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Parides Panares
''Parides panares'', the wedge-spotted cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. The larvae feed on '' Aristolochia maxima'' and '' A. pilosa''. Subspecies * ''P. p. panares'' (Gray, 853 (southeastern Mexico) * ''P. p. erythrus'' (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (Panama to Colombia) * ''P. p. lycimenes'' (Boisduval, 1836) (southeastern Mexico to Panama) * ''P. p. paralius'' (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (Ecuador) * ''P. p. rachelii'' K. S. Brown, 1994 (northern Venezuela) * ''P. p. tachira'' T. Racheli, 1991 (southwestern Venezuela) Description from Seitz 'panares panares'' = ''iphidamas'' in Seitz (misident.) Mexico P. lycimenes. Male : somewhat smaller than '' P. vertumnus'', the red area of the hindwing less triangular and its last spot smaller. Female: forewing slightly transparent at the apex; the spots somewhat yellowish, not pure white, the cell-spot usually large and extended across the cell; band of the hindwing less bright red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray FRS (8 July 1808 – 6 May 1872) was an English zoologist and author, and head of the ornithological section of the British Museum, now the Natural History Museum, in London for forty-one years. He was the younger brother of the zoologist John Edward Gray and the son of the botanist Samuel Frederick Gray. George Gray's most important publication was his ''Genera of Birds'' (1844–49), illustrated by David William Mitchell and Joseph Wolf, which included 46,000 references. Biography He was born in Little Chelsea, London, to Samuel Frederick Gray, naturalist and pharmacologist, and Elizabeth (née Forfeit), his wife. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School. Gray started at the British Museum as Assistant Keeper of the Zoology Branch in 1831. He began by cataloguing insects, and published an ''Entomology of Australia'' (1833) and contributed the entomogical section to an English edition of Georges Cuvier's ''Animal Kingdom''. Gray described many spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species Complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each other, further blurring any distinctions. Terms that are sometimes used synonymously but have more precise meanings are cryptic species for two or more species hidden under one species name, sibling species for two (or more) species that are each other's closest relative, and species flock for a group of closely related species that live in the same habitat. As informal taxonomic ranks, species group, species aggregate, macrospecies, and superspecies are also in use. Two or more taxa that were once considered conspecific (of the same species) may later be subdivided into infraspecific taxa (taxa within a species, such as bacterial strains or plant varieties), that is complex but it is not a species complex. A species complex is in most cas ... [...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] |
Butterflies Of North America
This list contains links to lists with the common and scientific names of butterflies of North America north of Mexico. * Papilionidae: swallowtails and parnassians (40 species) ** Parnassiinae: parnassians (3 species) ** Papilioninae: swallowtails (37 species) * Hesperiidae: skippers (300 species) ** Pyrrhopyginae: firetips (1 species) ** Pyrginae: spread-wing skippers (138 species) ** Heteropterinae: skipperlings (7 species) ** Hesperiinae: grass skippers (141 species) ** Megathyminae: giant-skippers (13 species) * Pieridae: whites and sulphurs (70 species) ** Pierinae: whites (29 species) ** Coliadinae: sulphurs (40 species) ** Dismorphiinae: mimic-whites (1 species) * Lycaenidae: gossamer-wings (144 species) ** Miletinae: harvesters (1 species) ** Lycaeninae: coppers (16 species) ** Theclinae: hairstreaks (90 species) ** Polyommatinae: blues (37 species) * Riodinidae: metalmarks (28 species) * Nymphalidae: brush-footed butterflies (233 species) ** Libytheinae: snou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Central America
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] |
Parides
''Parides'', commonly called cattlehearts, is a genus of swallowtail butterflies in the family Papilionidae. They are found in the Americas (Neotropical realm). Species Listed alphabetically within groups according to Möhn ''et al.'', with annotations according to Wilts ''et al.'' (2014): funet.fi species group: ''ascanius'' (disputed: basal/ic?) :*'' Parides agavus'' (Drury, 1782) :*'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parides Phosphorus
''Parides phosphorus '' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. The larvae feed on ''Aristolochia''. Subspecies *''P. p. phosphorus'' Guianas, eastern Venezuela, Brazil (Pará) *''P. p. gratianus'' (Hewitson, 1861) Colombia *''P. p. vavi'' Racheli, 1992 *''P. p. zopyron'' Lamas, 1998 northern Peru *''P. p. laurae'' Bollino & Costa, 2004 southeastern Venezuela Description from Seitz P. phosphorus. Palpi red. Forewing somewhat transparent distally; male with dirty-green spot; hindwing rather strongly dentate, the red spots remote from the cell. Tibiae armed with spines, not thickened. Female with grey-green area on the forewing before the hindmargin, which occurs in no other female of the Aristolochia- Papilios. Colombia; Guiana; Lower Amazon; East Peru; perhaps more widely distributed. A rare insect; probably a swamp species which escapes observation. Two subspecies: — ''phosphorus'' Bates (3c) occurs in British Guiana and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parides Iphidamas
