 3 of forewing upperside in ''P. ohtanii'' whereas arising on cubitus in ''P. lorquinii''. The nominotypical subspecies is distributed only on Mount Apo on Mindanao island. Another subspecies is found on Leyte island. The species is rare on both islands. Subspecies *''Ptychandra ohtanii ohtanii'' H. Hayashi, [1978] *''Ptychandra ohtanii lizae'' H. Hayashi, [1984] (Leyte) References * , 1978: Three new species of ''Ptychandra'' from Mt. Apo, Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). ''Tyô to Ga''. 29(4): 211-21 * , 1982. ''In'' Tsukada, E.(Ed.), ''Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands'', 3. 500pp., incl. 113pls. Plapac. Tokyo. * , 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) ''Nachrichten des Entom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyrini
The Satyrini is one of the tribes of the subfamily Satyrinae. It includes about 2200 species and is therefore the largest tribe in the subfamily which comprises 2500 species. Distribution Satyrini butterflies have a worldwide distribution, but the distribution pattern differs between subtribes. Some subtribes are almost restricted to a single biogeographic region, such as the Pronophilina, which is found only in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia. Biology The larval food plants of many species in this tribe are grasses, i.e. Poaceae. It is considered that the Satyrini diversified at about the same time as the grasses did, and that the radiation of the tribe is therefore closely related to the evolution of the grasses. In contrast, the tribe has a few genera which show uncommon feeding preferences. Three genera, '' Euptychia'', ''Ragadia'' and ''Acrophtalmia'', feed on Lycopsida, and moreover, some species of ''Euptychia'' have been reported to feed on mosses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neorina Patria
''Neorina patria'', the white owl, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in India (Assam), Burma, Thailand, Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ... and Vietnam."''Neorina'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' References Elymniini Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1891 Taxa named by John Henry Leech {{Elymniini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camiguin De Babuyanes
Camiguin de Babuyanes is an active stratovolcano on Camiguin Island, part of the Babuyan Islands group that is located in Luzon Strait, north of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. The volcano and the island are within the jurisdiction of the municipality of Calayan, in the province of Cagayan. The island has a population of 5,231 people in 2020. Physical features The well-forested Mount Camiguin or Camiguin de Babuyanes, to distinguish it from Camiguin of Mindanao, has an elevation of asl, and a base diameter of . It occupies the southwest tip of long Camiguin Island. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS) lists Camiguin de Babuyanes as one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. All volcanoes in the Philippines are part of the Pacific ring of fire. Eruptions An eruption was recorded around 1857. It was reported as phreatic and possibly partly submarine. In 1991, there were reports of volcanic activity but instrumental investigations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolutionary Radiation
An evolutionary radiation is an increase in taxonomic diversity that is caused by elevated rates of speciation, that may or may not be associated with an increase in morphological disparity. Radiations may affect one clade or many, and be rapid or gradual; where they are rapid, and driven by a single lineage's adaptation to their environment, they are termed adaptive radiations. Examples Perhaps the most familiar example of an evolutionary radiation is that of placental mammals immediately after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous, about 66 million years ago. At that time, the placental mammals were mostly small, insect-eating animals similar in size and shape to modern shrews. By the Eocene (58–37 million years ago), they had evolved into such diverse forms as bats, whales, and horses. Other familiar radiations include the Avalon Explosion, the Cambrian Explosion, the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, the Carboniferous-Earliest Perm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of . The capital city is Puerto Princesa. Palawan is known as the Philippines' ''Last Frontier'' and as the Philippines' ''Best Island''. The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro island in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island (), measuring long, and wide."Palawan – the Philippines' Last Frontier" ''WowPhilippines''. Accessed August 27, 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Archipelago
