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Eagris Nottoana
''Eagris nottoana'', the rufous-winged flat or rufous-winged elfin, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from South Africa to Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia and on Madagascar. The wingspan is 35–42 mm for males and 39–43 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in summer and autumn. The larvae feed on ''Grewia occidentalis'', '' Dombeya cymosa'', ''Scutia commersoni'', ''Scutia myrtina'' and ''Rinorea arborea''. Subspecies *''Eagris nottoana nottoana'' (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape Province) *''Eagris nottoana knysna'' Evans, 1946 (from the western to the eastern Cape in coastal Afromontane forests) *''Eagris nottoana smithii'' (Mabille, 887 __NOTOC__ Year 887 ( DCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, north, Djibouti to the Djibouti–Ethiopia border, northeast, Somalia to the Ethiopia–Somalia border, east and northeast, Kenya to the Ethiopia–Kenya border, south, South Sudan to the Ethiopia–South Sudan border, west, and Sudan to the Ethiopia–Sudan border, northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, 13th-most populous country in the world and the List of African countries by population, 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African Plate, Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinorea Arborea
''Rinorea'' is a genus of plant in family Violaceae. Species include: * ''Rinorea abbreviata'' G. Achoundong & J.J. Bos * ''Rinorea acommanthera'' Gagnep. * '' Rinorea antioquiensis'' Smith & Fernández * ''Rinorea bicornuta'' Hekking * ''Rinorea brachythrix'' S.F.Blake * ''Rinorea cordata'' Smith & Fernández * '' Rinorea crenata'' S.F.Blake * '' Rinorea dasyadena'' Robyns * '' Rinorea deflexa'' (Bentham) S.F.Blake * ''Rinorea deflexiflora'' Bartlett * ''Rinorea dentata'' (P. Beauv.) * '' Rinorea endotricha'' Sandwith * '' Rinorea fausteana'' Achoundong * ''Rinorea guatemalensis'' (S. Watson) Bartlett * '' Rinorea haughtii'' Smith & Fernández * ''Rinorea hirsuta'' Hekking * ''Rinorea hummelii'' Sprague * '' Rinorea hymenosepala'' S.F.Blake * '' Rinorea keayi'' Brenan * ''Rinorea laurifolia'' Smith & Fernández * '' Rinorea longistipulata'' Hekking * ''Rinorea marginata'' ( Triana & Planchon) Rusby ex Johnston * '' Rinorea maximiliani'' (Eichler in Martius) Kuntze * '' Rinorea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scutia Myrtina
''Scutia myrtina'' is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is commonly known as cat-thorn. Description ''Scutia myrtina'' is a variable plant that may grow as a shrub or tree of 2-10 m tall with trunk diameter to 30 cm or often a scandent liane, climbing by means of thorns. Older bark is dark, corky and longitudinally fissured. Younger growth is hairy and branchlets green and angular. The thorns are sharp, recurved and paired at the nodes, but sometimes absent. The common name, cat-thorn, refers to the thorns that look like a cat's claw. Leaves are ovate to obovate in shape, often notched at the apex, but always with mucronulate tip, opposite with usually entire margin, sometimes wavy. The fruit is a berry with black skin and white flesh containing two to three seeds. Distribution The plant is found in Asia and Africa. Conservation ''Scutia myrtina'' has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List (as at 2018-05-07), but is listed as least concern in the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scutia Commersoni
''Scutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Southeast Asia. They are shrubs or small trees. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Scutia arenicola'' (Casar.) Reissek *''Scutia buxifolia'' Reissek *''Scutia colombiana'' M.C.Johnst. *''Scutia myrtina'' (Burm.f.) Kurz *''Scutia spicata ''Scutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Southeast Asia. They are shrubs or smal ...'' (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Weberb. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q147609 Rhamnaceae Rhamnaceae genera Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Taxa named by Philibert Commerson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dombeya Cymosa
''Dombeya'' is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometimes, misleadingly, allude to the superficial similarity of flowering ''Dombeya'' to pears or hydrangeas (which are unrelated). Therefore, the genus as a whole is often simply called dombeyas. The generic name commemorates Joseph Dombey (1742–1794), a French botanist and explorer in South America, involved in the notorious "Dombey affair", embroiling scientists and governments of France, Spain, and Britain for more than two years. Distribution These plants grow chiefly throughout Africa and Madagascar. Madagascar has the majority of species, with approximately 175 native species. 19 are found on the African mainland, with one, ''Dombeya torrida'', also extending into the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.Skema, Cynthia. “Toward a New Circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grewia Occidentalis
''Grewia occidentalis'', the crossberry, is a small, hardy, attractive tree indigenous to Southern Africa. Description A small, scrambling, deciduous tree reaching a height of about 3 m, its purple, star-shaped flowers appear in summer, followed by distinctive four-lobed berries (from where it gets its common names "crossberry" and "four-corner"). These shiny reddish-brown fruits remain on the tree for long periods and are favoured by fruit-eating birds. The simple leaves are shiny, deep green and sometimes slightly hairy. Distribution and Habitat Grewia occidentalis occurs naturally across south-eastern Africa, where its range extends from Cape Town along the coast to Mozambique and inland to Zimbabwe. The native habitats of the plant are extremely varied, it is found in both the arid karoo of western South Africa and from the Highveld, and across the Afromontane forests of the Drakensberg range along the eastern coastline. Growing ''Grewia occidentalis'' This decora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stood at and owned one of the largest wingspans at . Wingspan of aircraft The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured in a straight line, from wingtip to wingtip, independently of wing shape or sweep. Implications for aircraft design an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya
) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , official_languages = Constitution (2009) Art. 7 ational, official and other languages"(1) The national language of the Republic is Swahili. (2) The official languages of the Republic are Swahili and English. (3) The State shall–-–- (a) promote and protect the diversity of language of the people of Kenya; and (b) promote the development and use of indigenous languages, Kenyan Sign language, Braille and other communication formats and technologies accessible to persons with disabilities." , languages_type = National language , languages = Swahili , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2019 census , religion = , religion_year = 2019 census , demonym = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arthropod cuticle, cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate. The arthropod body plan consists of segments, each with a pair of appendages. Arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical and their body possesses an exoskeleton, external skeleton. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. Some species have wings. They are an extremely diverse group, with up to 10 million species. The haemocoel, an arthropod's internal cavity, through which its haemolymph – analogue of blood – circulates, accommodates its interior Organ (anatomy), organs; it has an open circulatory system. Like their exteriors, the internal or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate. It has a population of around 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city of Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country, including the capital Kampala and whose language Luganda is widely spoken throughout the country. From 1894, the area was ruled as a protectorate by the United Kingdom, which established administrative law across the territory. Uganda gained independence from the UK on 9 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
