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Pithecops Dionisius
''Pithecops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828. Species include: *''Pithecops hylax'' Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker *'' Pithecops fulgens'' Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker *''Pithecops mariae ''Pithecops mariae'' is a small butterfly found in Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 4 ...'' de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo. *'' Pithecops dionisius'' (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands *'' Pithecops phoenix'' (Röber, 1886) Celebes *'' Pithecops corvus'' Fruhstorfer, 1919 References Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Horsfield
Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. He was later a curator of the East India Company Museum in London. Early life Horsfield was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of Timothy Horsfield, Sr. (1708-1773), who was born in Liverpool and emigrated to New York in 1725. In New York, his brother Isaac and he ran a butcher shop. The Horsfield family converted from the Church of England to Moravianism, a Protestant denomination with a strong emphasis on education. In 1748, Horsfield, Sr. applied for permission to reside in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He, however, moved only his family to Bethlehem and joined them the next year. When Northampton County was created in 1752, he was made a justice of peace by Governor Hamilton. In 1763 he was commissioned a colonel in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies
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] |
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues ( Polyommatinae), the coppers ( Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks ( Theclinae), and the harvesters ( Miletinae). Description, food, and life cycle Adults are small, under 5 cm usually, and brightly coloured, sometimes with a metallic gloss. Larvae are often flattened rather than cylindrical, with glands that may produce secretions that attract and subdue ants. Their cuticles tend to be thickened. Some larvae are capable of producing vibrations and low sounds that are transmitted through the substrates they inhabit. They use these sounds to communicate with ants.Pierce, N. E.; Braby, M. F.; Heath, A.; Lohman, D. J.; Mathew, J.; Rand, D. B. & Travassos, M. A. (2002)"The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pithecops Hylax
''Pithecops hylax'', the forest Quaker, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Description Male upperside: brown, in fresh specimens generally uniform, in some slightly paler along a posterior area from base outwards on the forewing. This is more commune in the female than in the male. Underside: milk white. Forewing: a few very obscure specks along the costa, and a postdiscal transverse series of four transversely elongate spots, or short broad lines, pale brown; the spots of the latter arranged two subcostal and two posterior close to the tornal angle; beyond these is a continuous transverse broad brown line that gets paler posteriorly, from costa to dorsum, followed by a subterminal series of similarly-coloured transverse spots, one in each interspace; at the apex these are generally coalescent with the inner brown line; lastly an anteciliary dark brown line. Cilia dark brown. Hindwing: a curved postdiscal series of transverse pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pithecops Fulgens
''Pithecops fulgens'', the blue Quaker, is a small butterfly found in India ( Assam), Japan, Vietnam, and China that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Description Male upperside dark brown; medial two-thirds from base to disc of both forewings and hindwings glossed with brilliant shining blue. Underside: very similar to the underside of ''Pithecops hylax ''Pithecops hylax'', the forest Quaker, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Description Male upperside: brown, in fresh specimens generally uniform, in some slightly paler along a posterior area f ...'', but on both forewings and hindwings the transverse outer postdiscal line is ochraceous rather than pale brown; on the hindwing the inner postdiscal series of transverse spots is wanting and the large round subcostal black spot placed further towards the apex of the wing. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen much as in ''P. hylax''. Female upperside: blackish brown witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pithecops Mariae
''Pithecops mariae'' is a small butterfly found in Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ... that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It was first described by British Entomologist Lionel de Nicéville in 1894. References mariae Butterflies described in 1894 Butterflies of Asia {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pithecops Dionisius
''Pithecops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828. Species include: *''Pithecops hylax'' Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker *'' Pithecops fulgens'' Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker *''Pithecops mariae ''Pithecops mariae'' is a small butterfly found in Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 4 ...'' de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo. *'' Pithecops dionisius'' (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands *'' Pithecops phoenix'' (Röber, 1886) Celebes *'' Pithecops corvus'' Fruhstorfer, 1919 References Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pithecops Corvus
''Pithecops corvus'', the forest Quaker, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1919. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. The larvae feed on '' Desmodium'', ''Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis aft ...'' and '' Glycosmis'' species, including '' Desmodium lapurnifolium'' and '' Desmodium gardneri''. Subspecies *''Pithecops corvus corvus'' (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Nias, Borneo) *''Pithecops corvus corax'' Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java to the Philippines) *''Pithecops corvus ryukyeuensis'' Shirôzu, 1964 (Japan: Ryukyus) *''Pithecops corvus correctus'' Cowan, 1965 (Naga Hills) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pithecops
''Pithecops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828. Species include: *''Pithecops hylax ''Pithecops hylax'', the forest Quaker, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Description Male upperside: brown, in fresh specimens generally uniform, in some slightly paler along a posterior area f ...'' Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker *'' Pithecops fulgens'' Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker *'' Pithecops mariae'' de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo. *'' Pithecops dionisius'' (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands *'' Pithecops phoenix'' (Röber, 1886) Celebes *'' Pithecops corvus'' Fruhstorfer, 1919 References Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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