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Riodinidae
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1,532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, the family is also represented both in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Australasian ('' Dicallaneura''), Afrotropic ('' Afriodinia'', '' Saribia''), and Indomalayan realms. Description The family includes small to medium-sized species, from 12 to 60 mm wingspan, often with vibrant structural colouring. The wing shape is very different within the family. They may resemble butterflies in other groups, some are similar to Satyrinae, some are bright yellow reminiscent of Coliadinae and others (examples '' Barbicornis'', '' Rhetus arcius'', '' Helicopis'', '' Chorinea'') have tails as do Papilionidae. The colouration ranges from muted colours in the temperate zone species to iridescent blue and green wings and transparent wings in trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helicopis
''Helicopis'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies of the family Riodinidae. List of species * ''Helicopis gnidus'' (Fabricius, 1787 * ''Helicopis cupido'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Helicopis endymiaena'' (Hübner, [1819]) References Funet Riodinidae Riodinidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Butterflies described in 1807 {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemeobiinae
Nemeobiinae is a subfamily of Riodinidae, the metalmark family. The subfamily's members consist entirely of Old World members of the Riodinid family. Recent revisions to the subfamily have begun to include members located within the New World as well, however, the subfamily continues to encompass the entirety of the Old World Riodinids. The subfamily are the only Riodinids that feed exclusively on members of the plant family Primulaceae, being the only Riodinids to do so, with the exception of '' Emesis diogenia''. Distribution The Nemeobiinae was erected to encompass the entirety of the 7 percent of Riodinids that reside within the Old World. This has remained true, however, recent studies have placed the New World subfamily of Euselasiinae within the Nemeobiinae, with '' Corrachia'' and ''Styx'' believed to be apomorphic Nemeobiines. The greater Riodinid family is believed to have evolved in the Neotropics and migrated to the Old World through the Bering land bridge during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riodininae
__NOTOC__ Riodininae is the largest of the three subfamilies within the metalmark butterfly family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ..., Riodinidae. Classification Riodininae contains the following tribes: * Befrostiini Grishin, 2019 * Calydnini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Dianesiini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Emesidini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Eurybiini Reuter, 1896 * Helicopini Reuter 1897 * Nymphidiini Bates, 1859 * Riodinini Grote, 1895 * Sertaniini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018 * Symmachiini Bates, 1859 References Further reading * Glassberg, Jeffrey ''Butterflies through Binoculars, The West'' (2001) * Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. ''Butterflies of British Columbia'' (2001) * James, David G. and Nunnallee, Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though molecular evidence suggests that they likely originated in the Cretaceous. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, and like other holometabolous 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, expands its wings to dry, and flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorinea
''Chorinea'' is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus. Species Listed alphabetically: funet.fi *'' Chorinea amazon'' (Saunders, 1859) , *'' Chorinea batesii'' (Saunders, 1859) French Guiana, Brazil *'' Chor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbicornis
''Barbicornis'' is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Riodinidae with its single species ''Barbicornis basilis'' present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. The species is easily recognizable by the very small hindwings provided with a long apex of the tail on the lower radial (uppermost median) vein. The original description was published in ''Encyclopédie Méthodique The ''Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières'' () was published between 1782 and 1832 by the France, French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke, his son-in-law Henri Agasse, and the latter's wife, Thérèse-Charlotte Agasse. Arranged by ...''. They drink early in the morning from wet stones and places on roads or tracks and rest during the day beneath leaves. Subspecies *''Barbicornis basilis basilis'' (Paraguay, Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) *''Barbicornis basilis acroleuca'' Berg, 1896 (Paraguay) *''Barbicornis basilis bahiana'' Azzará, 1978 (Brazil: Bahia) *''Barbicornis basili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saribia
''Saribia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Species *'' Saribia decaryi'' (Le Cerf, 1922) *'' Saribia ochracea'' Riley, 1932 *'' Saribia perroti'' Riley, 1932 *'' Saribia tepahi'' (Boisduval, 1833) References External links images representing Saribiaat Consortium for the Barcode of Life The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ... Nemeobiinae Butterfly genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler Taxa described in 1878 {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euselasiinae
Euselasiinae is a subfamily of Riodinidae. The species are confined to the Neotropical realm. Genera From Funet *'' Corrachia'' Schaus, 1913 *'' Euselasia'' (Hübner, 1819) a populous genus with many species. *''Hades'' (Westwood, 1851) *'' Methone'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''Styx In Greek mythology, Styx (; ; lit. "Shuddering"), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas and the moth ...'' Staudinger, 1875 References Riodinidae Butterfly subfamilies {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhetus Arcius
''Rhetus arcius'', the long-tailed metalmark, s a species of Neotropical butterfly, first described in Carl Linnaeus' 1763 ''Centuria Insectorum file:Centuria Insectorum.png, The first page of ''Centuria Insectorum'', as included in ''Amoenitates Academicæ'' ' (Latin, "one hundred insects") is a 1763 Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic work by Carl Linnaeus, and defended as a thesis by Boas Jo ...''. References Riodinini Riodinidae of South America Butterflies described in 1763 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Riodinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful Butterfly, butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing, birdwing butterflies of the genus ''Ornithoptera''. Swallowtails have a number of distinctive features; for example, the papilionid caterpillar bears a Ozopore, repugnatorial organ called the osmeterium on its prothorax. The osmeterium normally remains hidden, but when threatened, the larva turns it outward through a transverse dorsal groove by inflating it with fluid. The forked appearance in some of the swallowtails' hindwings, which can be seen when the butterfly is resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name ''swallowtail''. As for its formal name, Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus chose ''Papilio'' for the type genus, as ''papilio'' is Latin for "butterfly". For the Specifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batesian Mimicry
Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both. It is named after the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates, who worked on butterflies in the rainforests of Brazil. Batesian mimicry is the most commonly known and widely studied of mimicry complexes, such that the word mimicry is often treated as synonymous with Batesian mimicry. There are many other forms however, some very similar in principle, others far separated. It is often contrasted with Müllerian mimicry, a form of mutually beneficial convergence between two or more harmful species. However, because the mimic may have a degree of protection itself, the distinction is not absolute. It can also be contrasted with functionally different forms of mimicry. Perhaps the sharpest contrast here is with aggressive mimicry where a predator or parasite mimics a harmless species, avoiding detection and improving its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
