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Salamis (butterfly)
''Salamis'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies. They are commonly known as mother-of-pearls and are found in Africa. Salamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god. Taxonomy The earliest description of species in this genus were published in the second half of the 18th century by Linnaeus, Drury and Fabricius in the genus ''Papilio''. In 1833, Boisduval created the genus ''Salamis'' with the description of '' S. augustina''. The three previously described species of ''Papilio'' ('' P. anacardii'', '' P. parhassus'' and '' P. cacta'') were then added to the genus ''Salamis''. Similarly, multiple species first described in the 19th century in the related genus of ''Junonia'' were later reassigned to this genus. Recent phylogenetic studies have supported the proposal to consider the group of ''Protogoniomorpha'', which was often considered to be a part of ''Salamis'', as a distinct genus. Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis Anteva
''Salamis anteva'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on 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 .... The habitat consists of forests. It is a butterfly with a black body covered with orange-brown hair; claviform antennae; above the orange-colored, anterior wings edged with black integrating a bluish-whitish spot; posterior also orange and margins along the veins of the wing brown - black. The underside is gray - black and reminds of a dead leaf, which serves as camouflage; a whitish line runs through the wings of the posterior edge of the hindwing of the anterior edge of the forewing: between this "line" and the body, the wings are darker than between the "line" and the edges of the wings. Its wings are bent. References Butterflies descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladon (river)
The Ladon (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: , ''Ládōn''; Demotic Greek: , ''Ládōnas'') is a river in the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It features in Greek mythology. It is a tributary to the river Alfeios, which empties into the Ionian Sea. It is long. Course The Ladon rises on the western slope of the Aroania mountain, near the village Kastriá, Kleitoria municipal unit, Achaea. It flows south, receives its left tributary Aroanios, flows along Kleitoria and turns southwest near the Arcadian border. It flows through the artificial Ladon Lake, and turns south again near Dimitra. It flows into the Alfeios 3 km southeast of the village Tripotamia. It joins the Tragus near Zevgolatio. Mythology The river was among those mentioned by Hesiod in ''Theogony;'' they were "all sons of Oceanus and queenly Tethysfor, according to the image of world hydrography common to the ancients, the fresh water that welled up in springs came from the underworld caverns and pools, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis Humbloti
''Salamis humbloti'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It .... References Butterflies described in 1994 Junoniini {{Nymphalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protogoniomorpha
''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] |
Junonia
''Junonia'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. They are commonly known as buckeyes, pansies or commodores. This genus flies on every continent except Antarctica. The genus contains roughly 30 to 35 species. Description These butterflies are medium to large (wingspan 40–110 mm). The ground colour is brown or grey suffused blue. Spots on the wings are orange, blue or pink and sometimes large. Many of the species can occur in several colour forms. The head is of moderate size with smooth, prominent eyes. The palpi are rather long, sharply pointed, ascending, generally convergent and scaly, sometimes more or less hairy. The antennae are of moderate length, generally with a rather short, abruptly formed club. The thorax is robust, ovate, rather sparingly clothed with hairs. The wing characters are: large, broad, variable in outline. Forewing: costa more or less arched, sometimes very strongly so; apical portion more or less produced, somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protogoniomorpha Parhassus
''Protogoniomorpha parhassus'', the forest mother-of-pearl or common mother-of-pearl,Williams, M. (1994). ''Butterflies of Southern Africa; A Field Guide''. . is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in forested areas of Africa. Subspecies *''P. p. parhassus'', the forest mother-of-pearl, from Tropical AfricaMarkku Sevala's pages: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/salamis/index.html, retrieved 31 July 2010. *''P. p. aethiops'' (Palisot de Beauvais, 1805), the common mother-of-pearl from southern Africa Description The following description is for ''P. p. aethiops'': A large butterfly; the wingspan is 65–80 mm for males and 75–90 mm for females. The male and female are similar in colour and pattern. The base colour of the upper surface of the wings is greenish white with a violet sheen in the wet-season form, and pearly white in the dry-season form. The forewing has a black-tipped, hooked apex. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protogoniomorpha Anacardii
''Protogoniomorpha anacardii'', the clouded mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in tropical Africa. The wingspan is 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females. Its flight period is year-round, peaking in summer and autumn. The species larval food is ''Asystasia'', ''Brillantaisia'', ''Isoglossa'', '' Justicia'', ''Mimulopsis'', and '' Paulowilhelmia'' species. Le salamis anarcadii est reconnaissable avec sa couleur blanche et ses deux grandes tâches noires sur le haut de ses ailes ainsi qu’à ses deux petites tâches en forme d’œil jaune et à son camouflage de feuilles. Subspecies *''P. a. anacardii'' — Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria, Central African Republic to the Rift Valley *''P. a. ansorgei'' (Rothschild, 1904) — Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo *''P. a. nebulosa'' Trimen, 1881 — Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamis Augustina
''Salamis augustina'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mauritius and Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island .... Adults closely resemble '' Euploea euphon'', of which it may be a mimic. They are on wing from April to May. Subspecies ''vinsoni'' is on wing from April to September. Subspecies *''Salamis augustina augustina'' — La Reunion *''Salamis augustina vinsoni'' Le Cerf, 1922 — Mauritius References Butterflies described in 1833 Junoniini Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Nymphalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papilio
''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly. It includes the common yellow swallowtail (''Papilio machaon''), which is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and the type species of the genus, as well as a number of other well-known North American species such as the western tiger swallowtail ('' Papilio rutulus''). Familiar species elsewhere in the world include the Mormons ('' Papilio polytes'', '' Papilio polymnestor'', '' Papilio memnon'', and '' Papilio deiphobus'') in Asia, the orchard and Ulysses swallowtails in Australia (''Papilio aegeus'', '' Papilio ulysses'', respectively) and the citrus swallowtail of Africa (''Papilio demodocus''). Older classifications of the swallowtails tended to use many rather small genera. More recent classifications have been more conservative, and as a result a number of former genera are now absorbed within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dru Drury
Dru Drury (4 February 1724 – 15 December 1803) was a British collector of natural history specimens and an entomologist. He had specimens collected from across the world through a network of ship's officers and collectors including Henry Smeathman. His collections were utilized by many entomologists of his time to describe and name new species and is best known for his book ''Illustrations of natural history'' which includes the names and descriptions of many insects, published in parts from 1770 to 1782 with copperplate engravings by Moses Harris. Life Dru Drury was born in Lad Lane, Wood Street, London where his father, also Dru [also given as "Drew"] Drury (1688–1763), was a Freedom of the City of London, citizen, goldsmith and silversmith of the City of London, and his second wife Mary, daughter of Dr Hesketh, chaplain to Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Queen Anne. The elder Dru Drury's grandfather, William, Lord of the Manor of Colne, Cambridgeshire, Colne (Drurys mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
