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Motasingha Trimaculata
''Hesperilla trimaculata'', the three spot skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia. The wingspan is about 35 mm. The larvae feed on ''Lepidosperma angustatum'', ''Lepidosperma carphoides'', ''Lepidosperma concavum'', ''Lepidosperma viscidum'' and ''Phlebocarya ciliata ''Phlebocarya ciliata'' is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family, native to Western Australia. It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810. Description Phlebocarya ciliata has flat leaves with leaf blades that are 25-65 cm by 1.6-3.7 mm ...''. Subspecies The following are subspecies of ''Hesperilla trimaculata'': *''Hesperilla trimaculata trimaculata'' (Victoria and South Australia) *''Hesperilla trimaculata dea'' (New South Wales) *''Hesperilla trimaculata dilata'' (New South Wales) *''Hesperilla trimaculata occidentalis'' (Western Australia) References External links Australian Caterpillars Trapezitinae Butterflies described in 1882 Butterflies of Aus ... [...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] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ... country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approx ... [...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] |
Lepidosperma Angustatum
''Lepidosperma angustatum'' is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Western Australia. The rhizomatous sedge typically grows to a height of and to about wide. In Western Australia it is found along the coast on steep slopes as two separate populations in the Peel and Great Southern regions where it grows in sandy-clay-loam soils over or around granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro .... References Plants described in 1810 Flora of Western Australia angustatum Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidosperma Carphoides
''Lepidosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant of the family Cyperaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Australia, with others native to southern China, southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Species Species include: Abbreviations in capital letters after the names represent states in Australia *'' Lepidosperma amantiferrum'' R.L.Barrett - WA *'' Lepidosperma angustatum'' R.Br. - WA *'' Lepidosperma asperatum'' (Kük.) R.L.Barrett -WA *''Lepidosperma australe'' (A.Rich.) Hook.f - New Zealand incl Chatham Island *'' Lepidosperma avium'' K.L.Wilson - NT, SA *'' Lepidosperma benthamianum'' C.B.Clarke - WA *'' Lepidosperma bungalbin'' R.L.Barrett - WA *'' Lepidosperma canescens'' Boeck. - SA, VIC *'' Lepidosperma carphoides'' F.Muell. ex Benth. Black Rapier Sedge - WA, SA, VIC *'' Lepidosperma chinense'' Nees & Meyen ex Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam *'' Lepidosperma clipeicola'' K.L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidosperma Concavum
''Lepidosperma concavum'', commonly known as the sandhill sword-sedge, is a plant found in coastal regions of south-eastern and eastern Australia. It grows on sandy soils in woodland, forest and heathland. Description The sandhill sword-sedge is a tufted perennial with a short vertical rhizome and rigid, erect, sharp-edged culms. It grows to 20–60 cm in height and 3–7 mm in width. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ... is erect, dense, ovate to oblong, 3–15 cm long and 2–4 cm in diameter, with a shorter involucral bract. The numerous spikelets are 5–8 mm long, with 6 to 8 bracts, covered in short fine hairs, red-brown to grey-brown. There are 6 scales at the base of stamen, whitish in colour. The smooth, pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidosperma Viscidum
''Lepidosperma viscidum'', the sticky saw sedge, is a grass-like plant found in south eastern Australia. Usually seen in heath and woodland on sandy and rocky sites, it may grow to 60 centimetres high. This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Ty ... known as "(M.) v.v." appearing in his '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' in 1810. The specific epithet ''viscidum'' is derived from the Latin with a meaning of "sticky", which refers to the sticky resin from the base and margins of the leaves and stem margins. On drying, the resin turns a red colour.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 294 References viscidum Flora of New South Wales Flora of Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phlebocarya Ciliata
''Phlebocarya ciliata'' is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family, native to Western Australia. It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810. Description Phlebocarya ciliata has flat leaves with leaf blades that are 25-65 cm by 1.6-3.7 mm and have fringed margins (though sometimes only towards the apex or the base). The flowerhead is about 1/3 to 2/3 as long as the leaves. The style is simple and there is one stigma. It flowers from September to November and grows in heath and woodland in swampy to well-drained sandy soils. Etymology The species epithet, ''ciliata,'' is a Latin adjective, ''ciliatus'' (from ''cilium'', "eyelash") and thus describes the plant as having fine hairs extending from an edge, like an eyelash. References External links ''Phlebocarya ciliata'' occurrence datafrom Australasian Virtual Herbarium The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealan ... [...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 1882
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 flie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Australia
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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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