''Parides iphidamas'', the Iphidamas cattleheart or Transandean cattleheart, is a species of Neotropical butterfly in the family Papilionidae. Subspecies * ''P. i. iphidamas'' (Fabricius, 1793) (southern Mexico to Panama) * ''P. i. ayabacensis'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (southern Ecuador to northern Peru) * ''P. i. calogyna'' (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (western Ecuador) * ''P. i. elatos'' (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (northwestern Colombia) * ''P. i. gorgonae'' Vélez & Salazar, 1991 (Colombia) * ''P. i. phalias'' (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (central Colombia) * ''P. i. teneates'' (Rothchild & Jordan, 1906) (northeastern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela) Description ''Parides iphidamas'' has a wingspan of about . The dorsal sides of the forewings are black, with a broad green and white spots (completely white in females), while the dorsal sides of the hindwings show a broad red band or spot. Along the edges there are many small yellow spots. The undersides of the wings are black w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parides Erithalion
''Parides erithalion'', the variable cattleheart, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Papilionidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836.Glassberg, Jeffrey (2007). ''A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America''. Sunstreak Books Inc. Description The upperside of the wings is black with a row of red postmedian spots. The underside of the wings is also black with a row of pink and whitish spots. In males of some subspecies the uppersides of the forewings have a large olivaceous-green patch from the inner margin forward, with a creamy-white spot, while hindwings have a band of three red spots. Fringe in both sexes is dotted with white. Subspecies * ''P. e. erithalion'' (C. Colombia) * ''P. e. trichopus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (Mexico) * ''P. e. zeuxis'' (Lucas, 1852) (northern Venezuela) * ''P. e. erlaces'' (Gray, 1853) (southern Peru, northern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina) * ''P. e. polyzelus'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parides Cutorina
''Parides cutorina '' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm (Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil: Pará and Amazonas). It is an uncommon local species which may be threatened. The larvae feed on ''Aristolochia''. Description from Seitz P. cutorina Stgr. (female = ''mazeppa'' Grose-Smith) (3 c). Palpi red. Forewing of the male with a green spot; in the female without spot, the fringes spotted with white. Hindwing in the male with two contiguous red spots on the upper surface, the spots on the under surface yellowish white; in the female the wing has a yellowish white band on both surfaces; 2. and 3. radials close together, the transverse vein between them not oblique. — Upper Amazon and slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Description from Rothschild and Jordan(1906) A full description is provided by Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906) Taxonomy ''Parides cutorina'' is a member of the ''anchises'' species groupEdwin Möhn, 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parides Anchises
''Parides anchises'', the Anchises cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. It is common and not threatened. The larvae feed on ''Aristolochia'' species including: ''Aristolochia brazilsis, A. brazilsis'', ''Aristolochia bukuti, A. bukuti'', ''Aristolochia colombiana, A. colombiana'', ''Aristolochia cymbifera, A. cymbifera'', ''Aristolochia fimbriata, A. fimbriata'', ''Aristolochia inflata, A. inflata'', ''Aristolochia macroura, A. macroura'', ''Aristolochia odora, A. odora'', ''Aristolochia ringens, A. ringens'', and ''Aristolochia triangularis, A. triangularis''. Subspecies * ''P. a. anchises'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Guyana to French Guiana) * ''P. a. alyattes'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (central Colombia) * ''P. a. bukuti'' Brévignon, 1998 (French Guiana) * ''P. a. cymochles'' (Doubleday, 1844) (Trinidad and eastern Venezuela) * ''P. a. drucei'' (Butler, 1874) (Colombia to northern Bolivia) * ''P. a. etias'' (Rothchild & Jorda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novitates Zoologicae
''Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology in Connection With the Tring Museum'' was a British scientific journal devoted to systematic zoology. It was edited by Lionel Walter Rothschild and published between 1894 and 1948 by the Tring Museum. Articles were mainly in English, but some were in German. It was succeeded by the ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series''. Further reading * External links Full text onlineat the Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL operates as worldwide consortiumof natural history, botanical, research, and national libraries working toge ... Zoology journals Publications established in 1898 Publications disestablished in 1948 Multilingual journals Defunct journals of the United Kingdom Academic journals published by museums {{zoo-journal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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