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Grass Skipper
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described species, this is the largest skipper butterfly subfamily and occurs worldwide except in New Zealand. About 50 percent of grass skippers live in the Neotropics. 137 species are native to North America. Around 38 species are native to Australia. Genera ''Ochlodes'' and ''Hesperia'' exist exclusively in the Holarctic. They are usually orange, rust, or brown in colour and have pointed forewings. Many species have dark markings or black stigmas on their forewings. Most members of this subfamily have an oval antenna club with an apiculus on the tip, although '' Carterocephalus'' and '' Piruna'' do not. The antennae generally has a sharp bend. Hesperiinae larvae feed on many different types of grasses and sedges and palms, though some species are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to the west. The city of Oxford is the largest settlement and county town. The county is largely rural, with an area of and a population of 691,667. After Oxford (162,100), the largest settlements are Banbury (54,355) and Abingdon-on-Thames (37,931). For local government purposes Oxfordshire is a non-metropolitan county with five districts. The part of the county south of the River Thames, largely corresponding to the Vale of White Horse district, was historically part of Berkshire. The lowlands in the centre of the county are crossed by the River Thames and its tributaries, the valleys of which are separated by low hills. The south contains parts of the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills, and the north-west includes part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology (biology), morphology, behaviour, or ecological niche. In addition, palaeontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. About 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a binomial nomenclature, two-part name, a "binomen". The first part of a binomen is the name of a genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name (zoology), specific name or the specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byssus Skipper ''.
''Problema byssus'', the byssus skipper or bunchgrass skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the Atlantic coastal plain of North America, from North Carolina south to Florida and the Gulf States and from northern Indiana west to Iowa and south to Missouri and Kansas. The wingspan is 37–46 mm. The larvae feed on ''Tripsacum dactyloides ''Tripsacum dactyloides'', commonly called eastern gamagrass, or Fakahatchee grass, is a warm-season, sod-forming bunch grass. It is widespread in the Western Hemisphere, native from the eastern United States to northern South America. Subspecies *''Problema byssus byssus'' *''Problema byssus kumskaka'' (Scudder, 1887)References Butterflies described in 1880[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrytonopsis Loammi
''Atrytonopsis loammi'', the Loammi skipper or southern dusted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States on barrier islands in North Carolina and from South Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. Some authors consider it to be a subspecies of '' Atrytonopsis hianna''. The North Carolina population has been described as a new species, '' Atrytonopsis quinteri'', though the paper describing it does not discuss how the new species differs from the Florida populations of ''A. loammi''.Burns 2015 The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are on wing from early April to mid-May and mid-July to late August. The larvae feed on ''Schizachyrium ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United State ... littorale''. References Burns, J. 2015. Speciation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrytone Arogos
''Atrytone arogos'', the arogos skipper or beard-grass skipper, is an endangered species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Distribution and habitat It is found in the United States in isolated colonies in peninsular Florida, the Gulf Coast, south-east North Dakota south to southern Texas and the Colorado Front Range. Strays are found up to New Jersey to northern Arkansas. It is considered possibly extirpated from New York, Minnesota, Wyoming, Illinois, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Iowa, Georgia, and Montana, and definitely so from Pennsylvania. Description The wingspan is 29–37 mm. There is one generation with adults on wing from June to July in the north and west. In the south there are two generations with adults on wing from April to September. Taxonomy There are two subspecies: *''Atrytone arogos arogos'' (nominate subspecies) *''Atrytone arogos iowa'' Diet The larvae feed on ''Andropogon gerardi'', ''Panicum'', ''Calamovilfa brevipilis ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taractrocera Papyria
''Taractrocera papyria'', the white-banded grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The Western Australian subspecies lacks the white markings of the nominate species. The larvae feed on ''Phragmites australis'', '' Microlaena stipoides'', ''Imperata cylindrica'', ''Echinopogon caespitosus'', ''Cynodon dactylon'', '' Austrostipa scabra'', '' Austrodanthonia'', '' Carex gaudichaudiana'', '' Paspalum dilatatum'', ''Oryza sativa'', ''Pennisetum clandestinum'', '' Ehrharta longiflora'', '' Ehrharta calycina'' and ''Poa ''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of Poaceae, grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand spe ...'' species. It constructs a shelter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taractrocera Anisomorpha
