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Xanthodisca
''Xanthodisca'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy .... Species *'' Xanthodisca ariel'' (Mabille, 1878) *'' Xanthodisca rega'' (Mabille, 1890) *'' Xanthodisca vibius'' (Hewitson, 1878) Former species *''Xanthodisca astrape'' ((Holland, 1892) - transferred to '' Xanthonymus astrape'' ((Holland, 1892) References External linksNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthodisca Rega
''Xanthodisca rega'', the yellow-disk skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north .... The habitat consists of wet and dry forests and secondary growth. The larvae feed on '' Aframomum sceptrum''. References Erionotini Butterflies of Africa Lepidoptera of West Africa Butterflies described in 1890 {{Erionotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthodisca Ariel
''Xanthodisca ariel'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. 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. References Erionotini Butterflies of Africa Lepidoptera of Madagascar Butterflies described in 1878 Taxa named by Paul Mabille {{Erionotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthodisca Vibius
''Xanthodisca vibius'', the Vibius orange and Vibius skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi, north-western and north-eastern Zambia and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests and moist dense woodland, especially ''Brachystegia'' woodland. Adults are known to mud-puddle. They are on wing from January to May. The larvae feed on ''Aframomum ''Aframomum'' is a genus in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is widespread across tropical Africa as well as on some islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mauritius). It is represented by approximately 50 species. It i ...'' species. References Erionotini Butterflies of Africa Butterflies described in 1878 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Erionotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthonymus Astrape
''Xanthonymus astrape'', the false pathfinder skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy .... It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of the edges of forests and forest clearings. Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers. The larvae feed on '' Trachyphrynium braunianum''. References Hesperiinae Butterflies of Africa Butterflies described in 1892 {{Hesperiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erionotini
The Erionotini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper 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 .... Genera References * , 1996: The ''Pteroteinon'' caenira-complex of African skippers, with the description of a new species (P. concaenira) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). ''Lambillionea'' 96(4): 616-622. * , 2000: Hesperiidae of Vietnam: 6. Two new species of the genera ''Suada'' de Nicéville, 1895 and ''Quedara'' Swinhoe, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). ''Atalanta'' 31 (1/2): 193-197. * , 2004: Taxonomic studies on Oriental Hesperiidae, 1. A revision of the ''Scobura coniata'' Hering, 1918-group. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (1-2): 57-66. * , 2007: Hesperiidae of Vietnam, 16. A new species and a new record of the Hesperiidae from Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. He was, for a long time, the secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science . His brother was the zoologist Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854–1899) and his son the zoologist Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892–1928). He was the author of Part 39 Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae (1912) and Parts 73 and 74. Cerambycidae: Lamiinae (1922, 1923) in: S. Schenkling (ed.), ''Coleopterorum Catalogus''. W. Junk, Berlin, 1000 + pages. Also ''Rhopalocera Aethiopica'' (1898), major contributions to Adalbert Seitz's ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'' Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925 and many papers on the Lepidoptera of Africa and ''Über sekundäre Geschlechtscharaktere nord ... [...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] |
Skipper (butterfly)
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.Ackery et al. (1999) Description and systematics Traditionally, the Hesperiidae were placed in a monotypic superfamily Hesperioidea, because they are morphologically distinct from other Rhopalocera (butterflies), which mostly belong to the typical butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.Ackery et al. (1999) Description and systematics Traditionally, the Hesperiidae were placed in a monotypic superfamily Hesperioidea, because they are morphologically distinct from other Rhopalocera (butterflies), which mostly belong to the typical butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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