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Taenaris
''Taenaris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Amathusiinae, that distributed throughout Australasia with a majority of species being located on the island of New Guinea. They are commonly known as the owl butterflies. ''Taenaris'' are showy medium to large butterflies with predominantly white wings often featuring extensive patches of black, gray, or tan coloration. They are best known for their rounded hindwings which feature well developed eyespots, most of which are yellow in color with blue-black "pupils". Due to their larval diet consisting of toxic cycasin-rich foodplants, many members of genus are involved within Müllerian mimicry complexes. Distribution Members of the genus ''Taenaris'' are found throughout Southeast Asia and Australasia. Their range extends from Malaysia and into the Moluccas and New Guinea and as far east as the Solomon Islands and as far south as the Torres Strait and Cape York, Australia. A majority of species are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taenaris Alocus
''Taenaris'' is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Amathusiinae, that distributed throughout Australasia with a majority of species being located on the island of New Guinea. They are commonly known as the owl butterflies. ''Taenaris'' are showy medium to large butterflies with predominantly white wings often featuring extensive patches of black, gray, or tan coloration. They are best known for their rounded hindwings which feature well developed eyespot (mimicry), eyespots, most of which are yellow in color with blue-black "pupils". Due to their larval diet consisting of toxic cycasin-rich foodplants, many members of genus are involved within Müllerian mimicry complexes. Distribution Members of the genus ''Taenaris'' are found throughout Southeast Asia and Australasia. Their range extends from Malaysia and into the Moluccas and New Guinea and as far east as the Solomon Islands and as far south as the Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taenaris Butleri
''Taenaris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Amathusiinae, that distributed throughout Australasia with a majority of species being located on the island of New Guinea. They are commonly known as the owl butterflies. ''Taenaris'' are showy medium to large butterflies with predominantly white wings often featuring extensive patches of black, gray, or tan coloration. They are best known for their rounded hindwings which feature well developed eyespots, most of which are yellow in color with blue-black "pupils". Due to their larval diet consisting of toxic cycasin-rich foodplants, many members of genus are involved within Müllerian mimicry complexes. Distribution Members of the genus ''Taenaris'' are found throughout Southeast Asia and Australasia. Their range extends from Malaysia and into the Moluccas and New Guinea and as far east as the Solomon Islands and as far south as the Torres Strait and Cape York, Australia. A majority of species are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taenaris Artemis
''Taenaris artemis '' is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1860. It is found in the Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ... Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 Subspecies *''T. a. artemis'' (West Irian, Mioswar Island) *''T. a. jamesi '' Butler, 877 (Papua, Yule Island, Darnley Island) *''T. a. staudingeri '' (Honrath, 1889) (New Guinea) *''T. a. gisela '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Waigeu) *''T. a. celsa'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Salawati) *''T. a. ziada '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Misool) *''T. a. myopina '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Aru) *''T. a. zenada'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Onin Peninsula to Geelvink Bay, Kapaur) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taenaris Urania
''Taenaris urania'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area .... Subspecies *''Taenaris urania urania'' (Ambon, Saparua) *''Taenaris urania pandemos'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Serang, Gisser Islands) *''Taenaris urania hollandi'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Buru) References External links * * Butterflies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taenaris {{Nymphalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taenaris Catops
''Taenaris catops'', the silky owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The wingspan is 75–95 mm. The larvae feed on ''Cordyline terminalis'', ''Musa (genus), Musa'' species, ''Areca catechu'' and ''Caryota rumphiana''. References Taenaris {{Morphinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taenaris Bioculatus
''Taenaris bioculatus '' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1830. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ... Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 Subspecies *'' T. b. bioculatus'' (Waigeu, Gebe, Salawati, Northwest New Guinea) *'' T. b. albius'' Brooks, 1950 (New Guinea: Afrak, Weyland, Kunupi) *'' T. b. grisescens'' Rothschild, 1915 (New Guinea: Snow Mountains) *'' T. b. avarea'' Fruhstorfer, 1916 (Southwest New Guinea) *'' T. b. charondas'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 (New Guinea: Lower Aroa River) *'' T. b. charon'' Staudinger, 1887 (New Guinea: Fischhafen) *'' T. b. cameronensis'' Rothschild, 1916 (New Guin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyantis Hodeva
''Hyantis'' is a monotypic nymphalid butterfly genus. Its sole species is ''Hyantis hodeva'', which is found in New Guinea. It is uncertain which tribe this butterfly should be placed within. Distribution The species is distributed in the following islands: New Guinea, Waigeo, Misool, Yapen and D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Morphology The species has three pairs of six well-developed ocellus on the ventral side of the wings: one pair on the forewings near the apex and two pairs on the hindwings. Each eyespot is large and bordered with yellow, and the black "pupil" has plural small white dots inside. This species is similar to ''Taenaris'', but can be easily identified from that genus, which generally has only two or four ocellus with single white spot on its hindwings. This species is also unique in having a closed discoidal cell on each hindwing. This morphological character is also shared by the genus ''Morphopsis'' and is generally found in the subfamily Satyrinae. The ear ... [...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] |
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their surroundings. Nomenclature Rafinesque introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
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 group comprises the large superfamily (zoology), 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycalesis Drusillodes
''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and dry-season forms differing in many species, especially as regards size and number of underwing eyespots. ''Mycalesis'' superficially resemble the species ''Orsotriaena medus'', but can readily be identified by the number of spots. Species Listed alphabetically: * ''Mycalesis adamsoni'' Watson, 1897 – Watson's bushbrown * ''Mycalesis adolphei'' (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843) – redeye bushbrown * ''Mycalesis aethiops'' Butler, 1868 * ''Mycalesis amoena'' Druce, 1873 * ''Mycalesis anaxioides'' Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883 * ''Mycalesis annamitica'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 – Annam bushbrown, tawny bush-brown * '' Mycalesis anapita'' Moore, 858/small> * '' Mycalesis anaxias'' Hewitson, 1862 – white-bar bushbrown * ''Mycalesis arabella'' Fruh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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