''Taractrocera anisomorpha'', the large yellow grass-dart or orange grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia. The habitat consists of open eucalypt forests. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The larvae feed on '' Setaria paspalidioides'', ''Eulalia aurea'' and ''Sorghum bicolor ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the grass genus ''Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain is used as food by humans, ...''. External linksAustralian Insects Taractrocerini [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulworth Skipper
The Lulworth skipper (''Thymelicus acteon'') is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Its name is derived from Lulworth Cove in the county of Dorset, England, where the first specimens in Great Britain were collected in 1832 by English naturalist James Charles Dale. The species occurs locally across Central Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa, where its population is considered stable. Its numbers have declined in Northern Europe, leading to its European status of "vulnerable". Its range in Britain is restricted to the south coast of Dorset, however it is locally abundant and its numbers currently are perhaps at their greatest since its discovery there. With a wingspan of 24 to 28 millimetres, females being larger than males, the Lulworth skipper is a small butterfly, the smallest member of the genus ''Thymelicus'' in Europe and among the smallest butterflies in Britain. Aside from the size difference, the sexes are distinguished by females having a distinct circle of golden m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperia Comma
''Hesperia comma'', the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is known as silver-spotted skipper in Europe and common branded skipper in North America where the butterfly ''Epargyreus clarus'', a spread-winged skipper, also has the common name of "silver-spotted skipper". Appearance, behaviour and distribution Often confused with the large skipper ''Ochlodes sylvanus'', this species is easily distinguished by the numerous white spots on the underside hindwings, and the tips of the upper forewings tend to be darker than those of the large skipper. Also their flight periods rarely overlap; in Britain the large skipper has all but finished when the silver-spotted takes to the wing in August. The silver-spotted skipper prefers warm calcareous sites and has a wide distribution as far south as North Africa, northwards throughout Europe to the Arctic and eastwards across Asia to China and Japan. It also has subspecies in North Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genus, generathe largest being the "true wikt:sedge, sedges" (genus ''Carex''), with over 2,000 species. Distribution Cyperaceae species are widely distributed with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges grow in almost all environments, many thrive in wetlands or in poor soils. Community (ecology), Ecological communities dominated by sedges are known as s or as sedge meadows. Classification Some species superficially resemble the closely related Juncaceae , rushes and the more distantly related grasses. Features distinguishing members of the sedge family from grasses or rushes are stems with triangular cross-sections (with occasional exceptions, a notable example be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piruna
''Piruna'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species *'' Piruna aea'' (Dyar, 1912) *'' Piruna ajijiciensis'' Freeman, 1970 *'' Piruna brunnea'' (Scudder, 1872) *'' Piruna ceracates'' (Hewitson, 1874) *'' Piruna cyclosticta'' (Dyar, 1920) *'' Piruna dampfi'' (Bell, 1942) *'' Piruna gyrans'' (Plötz, 1884) *'' Piruna haferniki'' Freeman, 1970 *'' Piruna jonka'' Steinhauser, 1991 *'' Piruna kemneri'' Freeman, 1990 *''Piruna maculata'' Freeman, 1970 *''Piruna microsticta'' (Godman, 900 *''Piruna millerorum'' Steinhauser, 1991 *''Piruna mullinsi'' Freeman, 1991 *''Piruna penaea'' (Dyar, 1918) *''Piruna pirus'' (Edwards, 1878) *''Piruna polingii'' (Barnes, 1900) *''Piruna purepecha'' Warren & González, 1999 *''Piruna roeveri'' (Miller & Miller, 1972) *''Piruna sina ''Piruna'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species *'' Piruna aea'' (Dyar, 1912) *'' Piruna ajijiciensis'' Freeman, 1970 *'' Piruna brunnea'' (Scudder, 1872) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carterocephalus
''Carterocephalus'' is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The wing colour is yellow, white, dark-brown and black with a variously spotted appearance. The hindwing upperside is dark with clear cut rounded lighter spots. The majority of species are endemic to China. Species Listed alphabetically: funet.fi *'' Carterocephalus abax'' Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet *'' Carterocephalus alcinoides'' Lee, 1962 - Yunnan *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
