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Riodinidae
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, the family is also represented both in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Australasian ('' Dicallaneura''), Afrotropic ('' Afriodinia'', ''Saribia''), and Indomalayan realms. Description The family includes small to medium-sized species, from 12 to 60 mm wingspan, often with vibrant structural colouring. The wing shape is very different within the family. They may resemble butterflies in other groups, some are similar to Satyrinae, some are bright yellow reminiscent of Coliadinae and others (examples ''Barbicornis'', ''Rhetus arcius'', ''Helicopis'', ''Chorinea'') have tails as do Papilionidae. The colouration ranges from muted colours in the temperate zone species to iridescent blue and green wings and transparent wings in tropical speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riodininae
__NOTOC__ Riodininae is the largest of the three subfamilies within the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae. Classification Riodininae contains the following tribes: * Befrostiini Grishin, 2019 * Calydnini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Dianesiini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Emesidini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Eurybiini Reuter, 1896 * Helicopini Reuter 1897 * Nymphidiini Bates, 1859 * Riodinini Grote, 1895 * Sertaniini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Symmachiini Bates, 1859 References Further reading * Glassberg, Jeffrey ''Butterflies through Binoculars, The West'' (2001) * Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. ''Butterflies of British Columbia'' (2001) * James, David G. and Nunnallee, David ''Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies'' (2011) * Pelham, Jonathan ''Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada'' (2008) * Pyle, Robert Michael ''The Butterflies of Cascadia'' (2002) External links PteronImages. In Japanese but with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helicopis
''Helicopis'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies of the family Riodinidae. List of species * '' Helicopis gnidus'' (Fabricius, 1787 * '' Helicopis cupido'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Helicopis endymiaena'' (Hübner, 819 __NOTOC__ Year 819 ( DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen.Rogers, Ba ... References Funet Riodinidae Riodinidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemeobiinae
Nemeobiinae is a subfamily of Riodinidae, the metalmark family. The subfamily's members consist entirely of Old World members of the Riodinid family. Recent revisions to the subfamily have begun to include members located within the New World as well, however, the subfamily continues to encompass the entirety of the Old World Riodinids. The subfamily are the only Riodinids that feed exclusively on members of the plant family Primulaceae, being the only Riodinids to do so, with the exception of '' Emesis diogenia''. Distribution The Nemeobiinae was erected to encompass the entirety of the 7 percent of Riodinids that reside within the Old World. This has remained true, however, recent studies have placed the New World subfamily of Euselasiinae within the Nemeobiinae, with '' Corrachia'' and ''Styx'' believed to be apomorphic Nemeobiines. The greater Riodinid family is believed to have evolved in the Neotropics and migrated to the Old World through the Bering land bridge during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbicornis
''Barbicornis'' is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Riodinidae with its single species ''Barbicornis basilis'' present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. The species is easily recognizable by the very small hindwings provided with a long apex of the tail on the lower radial (uppermost median) vein. The original description was published in '' Encyclopédie Méthodique''. They drink early in the morning from wet stones and places on roads or tracks and rest during the day beneath leaves. Subspecies *''Barbicornis basilis basilis'' (Paraguay, Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) *''Barbicornis basilis acroleuca'' Berg, 1896 (Paraguay) *''Barbicornis basilis bahiana'' Azzará, 1978 (Brazil: Bahia) *''Barbicornis basilis ephippium'' Thieme, 1907 (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul) *''Barbicornis basilis marginata'' Seitz, 1913 (Brazil: Bahia) *''Barbicornis basilis mona'' Westwood, 1851 (Paraguay, Brazil: Espírito Santo) *''Barbicornis basilis paraopeba'' Azzará, 1978 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euselasiinae
Euselasiinae is a subfamily of Riodinidae. The species are confined to the Neotropical realm The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge .... Genera From Funet *'' Corrachia'' Schaus, 1913 *'' Euselasia'' (Hübner, 1819) a populous genus with many species. *'' Hades'' (Westwood, 1851) *'' Methone'' (Doubleday, 1847) *'' Styx'' Staudinger, 1875 References Riodinidae Butterfly subfamilies {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorinea
''Chorinea'' is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus. Species Listed alphabetically: funet.fi *'' Chorinea amazon'' (Saunders, 1859) French Guiana , Brazil *'' Chorinea batesii'' (Saunders, 1859) French Guiana, Brazil *'' Chorinea bogota'' (Saunders, 1859) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
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] |
Saribia
''Saribia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Species *'' Saribia decaryi'' (Le Cerf, 1922) *'' Saribia ochracea'' Riley, 1932 *'' Saribia perroti'' Riley, 1932 *'' Saribia tepahi'' (Boisduval, 1833) References External links images representing Saribiaat Consortium for the Barcode of Life The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ... Nemeobiinae Butterfly genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhetus Arcius
''Rhetus arcius'' is a species of Neotropical butterfly, first described in Carl Linnaeus' 1763 ''Centuria Insectorum The first page of ''Centuria Insectorum'', as included in ''Amoenitates Academicæ'' ' (Latin, "one hundred insects") is a 1763 taxonomic work by Carl Linnaeus, and defended as a thesis by Boas Johansson; which of the two men should for taxonom ...''. References Riodinini Riodinidae of South America Butterflies described in 1763 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novara (ship)
SMS ''Novara'' was a sail frigate of the Austro-Hungarian Navy most noted for sailing the globe for the Novara Expedition of 1857–1859 and, later for carrying Archduke Maximilian and wife Carlota to Veracruz in May 1864 to become Emperor and Empress of Mexico. History Service SMS ''Novara'' was a frigate that circumnavigated the earth in the course of the Austrian Imperial expedition of 1857–1859, during the reign of (''Kaiser'') Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. "The Crustacean Collection of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna" (history), Peter C. Dworschak & Verena Stagl, 3rd Zoological Dept., ''Naturhistorisches Museum'', Vienna, webpage (@www.nhm-wien.ac.at)NHM-Wien-Crustacean-PDF "Novara-Expedition" (port-by-port description), '' Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien'', 2005, webpageKHM-Novara-Expedition It was a sailing ship with three masts of sails and six decks, outfitted with 42 cannons, and had a water displacement of nearly 2,107 tons. Between 1843 and 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Structural Colouration
Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments, although some structural coloration occurs in combination with pigments. For example, peacock tail feathers are pigmented brown, but their microscopic structure makes them also reflect blue, turquoise, and green light, and they are often iridescent. Structural coloration was first observed by English scientists Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton, and its principle – wave interference – explained by Thomas Young a century later. Young described iridescence as the result of interference between reflections from two or more surfaces of thin films, combined with refraction as light enters and leaves such films. The geometry then determines that at certain angles, the light reflected from both surfaces interferes constructively, while at other angles, the light interferes destructively. Differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies. The true number of the Satyrinae species is estimated to exceed 2,400. Overview They are generally weak fliers and often shun bright sunlight, preferring moist and semishaded habitats. The caterpillars feed chiefly on monocotyledonous plants such as palms, grasses, and bamboos. The Morphinae are sometimes united with this group. The taxonomy and systematics of the subfamily are under heavy revision. Much of the early pioneering work of L. D. Miller has helped significantly by creating some sort of order. '' Dyndirus'' (Capronnier, 1874) is a satyrid '' incertae sedis''. Other than this genus, according to the latest studies on the classification of Nymphalidae, all satyrines have been assigned to one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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