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Delias Nigrina
''Delias nigrina'', the black Jezebel or common Jezebel (also used for '' Delias eucharis''), is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, from Queensland, through New South Wales to Victoria. The wingspan of both the male and the female is 56 mm.Michael F. Braby, The Complete Guide to Butterflies of Australia, Copyright CSIRO 2004. The upper sides of the males are white with black tips containing white spots on the forewings, and narrow black margins around the hindwings. The females on top are grey with wide black edges, which contain white spots near the apex of the forewings. The larvae feed on '' Amyema cambagei'', ''Amyema congener'', ''Amyema miquelii'', ''Amyema quandang'', ''Dendrophthoe curvata'', ''Dendrophthoe glabrescens'', '' Dendrophthoe vitellina'', ''Muellerina celastroides ''Muellerina celastroides'', common names Banksia mistletoe and coast mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic arial shrub in the family Loranthac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoology, zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect Biological classification, classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium (school), gymnasium at Altona, Hamburg, Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala University, Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyema Miquelii
''Amyema miquelii'', also known as box mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae, found attached to several species of Australian eucalypt and occasionally on some species of Acacia. It is the most widespread of the Australian Mistletoes, occurring mainly to the west of the Great Dividing Range. It has shiny leaves and red flowers arranged in groups of 3. It is distinguished from the similar '' Amyema pendula'' through the individual stalks of the flowers. The seeds are dispersed by various birds, particularly by the mistletoebird (''Dicaeum hirundinaceum'') that eat the fruit and then either wipes the sticky remains from the beak or when defecating has to wipe it from its feathers onto, most often, a twig due to the extremely sticky nature of the seed. The seed immediately begins to germinate and soon penetrates the vascular system of the tree and creates a physiological connection with the xylem of the new host. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1775
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] |
Delias
''Delias'' is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus ''Delias'', found in South Asia and Australia. The genus is considered to have its evolutionary origins in the Australian region.Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an 'out-of-Australia' origin. Systematic Entomology (2007), 32 Species *The ''singhapura'' species group **''Delias agoranis'' Grose-Smith, 1887 **''Delias kuehni'' Honrath, 1887 (or ''Delias kuhni'') **''Delias singhapura'' (Wallace, 1867) **''Delias themis'' (Hewitson, 1861) *The ''nysa'' species group **''Delias battana'' Fruhstorfer, 1896 Sulawesi **''Delias blanca'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1862) Philippines and Borneo **''Delias dice'' (van Vollenhoven, 1865) **''Delias dumasi'' Rothschild, 1925 Buru **''Delias enniana'' Oberthür, 1880 **''Delias fruhstorferi'' (Honrath, 1891) **''Delias gany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerina Eucalyptoides
''Muellerina eucalyptoides'', commonly known as creeping mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy '' Muellerina'' is a member of Santalales, the mistletoe order, placed within the family Loranthaceae. The name ''Muellerina'' was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895, where one New Zealand species, ''Muellerina raoullii'', and two Australian species (''Muellerina celastroides'' and ''M. eucalyptifolia'' - now ''M. eucalyptoides'') are given. Further Australian ''Muellerina'' species are listed in van Tieghem. Another article by van Tieghem further discussing the relationships of Loranthaceae genera is van Tieghem. ''Muellerina eucalyptoides'' was first described as ''Loranthus eucalyptoides'' by de Candolle in 1830, and revised in 1962 to ''Muellerina eucalyptoides'' by Barlow Description ''M. eucalyptoides'' is pendulous in habit, unlike other ''Muellerina'' species, but ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerina Celastroides
''Muellerina celastroides'', common names Banksia mistletoe and coast mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic arial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. Description ''Muellerina celastroides'' is an erect or spreading plant which is smooth except for the inflorescence axis which is covered with minute, brown, densely matted woolly hairs. The leaves are oblong to elliptic and 2.5-7 cm long and 15-25 mm wide, with a rounded apex and an attenuate base. The inflorescence is a raceme of 1–3 pairs of triads, with the stems of lateral flowers being 3–6 mm long. The calyx is entire and about 1 mm long. The corolla in mature bud is 22–35 mm long. The anthers are about 1.5 mm long, with the free part of filament being 8–13 mm long. The fruit is pear-shaped, 7–11 mm long, and green grading to light red. Ecology The most frequently recorded hosts on which ''M. celastroides'' grows are ''Allocasuarina'', '' Banksia'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendrophthoe Vitellina