The islands of the Philippines, also known as the Philippine Archipelago, comprises about 7,641 islands, of which only about 2,000 are inhabited.Magical Islands , Philippine Tourism, retrieved 2012 More than 5,000 islands of the archipelago are yet to be given official names. They are clustered into the three major island groups of , , and |
Zemeros
''Zemeros'' is a genus of butterflies 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 ... that belongs to the family Riodinidae. Species * '' Zemeros flegyas'' * '' Zemeros emesoides'' References ''Zemeros''at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera {{Taxonbar, from=Q1762101 Nemeobiinae Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neptis
''Neptis'' is a large genus of butterflies of Old World tropics subtropics. They are commonly called sailer butterflies or sailers, or more precisely typical sailers to distinguish them from the related blue sailer (''Pseudoneptis''). Description The head is rather broad and moderately hairy on the forehead. The eyes are large and prominent. The palpi are short, acute, slender, hairy, and do not rise above the level of the forehead. The antennae are moderately long, terminating in an elongate, gradually-formed club, flattened on its upper surface. The thorax is not robust and it is as broad as the head and slightly hairy posteriorly. The wing characters are: forewings elongate, rather truncate; costa only slightly arched; apex not acute, but well marked; hind margin slightly convex and sinuated; anal angle distinct; inner-margin convex near base, slightly concave about middle. Hindwings large, rounded; costa strongly arched; hind margin moderately dentate; inner margins only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amathusiinae
Amathusiini is a tribe of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Morphinae. They are large butterflies. They are sometimes treated as a distinct subfamily Amathusiinae or family Amathusiidae. Genera and selected species * ''Aemona'' ** '' Aemona amathusia'' – yellow dryad ** '' Aemona lena'' – white dryad * '' Amathusia'' ** ''Amathusia andamanensis'' – Andaman palmking ** ''Amathusia phidippus'' – palmking * ''Amathuxidia'' ** ''Amathuxidia amythaon'' – koh-i-noor * '' Discophora'' ** '' Discophora deo'' – banded duffer ** '' Discophora lepida'' – southern duffer ** '' Discophora sondaica'' – common duffer ** '' Discophora timora'' – great duffer * ''Enispe'' ** ''Enispe euthymius'' – red caliph ** ''Enispe cycnus'' – blue caliph ** ''Enispe intermedia'' * ''Faunis'' * ''Melanocyma'' * ''Morphopsis'' * ''Stichophthalma'' ** ''Stichophthalma camadeva'' – northern jungle queen ** ''Stichophthalma nourmahal'' – chocolate jungle queen ** ''Stichophthalma spart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinochloa
''Dinochloa'' is a genus of tropical clumping high-climbing bamboos in the grass family. These species bear zigzag culms and fleshy fruits. They are found in the hill forests and lowland dipterocarp forest of southern China, Southeast Asia, and the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent. ;Species ;formerly included see ''Cyrtochloa Maclurochloa Melocalamus'' * ''Dinochloa compactiflora - Melocalamus compactiflorus'' * ''Dinochloa elevatissima - Melocalamus elevatissimus'' * ''Dinochloa gracilis - Melocalamus mastersii'' * ''Dinochloa indica - Melocalamus indicus ''Melocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family. It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent. ;Species ;Formerly included see ''Dinochloa ''Dinochloa'' is a genu ...'' * ''Dinochloa major - Cyrtochloa major'' * ''Dinochloa montana - Maclurochloa montana'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3310047 Bambusoideae Bambusoid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambusa
''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They are native to Southeast Asia, South Asia, China, Taiwan, the Himalayas, New Guinea, Melanesia, and the Northern Territory of Australia. They are also reportedly naturalized in other regions, e.g. Africa, Americas, and various oceanic islands. Species ;Species #''Bambusa affinis'' Munro – Laos, Myanmar #''Bambusa albolineata'' L.C.Chia – Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang #''Bambusa alemtemshii'' H.B.Naithani – Nagaland #''Bambusa amplexicaulis'' W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong #''Bambusa angustiaurita'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #''Bambusa angustissima'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #''Bambusa arnhemica'' F.Muell. – Northern Territory of Australia #''Bambusa assamica'' Barooah & Borthakur – Assam #''Bambusa aurinuda'' McClure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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