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Mesodina Cyanophracta
''Mesodina cyanophracta'', the blue iris-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to the north-west and south-west coast of the state of Western Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae feed on '' Patersonia juncacea'', ''Patersonia lanata'', ''Patersonia umbrosa'' var. ''xanthina'' and ''Patersonia occidentalis ''Patersonia occidentalis'', commonly known as purple flag, or long purple-flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a tufted, rhizome-forming Perennial plant, perennial with narro ...''. External linksAustralian Insects Trapezitinae [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andersonia Aristata
Andersonia may refer to: *Andersonia, California, a community in Mendocino County * ''Andersonia'' (fish), a genus of loach catfish containing the single species ''Andersonia leptura'' * ''Andersonia'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Ericaceae *''Andersonia'', a former genus in the family Rubiaceae that has been synonymized with ''Gaertnera'' *''Stylidium subg. Andersonia ''Andersonia'' is a subgenus of ''Stylidium'' that is characterized by a linear hypanthium, recurved mature capsule (fruit), capsule walls, an erect and persistent septum, and many seeds. This subgenus occurs in areas of tropical northern Austral ...'', a subgenus of ''Stylidium'' *'' Stylidium sect. Andersonia'', a section of ''Stylidium'' {{disambiguation, genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald Bertram Lower
Oswald Bertram Lower (1863 in Adelaide, South Australia – 18 March 1925 in Wayville, South Australia) was an Australian chemist and pharmacist who is best known for his contributions to entomology, in particular butterflies and moths. His collection is now at the South Australian Museum The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cu .... References External links *Image of Lower i''Biology of Australian Butterflies''page 15. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lower, Oswald Bertram Australian entomologists 1863 births 1925 deaths Scientists from Adelaide Australian chemists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
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 fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.Ackery et al. (1999) Description and systematics Traditionally, the Hesperiidae were placed in a monotypic superfamily Hesperioidea, because they are morphologically distinct from other Rhopalocera (butterflies), which mostly belong to the typical butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following ... [...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] |
Patersonia Juncacea
''Patersonia'', commonly known as native iris or native flag and are native to areas from Malesia to Australia. Description They are perennials with basal leaves growing from a woody rhizome that in some species extends above ground to form a short trunk. The leaves are tough and fibrous, often with adaptations for conserving moisture, such as stomata sunk in grooves, a thickened cross-section, marginal hairs, and thickened margins. The flowers appear from between a pair of bracts on a leafless stem. They have three large outer tepals that are usually blue to violet, and three tiny inner tepals. There are three stamens fused at the base to form a tube around the longer style, which bears a flattened stigma.Goldblatt, P. (2011). Systematics of ''Patersonia'' (Iridaceae, Patersonioideae) in the Malesian archipelago. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 514-523. Taxonomy The genus ''Patersonia'' was first formally described in 1807 by Robert Brown in the ''Botanical Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patersonia Lanata
''Patersonia lanata'', commonly known as woolly patersonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a tufted Perennial plant, perennial Herbaceous plant, herb with sword-shaped leaves and blue-violet flowers. Description ''Patersonia lanata'' is a tufted perennial herb with sword-shaped leaves long, wide and is wikt:glabrous, glabrous apart from woolly hairs near the edges of the leaf base. The flowering Scape (botany), scape is long and the sheaths enclosing the flowers are triangular, long and dark brown. The petal-like sepals are bluish violet, broadly elliptic, long and wide and the stamens Stamen#Morphology and terminology , filaments are long joined for most of their length. Flowering occurs from July to November and the fruit is an oval Capsule (fruit), capsule about long containing wrinkled seeds about long. Taxonomy ''Patersonia lanata'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patersonia Umbrosa
''Patersonia umbrosa'', commonly known as yellow flags, is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a loosely-tufted, rhizome-forming, perennial herb with linear to sword-shaped leaves and deep bluish-violet or bright yellow tepals. Description ''Patersonia umbrosa'' is a loosely-tufted perennial herb with linear to sword-shaped leaves long and wide. The flowering scape is long and glabrous with the sheath enclosing the flowers narrowly lance-shaped, green, prominently veined and long. The outer tepals are deep bluish violet or bright yellow depending on variety, and egg-shaped to rhombic, long and wide, the hypanthium tube about long. Taxonomy and naming ''Patersonia umbrosa'' was first described in 1846 by Stephan Endlicher in Lehmann's ''Plantae Preissianae''. The specific epithet (''umbrosa'') means "growing in the shade". In 1912, Karel Domin described two varieties in the '' Journal of the Linne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patersonia Occidentalis
''Patersonia occidentalis'', commonly known as purple flag, or long purple-flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a tufted, rhizome-forming Perennial plant, perennial with narrow, sharply-pointed, strap-like leaves, egg-shaped, bluish violet sepals and a cylindrical Capsule (fruit), capsule. The Noongar name for the plant is . Description ''Patersonia occidentalis'' is a tufted, rhizome-forming perennial that typically grows to a height of up to . It has four to ten sharply-pointed, wikt:glabrous, glabrous, strap-like leaves long and wide. The flowering Scape (botany), scape is long with the sheath enclosing the flowers elliptic to lance-shaped, brown and long. The sepals are bluish-violet, long and wide, the petals are lance-shaped and the stamen Stamen#Morphology and terminology, filaments are long and joined together. Flowering mainly occurs from September to December, each flower open for one day, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trapezitinae
Trapezitinae is a subfamily of the Hesperiidae ("skippers") family of butterflies. They are found only in New Guinea and Australia. The subfamily contains about 60 species in 16 genera. Genera * ''Anisynta'' Lower, 1911 * ''Antipodia'' Atkins, 1984 * ''Croitana'' Waterhouse, 1932 * ''Dispar'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 * ''Felicena'' Waterhouse, 1932 * ''Herimosa'' Atkins, 1994 * '' Hesperilla'' Hewitson, 1868 * '' Hewitsoniella'' Shepard, 1931 * '' Mesodina'' Meyrick, 1901 * ''Motasingha'' Watson, 1893 * '' Neohesperilla'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 * ''Oreisplanus'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 * ''Pasma'' Waterhouse, 1932 * ''Proeidosa'' Atkins, 1973 * ''Signeta'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 * '' Rachelia'' Hemming, 1964 * ''Toxidia ''Toxidia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Trapezitinae of family Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were ...'' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1911
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] |
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