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Phalanta Alcippe
''Phalanta alcippe'', the small leopard, is a butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family found in Asia. Description Subspecies Listed alphabetically:"''Phalanta'' Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''P. a. alcesta'' Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaya) *''P. a. alcippe'' (Ambon, Serang, Saparua) *''P. a. alcippina'' Fruhstorfer (Obi) *''P. a. andamana'' Fruhstorfer (Andaman Islands) *''P. a. alcippoides'' (Moore, [1900]) (India to southern Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo) *''P. a. arruanae'' (Felder, 1860) (Aru) *''P. a. asinia'' Fruhstorfer (Wetar, Timor) *''P. a. aurica'' Eliot, 1978< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspar Stoll
Caspar Stoll (Hesse-Kassel, probably between 1725 and 1730 – Amsterdam, December 1791) was a naturalist and entomologist, best known for the completion of ''De Uitlandsche Kapellen'', a work on butterflies begun by Pieter Cramer. He also published several works of his own on other insect groups. Stoll's 1787 publication on stick insects, mantises, and their relatives is also well known. It was translated into French in 1813. Life Aside from official records, few biographical details are known. Caspar Stoll was born in Hesse-Kassel but lived most of his life in The Hague and Amsterdam. In the latter, he worked as a functionary (either a clerk or a porter) at the Admiralty of Amsterdam He married his first wife, Maria Sardijn, on 18 January 1761, they married in a church in Scheveningen. Her brother was a tax collector and a notary. Stoll appears to have worked for a notary as well: several times he put his signature as a witness. They had four children baptised in The Hague. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phalanta Alcippe
''Phalanta alcippe'', the small leopard, is a butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family found in Asia. Description Subspecies Listed alphabetically:"''Phalanta'' Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''P. a. alcesta'' Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaya) *''P. a. alcippe'' (Ambon, Serang, Saparua) *''P. a. alcippina'' Fruhstorfer (Obi) *''P. a. andamana'' Fruhstorfer (Andaman Islands) *''P. a. alcippoides'' (Moore, [1900]) (India to southern Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo) *''P. a. arruanae'' (Felder, 1860) (Aru) *''P. a. asinia'' Fruhstorfer (Wetar, Timor) *''P. a. aurica'' Eliot, 1978< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phalanta Alcippe Celebensis Wallace, 1869
''Phalanta'' is a genus of butterflies, called leopards, in the family Nymphalidae. The genus ranges from Africa to northern Australia. Species *''Phalanta alcippe'' (Stoll, 782 – small leopard *''Phalanta eurytis'' (Doubleday, 847 – forest leopard, forest leopard fritillary, or African leopard fritillary *''Phalanta phalantha'' (Drury, 773 – common leopard or spotted rustic *''Phalanta madagascariensis'' (Mabille, 1887) *''Phalanta philiberti'' (de Joannis, 1893) *''Phalanta gomensis ''Phalanta'' is a genus of butterflies, called leopards, in the family Nymphalidae. The genus ranges from Africa to northern Australia. Species *''Phalanta alcippe'' (Stoll, 782 – small leopard *'' Phalanta eurytis'' (Doubleday, 847 – fores ...'' (Dufrane, 1945) External links"''Phalanta'' Horsfield, [1829]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''Images representing ''Phalanta'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Vagrantini Nymphalidae genera Taxa nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their surroundings. Nomenclature Rafinesque introduced th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street, but that may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836. Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company Museum London from 31 May 1848 on a "disestablished basis" and became a temporary writer and then an assistant curator at the East India Museum with a pension of £330 per annum from 31 December 1879. He had a daughter Rosa Martha Moore. He began compiling ''Lepidoptera indica'' (1890–1913), a major work on the butterflies of the South Asia in 10 volumes, which was completed after his death by Charles Swinhoe. Many of the plates were produced by his son while some others were produced by E C Knight and Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidoptera Indica
''Lepidoptera Indica'' was a 10 volume work on the butterflies of the Indian region that was begun in 1890 and completed in 1913. It was published by Lovell Reeve and Co. of London. It has been considered the ''magnum opus'' of its author, Frederic Moore, assistant curator at the museum of the East India Company. Frederic Moore described a number of new species through this publication. Moore was a splitter, known for careless creation of synonyms, sometimes placing the same species in more than one genus. History The series was based on a large collection of butterflies that were under the care of the curator of the Asiatic Museum, Dr Thomas Horsfield. The museum was closed in 1879 and the collection was transferred to the British Museum. Moore in his preface defined the Indian region as being roughly bounded by the Himalayan mountains in the north, Suleiman and Hala mountains in the northwest, Ceylon to the South and Burma in the East and including the Andaman and Nicobar Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India. India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons. India forms a large part of the Indomalayan biogeographical zone; many of the floral and faunal forms show Malayan affinities with some taxa being unique to the Indian region. In addition, India hosts three of the world's biodiversity hotspots: the Western Ghats, the Eastern Himalayas, and the hilly ranges bordering India and Myanmar, each having numerous endemic species. Accordingly, India's diverse and varied fauna include a rich variety of butterflies and moths. Brigadier William Harry Evans recorded approximately 1439 species of butterfly from British India, including Ceylon and Burma. After 1947, the rise of several new nations led to a reduction of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Butterflies Of India (Nymphalidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India. Danainae (26 spp) See List of butterflies of India (Danainae). Morphinae (20 spp) Please see List of butterflies of India (Morphinae). Satyrinae (176 spp) Please see List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae). Limenitidinae (99 spp) Please see List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae) Libytheinae * European or common beak, '' Libythea celtis'' (Laicharting, 782 earlier ''Libythea lepita'' (Moore, 1857). * Whitespotted beak, '' Libythea narina'' ( Marshall, 1880) * Club beak, '' Libythea myrrha'' ( Godart, 1819) Charaxinae ''Charaxes'' - rajahs * Chestnut rajah, '' Charaxes durnfordi'' Distant, 1884 * Tawny rajah, ''Charaxes bernardus'' (Fabricius, 1793) * Scarce tawny rajah, ''Charaxes aristogiton'' C. & R. Felder, 1867 * Yellow rajah, '' Charaxes marmax'' ( Westwood, 1847) * Variegated rajah, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay Natural History Society
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), founded on 15 September 1883, is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research. It supports many research efforts through grants and publishes the '' Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. Many prominent naturalists, including the ornithologists Sálim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley, have been associated with it. History British hunters in Bombay organized a hunting group around 1811, their activities included riding with foxhounds and shooting. A Bombay Hunt was supported by Sir Bartle Frere from 1862. A natural history society was begun, possibly as spinoff from the Bombay Geographical Society, in 1856 by Doctors Don (of Karachee), Andrew Henderson Leith (surgeon), George Buist, and Henry John Carter along with Lawrence Hugh Jenkins, then a registrar of the Supreme Court. The group did not last more than three years. On 15 September 1883 eight men interested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagrantini
Vagrantini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the ... found from east Africa over the Indian subcontinent to eastern Asia and Australia. Genera Listed in alphabetical order: at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * '' Algia'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1864 * '' Algiachroa'' Parsons, 1989 * '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Asia
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] |
Butterflies Of Borneo
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, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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