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Acraea Pseudatolmis
''Acraea pseudatolmis'', the false scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is mostly found in eastern Zimbabwe. Description Very similar to ''Acraea nohara'' qv. for differences. Biology The habitat consists of montane grassland. Adults are on wing year round. The larvae feed on '' Basananthe sandersonii'' and ''Tricliceras longipedunculatum''. Taxonomy The species group In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ... is undetermined - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea'pdf/ref> References Butterflies described in 1912 pseudatolmis Endemic fauna of Zimbabwe Butterflies of Africa {{Heliconiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Eltringham
Harry Eltringham FRS (18 May 1873, South Shields – 26 November 1941, Stroud) was an English histologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Life He had been awarded a Master of Science ( Cantab and Oxon Oxon may refer to: * An abbreviation for the English city of Oxford, or the English county of Oxfordshire, or the University of Oxford (from ''Oxonia'', Latin for Oxford) * The post-nominal suffix indicating a degree from the University of Oxford ...) and a Doctor of Science (Oxon). He worked at the Hope Department of Entomology. He wrote ''Histological and Illustrative Methods for Entomologists'' , The Senses of Insects, London, Methuen (1933) and on Lepidoptera Nymphalidae: Subfamily Acraeinae. ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' 11:1-65 with Karl Jordan (1913) and On specific and mimetic relationships in the genus Heliconius. Eltringham was the author of a photograph of Edward Bagnall Poulton taken through the compound eye of a glowworm. He was ... [...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, it fli ... [...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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acraea Nohara
''Acraea nohara'', the light red acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal north through Zimbabwe to Kenya. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is for males and for females. ''A. nohara'' Bdv. (55 c). Wings above light reddish with the usual black dots, which in ab. ''junodi'' Oberth. Acraea_dondoensis.html" ;"title="subspecies ''Acraea dondoensis">dondoensis'' Stevenson, 1934 are strongly but irregularly enlarged, and with black marginal band; marginal band of the forewing only 1 mm. in breadth, not widened at the apex, that of the hindwing. 1.5 to 2 mm. in breadth, not or indistinctly spotted ; veins on the upperside of the forewing edged with black towards the distal margin; discal dots 3 to 6 or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basananthe Sandersonii
''Basananthe'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. Its native range is dry Tropical Africa. Species: *'' Basananthe aciphylla'' *'' Basananthe apetala'' *'' Basananthe aristolochioides'' *''Basananthe baumii'' *'' Basananthe berberoides'' *'' Basananthe botryoidea'' *'' Basananthe cupricola'' *'' Basananthe gossweileri'' *'' Basananthe hanningtoniana'' *'' Basananthe hederae'' *'' Basananthe heterophylla'' *'' Basananthe hispidula'' *'' Basananthe holmesii'' *'' Basananthe kisimbae'' *'' Basananthe kottoensis'' *'' Basananthe kundelunguensis'' *'' Basananthe lanceolata'' *'' Basananthe littoralis'' *'' Basananthe longifolia'' *'' Basananthe malaissei'' *'' Basananthe merolae'' *'' Basananthe nummularia'' *'' Basananthe papillosa'' *'' Basananthe parvifolia'' *'' Basananthe pedata'' *'' Basananthe phaulantha'' *'' Basananthe polygaloides'' *'' Basananthe pseudostipulata'' *''Basananthe pubiflora'' *''Basananthe retic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricliceras Longipedunculatum
''Tricliceras'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, Madagascar. Species * '' Tricliceras auriculatum'' (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) R.Fern. * ''Tricliceras bivinianum'' (Tul.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras brevicaule'' (Urb.) R.Fern. * ''Tricliceras elatum'' (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras glanduliferum'' (Klotzsch) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras hirsutum'' (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras lanceolatum'' (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras lobatum'' (Urb.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras longepedunculatum'' (Mast.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras mossambicense'' (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) R.Fern * '' Tricliceras pilosum'' (Willd.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras prittwitzii'' (Urb.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras schinzii'' (Urb.) R.Fern. * '' Tricliceras tanacetifolium'' (Klotzsch) R.Fern. * ''Tricliceras xylorhizum ''Tricliceras'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passiflo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acraea (butterfly)
''Acraea'' is a genus of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae) of the subfamily Heliconiinae. It seems to be highly paraphyletic and has long been used as a "wastebin taxon" to unite about 220 species of anatomically conservative Acraeini. Some phylogenetic studies show that the genus ''Acraea'' is monophyletic if '' Bematistes'' and Neotropical '' Actinote'' are included (see Pierre & Bernaud, 2009). Most species assembled here are restricted to the Afrotropical realm, but some are found in India, Southeast Asia, and Australia.Silva-Brandão et al. (2008) Biology The eggs are laid in masses; the larvae are rather short, of almost equal thickness throughout, and possessing branched spines on each segment, young larvae group together on a protecting mass of silk; the pupa is slender, with a long abdomen, rather wide and angulated about the insertion of the wings, and suspended by the tail only. '' A. horta'', '' A. cabira'', and '' A. terpsicore'' illustrate typic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1912
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, it f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of Zimbabwe
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. ''Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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