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Teinopalpus
''Teinopalpus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges .... Taxonomy The genus contains two species: '' Teinopalpus aureus'' (golden kaiser-i-hind) and '' Teinopalpus imperialis'' (kaiser-i-hind). Both species have a number of recognised subspecies. * ''Teinopalpus aureus'' :* ''T. a. aureus'' :* ''T. a. hainanensis'' :* ''T. a. laotiana'' :* ''T. a. nagaoi'' :* ''T. a. shinkaii'' * ''Teinopalpus imperialis'' :* ''T. i. behludinii'' :* ''T. i. colettei'' :* ''T. i. gerritesi'' :* ''T. i. gillesi'' :* ''T. i. herteri'' :* ''T. i. imperatrix'' :* ''T. i. imperialis'' :* ''T. i. miecoae'' Papilionidae Butterfly genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{papilionidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teinopalpus Imperialis
''Teinopalpus imperialis'', the Kaisar-i-Hind, is a rare species of swallowtail butterfly found from Nepal and north India east to north Vietnam. The common name literally means "emperor of India". The Kaisar-i-Hind is much sought after by butterfly collectors for its beauty and rarity. The green iridescence of the wings has been found to be due to three-dimensional photonic structure of the scales and is the subject of much research. Description The Kaisar-i-Hind, like the Bhutan glory is unmistakable and cannot be confused with any other butterfly. A predominantly green swallowtail, the male has a bright chrome-yellow patch on each hind wing. The following descriptions are from Charles Thomas Bingham (1907) ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, Butterflies'' Volume 2. Male Upperside black, densely irrorated with green scales. Forewing: an outwardly oblique, slightly concave subbasal band and a narrow terminal edging jet-black due to the ground c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teinopalpus
''Teinopalpus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges .... Taxonomy The genus contains two species: '' Teinopalpus aureus'' (golden kaiser-i-hind) and '' Teinopalpus imperialis'' (kaiser-i-hind). Both species have a number of recognised subspecies. * ''Teinopalpus aureus'' :* ''T. a. aureus'' :* ''T. a. hainanensis'' :* ''T. a. laotiana'' :* ''T. a. nagaoi'' :* ''T. a. shinkaii'' * ''Teinopalpus imperialis'' :* ''T. i. behludinii'' :* ''T. i. colettei'' :* ''T. i. gerritesi'' :* ''T. i. gillesi'' :* ''T. i. herteri'' :* ''T. i. imperatrix'' :* ''T. i. imperialis'' :* ''T. i. miecoae'' Papilionidae Butterfly genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{papilionidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teinopalpus Aureus
''Teinopalpus aureus'', the golden Kaiser-i-Hind, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in China and possibly Vietnam. Considered an endangered species threatened by the wildlife trade, it is protected by Chinese law. Subspecies * ''T. a. aureus'' * ''T. a. hainanensis'' (Bauer & Frankenbach, 1998) * ''T. a. laotiana'' * ''T. a. nagaoi'' * ''T. a. shinkaii'' References *Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 ''Schmetterlinge der Erde'', Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: ''Papilio'', Subgenus ''Achillides'', ''Bhutanitis'', ''Teinopalpus''. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books *Turlin, B.,1991 Notes sur les especes du genre ''Teinopalpus'' Hope et description de deux nouvelles sous-especes et d'une forme appartenant a ce genre. (Lepidoptera Papilionidae). ''Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat The ''Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat'' was a Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus '' Ornithoptera''. Swallowtails have a number of distinctive features; for example, the papilionid caterpillar bears a repugnatorial organ called the osmeterium on its prothorax. The osmeterium normally remains hidden, but when threatened, the larva turns it outward through a transverse dorsal groove by inflating it with fluid. The forked appearance in some of the swallowtails' hindwings, which can be seen when the butterfly is resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name ''swallowtail''. As for its formal name, Linnaeus chose '' Papilio'' for the type genus, as ''papilio'' is Latin for "butterfly". For the specific epithets of the genus, Linnaeus applied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick William Hope
Frederick William Hope (3 January 1797 – 15 April 1862) was an English clergyman, naturalist, collector, and entomologist, who founded a professorship at the University of Oxford to which he gave his entire collections of insects in 1849 (now known as the Hope Collection or in expanded form the Hope Entomological Collections, with around 3.5 million specimens). He described numerous species and was a founder of the Entomological Society of London in 1833 along with John Obadiah Westwood. Biography Frederick was the second son of John Thomas Hope of Netley Hall, Shrewsbury, and Ellen Hester Mary, only child and heiress of Sir Thomas Edwardes, and was born at their home in 37 Upper Seymour Street, London. He studied under the private tutor Reverend Delafosse and joined Christ Church, Oxford in 1817 and graduated with a BA in 1820. Presented to the curacy of Frodesley in Shropshire, he quickly retired as a result of ill health. Hope married, in 1835, the wealthy Ellen Meredith, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies
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 flie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly Genera
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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