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Pheles (genus)
''Pheles'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Species *''Pheles atricolor'' (Butler, 1871) present in French Guiana, Brazil and Peru *''Pheles bicolor'' (Godman & Salvin, [1886]) present in Panama and Costa Rica (requires confirmation) *''Pheles eulesca'' (Dyar, 1909) present in Mexico and Panama *''Pheles heliconides'' Herrich-Schäffer, [1858] present in French Guiana, Guyana, Ecuador and Brazil *''Pheles incerta'' Staudinger, [1887] present in Colombia and Peru *''Pheles melanchroia'' (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) present in Mexico and Guatemala *''Pheles ochracea'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Venezuela and Panama *''Pheles strigosa'' (Staudinger, 1876) present in Panama, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru Sources ''Pheles'' sur funet External links {{Taxonbar, from=Q1760923 Riodininae Riodinidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer Taxa described in 1858 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Seitz
Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908 and is best known for editing the multivolume reference on the butterflies and larger moths of the world ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' which continued after his death. Biography Seitz was born in Mainz and went to school in Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt and Bensheim. He studied medicine from 1880 to 1885 and then zoology at Giessen. His doctorate was on the protective devices of animals. He worked as an assistant in the maternity hospital of the University of Giessen and then worked as a ship's doctor from 1887, travelling to Australia, South America and Asia. He began to collect butterflies on these travels. In 1891 he habilitated in zoology with a thesis on the biology of butterflies from the University of Giessen. In 1893 he took up a position as a director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |