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Dahira Jitkae
''Dahira jitkae'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sichuan in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ..., where it occurs at around 1,300 meters altitude. The wingspan is about 50 mm. It is very similar to '' Dahira niphaphylla'', but with markedly different male genitalia. References Dahira Moths described in 2007 {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region.Scoble, Malcolm J. (1995): ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity'' (2nd edition). Oxford University Press & Natural History Museum London. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their agile and sustained flying ability, similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight. The family was named by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Some hawk moths, such as the hummingbird hawk-moth or the white-lined sphinx, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers, so are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds. This hovering capability is only kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south. Sichuan's capital city is Chengdu. The population of Sichuan stands at 83 million. Sichuan neighbors Qinghai to the northwest, Gansu to the north, Shaanxi to the northeast, Chongqing to the east, Guizhou to the southeast, Yunnan to the south, and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west. In antiquity, Sichuan was the home of the ancient states of Ba and Shu. Their conquest by Qin strengthened it and paved the way for Qin Shi Huang's unification of China under the Qin dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Bei's state of Shu was based in Sichuan. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land, the List of countries and territories by land borders, most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces of China, provinces, five autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, four direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and two special administrative regions of China, Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the List of cities in China by population, most populous cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dahira
''Dahira'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. Species *'' Dahira bruno'' (Bryk, 1944) *'' Dahira falcata'' (Hayes, 1963) *'' Dahira hoenei'' (Mell, 1937) *''Dahira jitkae'' Haxaire & Melichar, 2007 *''Dahira kitchingi'' (Brechlin, 2000) *'' Dahira klaudiae'' Brechlin, Melichar & Haxaire, 2006 *'' Dahira marisae'' Schnitzler & Stüning, 2009 *''Dahira nili'' Brechlin, 2006 *'' Dahira niphaphylla'' (Joicey & Kaye, 1917) *'' Dahira obliquifascia'' (Hampson, 1910) *''Dahira pinratanai'' (Cadiou, 1991) *'' Dahira plutenkoi'' (Brechlin, 2002) *''Dahira rebeccae'' (Hogenes & Treadaway, 1999) *''Dahira rubiginosa'' Moore, 1888 *''Dahira svetsinjaevae'' Brechlin, 2006 *''Dahira taiwana'' (Brechlin, 1998) *''Dahira tridens'' (Oberthür, 1904) *''Dahira uljanae'' Brechlin & Melichar, 2006 *''Dahira viksinjaevi'' Brechlin, 2006 *'' Dahira yunlongensis'' (Brechlin, 2000) *'' Dahira yunnanfuana'' (Clark Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
