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Cynthia (butterfly)
''Cynthia'' is a group of colourful butterfly species that used to be considered a subgenus of the genus '' Vanessa'', in the family Nymphalidae. Before that, it was first described as a genus. Nowadays, this group is not considered a valid taxon anymore, because it is paraphyletic. The name ''Cynthia'' Fabricius, 1807 is now a junior subjective synonym of '' Vanessa'' Fabricius, 1807. In English, the species of the ''Cynthia'' group are sometimes collectively referred to as the painted ladies, although the name "painted lady" usually specifically refers to the near-cosmopolitan species ''Vanessa cardui''. The ''Cynthia'' group includes at least five species (to which some authors add other South American ''Vanessa'' species): * the Painted lady (''Vanessa cardui''), which is almost global in its distribution, * the Australian painted lady (''Vanessa kershawi''), mostly present in Australia, * the American (painted) lady (''Vanessa virginiensis''), mostly in North America, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Cardui
''Vanessa cardui'' is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan. Description File:Vanessa cardui MHNT CUT 2013 3 14 Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers Dos.jpg, Dorsal side File:Vanessa cardui MHNT CUT 2013 3 14 Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers Ventre.jpg, Ventral side File:Vanessa cardui - egg 02 (HS).jpg, Egg File:Vanessa cardui - caterpillar 07 (HS).jpg, Larva File:Vanessa cardui - pupa 03 (HS).jpg, Pupa File:Painted Lady Chrysalis micro CT.jpg, Inside Pupa File:Vanessa cardui - chrysalis and emergence.jpg, Emergence Distribution ''V. cardui'' is one of the most widespread of all butterflies, found on every continent except Antarctica and South America. In Australia, ''V. cardui'' has a limited range around Bunbury, Fremantle, and Rottnest Island. However, its close relative, the Australian painted lady (''V. kershawi'', sometimes considered a subspecies) ranges over half the continent. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Subjective Synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of scientific nomenclature) to the Norway spruce, which he called ''Pinus abies''. This name is no longer in use, so it is now a synonym of the current scientific name, '' Picea abies''. * In zoology, moving a species from one genus to another results in a different binomen, but the name is considered an alternative combination rather than a synonym. The concept of synonymy in zoology is reserved for two names at the same rank that refers to a taxon at that rank - for example, the name ''Papilio prorsa'' Linnaeus, 1758 is a junior synonym of ''Papilio levana'' Linnaeus, 1758, being names for different seasonal forms of the species now referred to as ''Araschnia l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Carye
''Vanessa carye'', the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America, from the mountains of Colombia and west of Caracas (Venezuela) through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, southern Brazil, and Paraguay to Patagonia in Argentina. It is also found on Easter Island and Tuamotus. The larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...e feed on '' Achyrocline flaccida'' and many other species. See also * ''Cynthia'' (butterfly) *'' Vanessa annabella'' References carye Butterflies described in 1812 Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Nymphalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Annabella
The West Coast lady (''Vanessa annabella'') is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". ''V. annabella'' occurs throughout much of the western US and southwestern Canada. The other two species are the cosmopolitan ''Vanessa cardui'' (painted lady) and the eastern ''Vanessa virginiensis'' (American painted lady). This species has also been considered a subspecies of the South American ''Vanessa carye'' and is frequently misspelled as "anabella". Distinguishing features Aside from general differences in distribution, ''V. annabella'' can be distinguished from the other two painted ladies of North America as follows: Most conspicuously, it lacks obvious ventral eyespots on the hindwings; there are two large ones on ''V. virginiensis'' and four small ones on ''V. cardui''. Like the latter, it also lacks a white dot in the pinkish-orange subapical field of the ventral and dorsal forewings. Its upperwing coloration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Virginiensis
The American painted lady or American lady (''Vanessa virginiensis'')"''Vanessa'' Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' is a butterfly found throughout North America. The larvae feed on various Asteraceae, such as the cudweeds (genus '' Gnaphalium''), the pussytoes (''''), and the everlastings ('' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Kershawi
The Australian painted lady (''Vanessa kershawi'') is a species of butterfly mostly confined to Australia, although westerly winds have dispersed it to islands east of Australia, including New Zealand. Debate surrounds the taxonomy of this species. Some believe that the Australian painted lady should be a subspecies of the painted lady (''Vanessa cardui'') due to the similarity in lifestyle and behaviour. Furthermore, the painted lady is found around the globe, but Australia is the only location in which it varies enough to be considered a separate species. However, due to the distinct genitalia of the males, and variation in colouration, many others consider the Australian painted lady to be a separate species. During spring, adult butterflies migrate south in large numbers from northern states of Queensland and New South Wales. To find mates, male Australian painted ladies exhibit territorial behaviour, which involves a male perching on vegetation in a sunny spot on a hillto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammobium Alatum
