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Spialia Sertorius
''Spialia sertorius'', the red-underwing skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Description The red-underwing skipper can be confused with the species of the genus ''Pyrgus''. The underside has a cinnamon-red to yellowish base tone, while in the ''Pyrgus'' species it is mostly greenish to brownish in color. Since this coloring is less clear in older butterflies (and deviations occur), the characteristic arrangement of the spots on the underside of the hind wing should always be used for the determination. Furthermore, on the upper side of the forewing, a series of small, distinctly bright spots in the submarginal bandage is characteristic, which runs in a regular flat curve to the front edge. The four spots of the post-discal region further towards the wing base are also in a row, while in the species of the genus ''Pyrgus,'' only three are side by side and the fourth is disengaged. The wingspan is 22-26 mm. (MHNT) Spialia sertorius - Bossey, Haute-Savoie, France - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg
Johann Centurius Hoffmann Graf von Hoffmannsegg (23 August 1766 – 13 December 1849) was a German botanist, entomologist and ornithologist. Hoffmannsegg was born at Rammenau and studied at Leipzig and Göttingen. He travelled through Europe acquiring vast collections of plants and animals. He visited Hungary, Austria and Italy in 1795–1796 and Portugal from 1797 to 1801. He sent his collections to Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, then in Brunswick, so that he could study them. Hoffmannsegg worked in Berlin from 1804 to 1816, and was elected a member of the Academy of Science of the city in 1815. He was the founder of the zoological museum of Berlin in 1809. Hoffmannsegg proposed Illiger for the position of curator, and all the Hoffmannsegg's collections were then transferred to Berlin. The legume genus ''Hoffmannseggia ''Hoffmannseggia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, known generally as rushpeas. These are pod-bearing herbs and subshrub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibernation
Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate. It most commonly occurs during winter months. Although traditionally reserved for "deep" hibernators such as rodents, the term has been redefined to include animals such as bears and is now applied based on active metabolic suppression rather than any absolute decline in body temperature. Many experts believe that the processes of daily torpor and hibernation form a continuum and utilise similar mechanisms. The equivalent during the summer months is aestivation. Hibernation functions to conserve energy when sufficient food is not available. To achieve this energy saving, an endothermic animal decreases its metabolic rate and thereby its body temperature. Hibernation may last days, weeks, or months—depending on the species, ambient temperature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1804
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] |
Spialia
''Spialia'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, which are mainly found in Africa and Asia. They are commonly called grizzled skippers or sandmen. As a result of genomic research published in 2020, 3 species of ''Spialia'' were moved to the new genus ''Agyllia'' and 14 species were moved to the new genus ''Ernsta''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Spialia'': * ''Spialia ali'' Oberthür, 1881 * ''Spialia carnea'' (Reverdin, 1927) * '' Spialia diomus'' (Hopffer, 1855) (common sandman) * ''Spialia doris'' (Walker, 1870) (desert grizzled skipper) * ''Spialia ferax'' (Wallengren, 1863) (ferax grizzled skipper) * ''Spialia fetida'' Zhdanko, 1992 * ''Spialia galba'' (Fabricius, 1793) (indian skipper) * '' Spialia geron'' (Watson, 1893) * ''Spialia irida'' Zhdanko, 1993 * ''Spialia lugens'' (Staudinger, 1886) * '' Spialia mafa'' (Trimen, 1870) (mafa sandman) * ''Spialia orbifer'' (Hübner, 1823) (orbed red-underwing skipper) * ''Spialia osthelderi'' (Pfeiffer, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pimpinella
''Pimpinella'' is a plant genus in the family Apiaceae; it includes the aromatic herb anise ''(Pimpinella anisum, P. anisum)''. includes photos, drawings, European distribution maps Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *''Pimpinella acronemastrum'' Farille & Lachard *''Pimpinella acuminata'' (Edgew.) C.B.Clarke *''Pimpinella acutidentata'' C.Norman *''Pimpinella adiyamanensis'' Yıld. & Kılıç *''Pimpinella adscendens'' Dalzell *''Pimpinella affinis'' Ledeb. *''Pimpinella ahmarensis'' Dawit *''Pimpinella alismatifolia'' C.C.Towns. *''Pimpine ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geranium Sanguineum