''Dendrophthoe vitellina'', commonly known as long-flowered- or apostle mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae. The genus ''Dendrophthoe'' comprises about 31 species spread across tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. Despite being collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in 1788, and depicted in ''Banks' Florilegium'', it was not until 1860 that it was described by Ferdinand von Mueller as ''Loranthus vitellinus'' after being collected near Ipswich, and renamed by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895. Description It grows as shrubby plant, with either a spreading or pendent (drooping) habit, from a tree branch or trunk. It has external roots, and hairy new growth maturing to smooth branches and foliage. The leaves are spear- or oval-shaped with a blunt apex, and measure long and wide. The inflorescences are composed of 5 to 20 smaller flowers. The flowers are generally yellow or orange with red tips, though some northern populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendrophthoe Glabrescens
''Dendrophthoe glabrescens'', commonly known as orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern and northern Australia. It flowers from October to January. The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red. Taxonomy It was first described in 1925 as ''Loranthus vitellinus'' var. ''glabrescens'' by William Blakely William Faris Blakely (November 1875 – 1 September 1941) was an Australian botanist and collector. From 1913 to 1940 he worked in the National Herbarium of New South Wales, working with Joseph Maiden on ''Eucalyptus'', Maiden named a ''red ..., and in 1962 was transferred to the genus, '' Dendrophthoe'', and raised to species status by Bryan Barlow. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15381583 glabrescens Flora of Western Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Parasitic plants Plants described in 1925 Taxa named by William Blakely< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendrophthoe Curvata
''Dendrophthoe'' is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs found in Asia and Australia known as mistletoes. The genus was described by German naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1830. Species in this genus have a variety of reported uses in the medical traditions of the region, most notably in Nepal. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' lists the following: * ''Dendrophthoe acacioides'' (Benth.) Tiegh. * ''Dendrophthoe carinata'' Danser * ''Dendrophthoe clementis'' (Merr.) Danser * ''Dendrophthoe constricta'' (Korth.) Danser * ''Dendrophthoe copelandii'' (Merr.) Danser * '' Dendrophthoe costulata'' Miq. * '' Dendrophthoe curvata'' (Blume) Miq. * ''Dendrophthoe falcata'' (L.f.) Ettingsh. * '' Dendrophthoe flosculosa'' Danser * ''Dendrophthoe fulva'' (Korth.) Miq. * ''Dendrophthoe fuscata'' (Korth.) Miq. * ''Dendrophthoe gangliiformis'' Barlow * '' Dendrophthoe gjellerupii'' (Lauterb.) Danser * ''Dendrophthoe glabrescens'' (Blakeley) Barlow * ''Dendrophthoe haenkeana'' (C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyema Quandang
''Amyema quandang'' is a species of hemi-parasitic plant, parasitic shrub which is widespread throughout the mainland of Australia, especially arid inland regions, sometimes referred to as the grey mistletoe. Description An aerial shrub, without conventional roots, which attaches to the stems of species of ''Acacia''. The leaves are leathery and greyish, and lanceolate to broadly ovate. Flowers are red, green and grey and appear sometime between April and October. The fruit is a fleshy drupe, between 6 and 10 millimetres long, which contains an oily seed. Ecology The plant has a hemi-parasitic relationship with ''Acacia'', it is recorded on: ''Acacia aneura, A. aneura'', ''Acacia cambagei, A. cambagei'', ''Acacia papyrocarpa, A. papyrocarpa'', ''Acacia omalophylla, A. omalophylla'' and ''Acacia dealbata, A. dealbata''. Two species of birds are noted for their interdependence, or Mutualism (biology), mutualism, where they occur with ''A. quandang'' in the arid interior of Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyema Congener
'' Amyema congener'', commonly known as the variable mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae from eastern Australia. It is found on members of the genera ''Allocasuarina'', ''Acacia'' and some exotic species. Franz Sieber first described this species as ''Loranthus congener'' in 1829, before Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem gave it its current binomial name in 1894. It grows as shrubby plant, with either an erect or pendant (drooping) habit, from a tree branch or trunk. It is attached to the host tree by a globular woody base. The stems and foliage are smooth. The thick leathery leaves are spear-shaped (lanceolate) to oval or obovate and measure in length and across. Flowers can be seen at any time of year. The diameter round fruit ripen over the summer (December to February), and the single seed within is contained in a sticky membrane. The principal host plant of the variable mistletoe is the black sheoak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delias Eucharis
''Delias eucharis'', the common Jezebel, is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in many areas of south and southeast Asia, especially in the non-arid regions of India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand. The common Jezebel is one of the most common of the approximately 225 described species in the genus '' Delias''. Description The wingspan of both males and females ranges from 6.5 to 8.5 cm. Male Upperside is white. The forewings have the veins broadly black, this colour broadened triangularly at the termination of the veins, costal margin narrowly black; a broad black postdiscal transverse band from costa to dorsum sloped obliquely outwards from costa to vein 4, thence parallel to termen. Hindwing with the veins similar but for three-fourths of their length much more narrowly black; a postdiscal transverse black band as on the forewing but much narrower, curved and extended only between veins 2 and 6; beyond this the veins are more broadly black and this c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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