''Ammobium alatum'', commonly known as the winged everlasting, is a species of perennial herb in the daisy family Asteraceae and is both a native and an introduced species in south-eastern Australia. It has prominently winged stems, most of its leaves at the base, and heads of yellow florets surrounding by papery, white involucral bracts. Description ''Ammobium alatum'' is a species of perennial herb, occasional an annual, that typically grows to a height of with winged, woolly-hairy, usually much-branched stems. Most of its leaves are at the base of the plant and are narrow egg-shaped to narrow triangular. The basal leaves are long and wide on a petiole long. There are a few sessile, bract-like leaves on the stems. The flowers are wide with bright yellow florets that become darker with age, the corolla about long. The florets are surrounded by papery, white involucral bracts long with jagged edges. Flowering mainly occurs from November to April and the cypselas are li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morph (zoology)
In biology, polymorphism is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative ''phenotypes'', in the population of a species. To be classified as such, morphs must occupy the same habitat at the same time and belong to a panmictic population (one with random mating). Ford E.B. 1965. ''Genetic polymorphism''. Faber & Faber, London. Put simply, polymorphism is when there are two or more possibilities of a trait on a gene. For example, there is more than one possible trait in terms of a jaguar's skin colouring; they can be light morph or dark morph. Due to having more than one possible variation for this gene, it is termed 'polymorphism'. However, if the jaguar has only one possible trait for that gene, it would be termed "monomorphic". For example, if there was only one possible skin colour that a jaguar could have, it would be termed monomorphic. The term polyphenism can be used to clarify that the different forms arise from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyespot (mimicry)
An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking. They are found in butterflies, reptiles, cats, birds and fish. Eyespots could be explained in at least three different ways. They may be a form of mimicry in which a spot on the body of an animal resembles an eye of a different animal, to deceive potential predator or prey species. They may be a form of self-mimicry, to draw a predator's attention away from the prey's most vulnerable body parts. Or they may serve to make the prey appear inedible or dangerous. Eyespot markings may play a role in intraspecies communication or courtship; the best-known example is probably the eyespots on a peacock's display feathers. The pattern-forming biological process (morphogenesis) of eyespots in a wide variety of animals is controlled by a small number of genes active in embryonic development, including the genes called Engrailed, Distal-less, Hedgehog, Antennapedia, and the Notch signaling pathway. Artificial eyespots have been show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Painted Lady
''Vanessa carye'', the western painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America, from the mountains of Colombia and west of Caracas (Venezuela) through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, southern Brazil, and Paraguay to Patagonia in Argentina. It is also found on Easter Island and Tuamotus. The larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...e feed on '' Achyrocline flaccida'' and many other species. See also * ''Cynthia'' (butterfly) *'' Vanessa annabella'' References carye Butterflies described in 1812 Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Nymphalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast Lady
The West Coast lady (''Vanessa annabella'') is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". ''V. annabella'' occurs throughout much of the western US and southwestern Canada. The other two species are the cosmopolitan ''Vanessa cardui'' (painted lady) and the eastern ''Vanessa virginiensis'' (American painted lady). This species has also been considered a subspecies of the South American ''Vanessa carye'' and is frequently misspelled as "anabella". Distinguishing features Aside from general differences in distribution, ''V. annabella'' can be distinguished from the other two painted ladies of North America as follows: Most conspicuously, it lacks obvious ventral eyespots on the hindwings; there are two large ones on ''V. virginiensis'' and four small ones on ''V. cardui''. Like the latter, it also lacks a white dot in the pinkish-orange subapical field of the ventral and dorsal forewings. Its upperwing coloration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Painted Lady
The American painted lady or American lady (''Vanessa virginiensis'')"''Vanessa'' Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' is a butterfly found throughout North America. The larvae feed on various Asteraceae, such as the cudweeds (genus '' Gnaphalium''), the pussytoes (''''), and the everlastings ('' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
