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Alpherakya Pilgram
''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species Listed alphabetically: * ''Alpherakya devanica ''Alpherakya devanica'' is a species of Lycaenid butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, an ...'' (Moore, 875 * '' Alpherakya pilgram'' (Bálint & Johnson, 1997) Central Asia * '' Alpherakya sarta'' (Alphéraky, 1881) * '' Alpherakya sartoides'' (Swinhoe, 1910) Darvaz, Alai, Pamirs, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North India. References External links * * Polyommatini Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpherakya Sartoides
''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species Listed alphabetically: * ''Alpherakya devanica'' (Moore, 875 * ''Alpherakya pilgram ''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species Listed alphabetically: * ''Alpherakya devanica ''Alpherakya devanica'' is a species of Lycaenid butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the ...'' (Bálint & Johnson, 1997) Central Asia * '' Alpherakya sarta'' (Alphéraky, 1881) * '' Alpherakya sartoides'' (Swinhoe, 1910) Darvaz, Alai, Pamirs, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North India. References External links * * Polyommatini Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Mediterranean Basin; North Africa; North Arabia; Western, Central and East Asia. The Palaearctic realm also has numerous rivers and lakes, forming several freshwater ecoregions. Both the eastern and westernmost extremes of the Paleartic span into the Western Hemisphere, including Cape Dezhnyov in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug to the east and Iceland to the west. The term was first used in the 19th century, and is still in use as the basis for zoogeographic classification. History In an 1858 paper for the ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society'', British zoologist Philip Sclater first identified six terrestrial zoogeographic realms of the world: Palaearctic, Aethiopian/ Afrotropic, Indian/ I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though molecular evidence suggests that they likely originated in the Cretaceous. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, and like other holometabolous 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, expands its wings to dry, and flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues (Polyommatinae), the coppers (Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae), and the harvesters (Miletinae). Description, food, and life cycle Adults are small, under 5 cm usually, and brightly coloured, sometimes with a metallic gloss. Lycaenidae wings are generally blue or green. More than half of these butterflies depend on ants in some way. Larvae are often flattened rather than cylindrical, with glands that may produce secretions that attract and subdue ants. Their cuticles tend to be thickened. Some larvae are capable of producing vibrations and low sounds that are transmitted through the substrates they inhabit. They use these sounds to commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpherakya Devanica
''Alpherakya devanica'' is a species of Lycaenid butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ... found in the Pamirs, Hindu Kush, Karakorum and Tajikistan. Description Male upperside: dusky brown with more or less of a dense irroration of blue scales that spreads from the bases of the wings outwards towards the termen. The amount of this blue scaling is irregular and variable; on the forewing it never extends up to the apex or terminal margin; on the hindwing never further than the disc. Forewing: a short transverse line or elongate spot on the discocellulars and a slender black anteciliary line. Hindwing: without markings; in a few specimens traces of one or two subterminal dusky spots near the tornal angle; a slender black anteciliary line as on the forewing. Cilia o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpherakya Pilgram
''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species Listed alphabetically: * ''Alpherakya devanica ''Alpherakya devanica'' is a species of Lycaenid butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, an ...'' (Moore, 875 * '' Alpherakya pilgram'' (Bálint & Johnson, 1997) Central Asia * '' Alpherakya sarta'' (Alphéraky, 1881) * '' Alpherakya sartoides'' (Swinhoe, 1910) Darvaz, Alai, Pamirs, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North India. References External links * * Polyommatini Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpherakya Sarta
''Alpherakya sarta'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ... species of lycaenid butterfly found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ghissar, Alai, Tian-Shan, Tarbagatai, Saur, South Altai and North India. Description Male upperside Dark brown, overlaid on both forewings and hindwings from the base outwards with bluish purple, this colour variable in extent but not reaching to the terminal margins in any specimens, and only up to or a little beyond the discs of the wings in very many. In all specimens the immediate base of the wings is suffused more or less prominently with pale blue, which is continued for a short distance down the dorsal margin of the hindwing. Forewings and hindwings: an anteciliary dark line and the hindwing in many specimens with a subterminal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyommatini
Polyommatini is a tribe of lycaenid butterflies in the subfamily of Polyommatinae. These were extensively studied by Russian novelist and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov. Genera Genera in this tribe include: * '' Actizera'' * ''Acytolepis'' * '' Afarsia'' * '' Agriades'' * '' Alpherakya'' * '' Aricia'' – arguses * '' Azanus'' – babul blues * '' Bothrinia'' * '' Brephidium'' * '' Cacyreus'' * '' Caerulea'' * '' Caleta'' * '' Callenya'' * '' Callictita'' * '' Castalius'' – Pierrots * '' Catochrysops'' * '' Catopyrops'' * '' Cebrella'' * '' Celastrina'' * '' Celatoxia'' * '' Chilades'' – jewel blues * '' Cupido'' * '' Cupidopsis'' – meadow blues * '' Cyaniris'' * '' Cyclargus'' * '' Danis'' * '' Discolampa'' * '' Echinargus'' * '' Eicochrysops'' * '' Eldoradina'' * '' Elkalyce'' * '' Epimastidia'' * '' Erysichton'' * '' Euchrysops'' – Cupids * '' Eumedonia'' * '' Euphilotes'' * '' Famegana'' * '' Freyeria'' * '' Glabroculus'' * '' Glaucopsyche'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