''Geranium sanguineum'', common names bloody crane's-bill or bloody geranium, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the cranesbill family Geraniaceae. It is also the county flower of Northumberland. Geranium sanguineum 'Striatum' Etymology The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος ("géranos"), meaning crane, with reference to the appearance of the fruit capsule. The specific Latin name ''sanguineum'' refers to the red color assumed by the leaves in Autumn. Description The biological form of ''Geranium sanguineum'' is hemicryptophyte, as its overwintering buds are situated just below the soil surface and the floral axis is more or less erect with a few leaves. It has a thick rhizome. The stems are prostrate to ascending, well developed, very branched and hairy. This plant reaches on average in height.Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982. Vol. II, pag. 6 The petiolate leaves have five lobes (or segments), each segment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teucrium Montanum
''Teucrium montanum'', the mountain germander, is a germander native to southern Europe, from Spain eastward to Turkey. It forms shrubs about a foot high, with small leaves no more than an inch across, and petals blooming yellowish white. On south-facing mountain slopes, it can be found as far up as 2400 meters in the Alps. The plant was known to the ancient Greeks, one of several plants named ''χαμαίπιτυς'', as mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Latin work ''Historia Naturalis''. Taxonomy Two subspecies are recognized: the nominate subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ... ''T. m. montanum'', and ''T. m. helianthemoides'' (Adamovic) Baden. References montanum Herbs {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Globularia Cordifolia
''Globularia cordifolia'', the heart-leaved globe daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, and western Turkey. It is a mat-forming evergreen perennial growing to tall by wide, with spherical, fluffy, pale lilac flowers in summer. In cultivation it requires the open aspect, full sun and sharp drainage of its native habitat, and is best grown in an alpine garden. The Latin specific epithet ''cordifolia'' means “with heart-shaped leaves”. This plant has gained 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 Globularia cordifolia2.jpg {{Taxonbar, from=Q181019 cordifolia Flora of Turkey Plants described in 1753 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thymus (plant)
The genus ''Thymus'' ( ; thymes) contains about 350 species of aromatic perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs to 40 cm tall in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions in Europe, North Africa and Asia. Stems tend to be narrow or even wiry; leaves are evergreen in most species, arranged in opposite pairs, oval, entire, and small, 4–20 mm long, and usually aromatic. Thyme flowers are in dense terminal heads with an uneven calyx, with the upper lip three-lobed, and are yellow, white, or purple. Several members of the genus are cultivated as culinary herbs or ornamentals, when they are also called thyme after its best-known species, ''Thymus vulgaris'' or common thyme. ''Thymus'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) insect species, including ''Chionodes distinctella'' and the ''Coleophora'' case-bearers ''C. lixella'', ''C. niveicostella'', ''C. serpylletorum'', and ''C. struella'' (the latter three feed ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a total area of nearly , it is the third-largest German state by both area (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony) and population (behind North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria). As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm. What is now Baden-Württemberg was formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 by the merger of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With over 13 million inhabitants, it is second in population only to North Rhine-Westphalia, but due to its large size its population density is below the German average. Bavaria's main cities are Munich (its capital and largest city and also the third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg, and Augsburg. The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Raetia and Noricum. It became the Duchy of Bavaria (a stem duchy) in the 6th century AD following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. It was later incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire, became an ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotus Corniculatus
''Lotus corniculatus'' is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to grasslands in temperate Eurasia and North Africa. Common names include common bird's-foot trefoil, eggs and bacon, birdsfoot deervetch, and just bird's-foot trefoil, though the latter name is often also applied to other members of the genus. It is a Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plant, similar in appearance to some clovers. The name 'bird's foot' refers to the appearance of the seed pods on their stalk. Five leaflets are present, but with the central three held conspicuously above the others, hence the use of the name 'trefoil'. It is often used as forage and is widely used as food for livestock due to its nonbloating properties. Description The height of the plant is variable, from , occasionally more where supported by other plants; the stems can reach up to long. It is typically sprawling at the height of the surrounding grassland. It can survive fairly close grazing, trampling, and mow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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