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Iolaus Sidus
''Iolaus sidus'', the red-line sapphire or red-line sapphire blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and then to Kenya and Uganda. In South Africa it is found from the coastal woodland in the Eastern Cape to Tongaland and Bedford, the thorn belt of KwaZulu-Natal and then to Eswatini and Mpumalanga. The 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 ... is 28–31 mm for males and 29–32.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with peaks in summer. The larvae feed on '' Moquiniella rubra'', '' Tieghemia quinquenervia'', '' Tapinanthus oleifolius'', '' Tapinanthus kraussianus'', '' Tapinanthus brunneus'' and '' Tapinanthus subulatus''. References External links Images representing ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Trimen
Roland Trimen FRS (29 October 1840 in London – 25 July 1916 in London) was a British-South African naturalist, best known for ''South African Butterflies'' (1887–89), a collaborative work with Colonel James Henry Bowker. He was among the first entomologists to investigate mimicry and polymorphism in butterflies and their restriction to females. He also collaborated with Charles Darwin to study the pollination of '' Disa'' orchids. Life and career Trimen was born in London in 1840, the son of Richard and Mary Ann Esther Trimen and the older brother of the botanist Henry Trimen (1843-1896) who went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He went to study at Rottingdean and then at King's College School in Wimbledon. Trimen was interested in entomology but a chronic laryngeal condition forced him to move to the Cape of Good Hope as a treatment. Reaching there he volunteered under Edgar Leopold Layard at the South African Museum to arrange the museum's collection of beetles. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area. It shares borders with the South African provinces of Limpopo to the north, Gauteng to the west, the Free State to the southwest, and KwaZulu-Natal to the south. The capital is Mbombela. Mpumalanga was formed in 1994, when the area that was the Eastern Transvaal was merged with the former bantustans KaNgwane, KwaNdebele and parts of Lebowa and Gazankulu. Although the contemporary borders of the province were only formed at the end of apartheid, the region and its surroundings has a history that extends back thousands of years. Much of its history, and current significance is as a region of trade. History Precolonial Era Archeological sites in the Mpumalanga region indicate settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iolaus (butterfly)
''Iolaus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genera ''Argiolaus'', ''Epamera'', ''Iolaphilus'' and ''Stugeta'' are often included in ''Iolaus''. ''Iolaus'' species are found in the Afrotropical realm.There are ca. 130 species in ''Iolaus'' Species . *Subgenus ''Iolaus'' Hübner, 819/small> **''Iolaus bilineata'' Bethune-Baker, 1908 **''Iolaus bolissus'' Hewitson, 1873 **''Iolaus carina'' Hewitson, 1873 **''Iolaus eurisus'' (Cramer, 780 *Subgenus ''Epamera'' Druce, 1891 **''Iolaus adorabilis'' Collins & Larsen, 2008 **''Iolaus aemulus'' Trimen, 1895 **''Iolaus aethes'' Clench, 1965 **'' Iolaus aethria'' Karsch, 1893 **''Iolaus agnes'' Aurivillius, 1898 **''Iolaus alienus'' (Trimen, 1898) **''Iolaus apatosa'' (Stempffer, 1952) **'' Iolaus aphnaeoides'' Trimen, 1873 **'' Iolaus arborifera'' (Butler, 1901) **'' Iolaus aurivillii'' Röber, 1900 **'' Iolaus australis'' Stevenson, 1937 **'' Iolaus bakeri'' (Riley, 1928) **'' Iolaus bamptoni'' (Congdon & Collins, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1864
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 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcode Of Life Data Systems
The Barcode of Life Data System (commonly known as BOLD or BOLDSystems) is a web platform specifically devoted to DNA barcoding. It is a cloud-based data storage and analysis platform developed at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics in Canada. It consists of four main modules, a data portal, an educational portal, a registry of BINs (putative species), and a data collection and analysis workbench which provides an online platform for analyzing DNA sequences. Since its launch in 2005, BOLD has been extended to provide a range of functionality including data organization, validation, visualization and publication. The most recent version of the system, version 4, launched in 2017, brings a set of improvements supporting data collection and analysis but also includes novel functionality improving data dissemination, citation, and annotation. Before November 16, 2020, BOLD already contained barcode sequences for 318,105 formally described species covering animals, plants, fungi, protis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapinanthus Subulatus
Haustorium and fruit of ''Tapinanthus oleifolius'' thumb"> T. rubromarginatus'' ''Tapinanthus'' is a genus of mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae, endemic to Africa">Loranthaceae">Tapinanthus rubromarginatus">T. rubromarginatus'' ''Tapinanthus'' is a genus of mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae, endemic to Africa. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek ''tapeinos'' meaning "low" or "humble" and ''anthos'' meaning flower. Species It may contain some 40 species, with 30 being accepted: * ''Tapinanthus apodanthus'' (Sprague) Danser * ''Tapinanthus bangwensis'' (Engl. & K.Krause) Danser * ''Tapinanthus belvisii'' (DC.) Danser * ''Tapinanthus buchneri'' (Engl.) Danser * '' Tapinanthus buntingii'' (Sprague) Danser * ''Tapinanthus buvumae'' (Rendle) Danser * ''Tapinanthus constrictiflorus'' (Engl.) Danser * ''Tapinanthus cordifolius'' Polhill & Wiens * '' Tapinanthus coronatus'' (Tiegh.) Danser * '' Tapinanthus dependens'' (Engl.) Danser * '' Tapinanthus erectotruncatus'' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moquiniella Rubra
''Moquiniella'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. It only contains one known species, ''Moquiniella rubra'' (A.Spreng.) Balle It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces (region in South Africa). The genus name of ''Moquiniella'' is in honour of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor. The genus of ''Moquiniella'' has 2 known synonyms, ''Lichtensteinia'' and ''Moquinia'' . The Latin specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... of ''rubra'' means red. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge Vol.25 on pages 1628-1630 in 1954. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q9035067, from2=Q15383049 Loranthaceae Loranthaceae gene ... [...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] |
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