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Antanartia
''Antanartia'', commonly called (African) admirals, is a genus in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices. For other admirals see genus, '' Vanessa''. Recently, three species traditionally considered to be members of ''Antanartia'' have been moved to ''Vanessa'' based on molecular evidence. ''Antanartia borbonica'' was not sampled by the study, but was purported to belong in ''Antanartia'' based on morphological similarity. Species The three species following Wahlberg et al., 2011, are: * ''Antanartia borbonica'' (Oberthür, 1880) * ''Antanartia delius'' (Drury, 1782) – orange admiral * ''Antanartia schaeneia'' (Trimen, 1879) – long-tailed admiral Former species * ''Antanartia abyssinica'' is now '' Vanessa abyssinica'' (Felder, 1867) * ''Antanartia dimorphica'' is now ''Vanessa dimorphica ''Vanessa dimorphica'' (northern short-tailed admiral or dimorphic admiral) is a butt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antanartia Borbonica
''Antanartia borbonica'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Mauritius and La Réunion. Records for Madagascar are in error. Adults are on wing from September to May but it is commonest in February and March. The larvae feed on ''Pilea urticefolia''. Subspecies *''Antanartia borbonica borbonica'' (Réunion) *''Antanartia borbonica mauritiana'' Manders, 1908 (Mauritius) References Butterflies described in 1879 Nymphalini Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Charles Oberthür {{Nymphalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antanartia Schaeneia
''Antanartia schaeneia'', the long tail admiral or long-tailed admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Africa. Both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit and males mud-puddle. The larvae feed on '' Fleurya capensis'', ''Boehmeria nivea'', '' Australina'', '' Boehmeria'', ''Pouzolzia ''Pouzolzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Urticaceae, nettle family. There are about 35 species distributed throughout the tropical world. Most are shrubs, and some are herbs. The genus was named for French botanist and plant collector ...'', and '' Urtica'' species. Subspecies *''Antanartia schaeneia schaeneia'' (Cape, Natal, Transvaal) *''Antanartia schaeneia dubia'' (eastern Rhodesia to Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, eastern Zaire) *''Antanartia schaeneia diluta'' (Ethiopia) References Butterflies described in 1879 Nymphalini Taxa named by Roland Trimen Butterflies of Africa {{Nymphalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antanartia Delius
''Antanartia delius'', the forest admiral or orange admiral, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland forests. Both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit. The larvae feed on '' Australina acuminata'', ''Pouzolzia parasitica ''Pouzolzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family. There are about 35 species distributed throughout the tropical world. Most are shrubs, and some are herbs. The genus was named for French botanist and plant collector Pierre Mar ...'', '' Musanga'' and '' Urtica'' species. They live in tents constructed from the leaves of their host plant. This tent is made by chewing through the midrib near the end of the leaf and forming this into a cylindrical shelter. Description Upperside. Antennae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Abyssinica
''Vanessa abyssinica'', the Abyssinian admiral, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ... and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of montane forests. The larvae feed on ''Urtica massaica'' and ''Obetia pinnatifida''. This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus ''Antanartia'' but was recently found to be a member of the ''Vanessa atalanta, V. atalanta'' species group. Subspecies *''Vanessa abyssinica abyssinica'' — Ethiopia *''Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni'' Howarth, 1966 — highlands of Kenya, northern Tanzania *''Vanessa abyssinica vansomereni'' Howarth, 1966 — western Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antanartia Hippomene
''Vanessa hippomene'', commonly known as the southern short-tailed admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae which is native to South Africa and Madagascar. Wingspan is 45–45 mm in males and 42–48 mm in females. Has two or three flight periods with peak between April and May. The larvae feed on '' Fleurya capensis'', '' Laportia peduncularis'', '' Pouzolia parasitica'', '' Didymodoxa caffra'' and '' Urtica'' species. This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus ''Antanartia'', but recent molecular analyses reveals that it is more closely related to members of the genus '' Vanessa''. Subspecies *''V. h. hippomene'' — Eswatini and South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ... and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antanartia Dimorphica
''Vanessa dimorphica'' (northern short-tailed admiral or dimorphic admiral) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa. Wingspan is 45–45 mm in males and 42–48 mm in females. Has two or three flight periods with peak between April and May. The larvae feed on '' Laportia peduncularis'' and '' Drogueria'' and ''Carduus'' species. This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus ''Antanartia ''Antanartia'', commonly called (African) admirals, is a genus in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices. For other admirals see genus, '' Vaness ...'', but recent molecular analyses reveals that it is more closely related to members of the genus '' Vanessa''. Subspecies Listed alphabetically. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa (butterfly)
''Vanessa'' is a genus of brush-footed butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini. It has a near-global distribution and includes conspicuous species such as the red admirals (e.g., red admiral, Indian red admiral, New Zealand red admiral), the Kamehameha, and the painted ladies of the '' Cynthia'' group (formerly a subgenus): Painted lady, American painted lady, West Coast lady, Australian painted lady, etc. For African admirals, see genus ''Antanartia''. Recently, several members traditionally considered to be in the genus ''Antanartia'' have been determined to belong within the genus ''Vanessa''. The name of the genus may have been taken from the character Vanessa in Jonathan Swift's poem " Cadenus and Vanessa," which is the source of the woman's name Vanessa. In the poem Vanessa is called a "nymph" eleven times, and the genus is closely related to the previously-named genus Nymphalis. Though the name has been suggested to be a variant of "Phanessa", from the name of an Anc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymphalini
Nymphalini is a tribe of nymphalid brush-footed butterflies. Common names include admirals, anglewings, commas, and tortoiseshells, but none of these is specific to one particular genus. The name anglewing butterflies is an English translation of a Latin term ''papiliones angulati'', Denis & Schiffermüller">Ignaz Schiffermüller">Schiffermüller/nowiki>, ( 775, 1776. Based on an overall similarity in the angulate wing shape, a collective name: ''Papiliones angulati'' was employed for ''Papilio atalanta'', ''P. antiopa'', ''P. cardui'', ''P. c-album'', ''P. io'', ''P. polychloros'', ''P. urticae'', ''P. xanthomelas'', ''P. vaualbum'', ''P. levana'' and ''P. prorsa''. The term ''papiliones angulati'' is applied as a collective taxon name, which therefore needs no type species as specified in Article 42.3.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. ''Papiliones angulati'' has thus been re-defined to apply only to a clade: ''Nymphalis sensu lato'', and to specificall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926. Early life Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Emma Louise von Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the first Jewish peer in England. The eldest of three children, Walter was deemed to have delicate health and was educated at home. As a young man, he travelled in Europe, attending the University of Bonn for a year before entering Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1889, leaving Cambridge after two years, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Jordan (zoologist, Born 1861)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959) was a German-British entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology. Jordan was born in a farming family in Almstedt, raised by an uncle after the death of his father in 1855, finished school in Hildesheim and educated at Göttingen University. After a year of military service, he taught at Münden Grammar School for five years and came in contact with zoologist August Metzger and Count Berlepsch that led to a growth in his natural history interest. Through their recommendation he received an invitation to joined Ernst Hartert at Rotschild's museum. In 1893 he began work at Walter Rothschild's Natural History Museum at Tring, specialising in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera. Jordan published over 400 papers, many jointly with Charles and Walter Rothschild. He describ ... [...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] |
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