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Troides Riedeli
''Troides riedeli'', or Riedel's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Tanimbar Islands, part of the Maluku Islands archipelago in Indonesia. Description This apparently very constant species is one of the rarer forms. Body similar to that of '' criton'', but the abdomen more sparsely yellow, especially at the sides; both wings more elongated than in the allied species.Male: forewing beneath with distinct but thin white vein-stripes, the pairs placed at the two median veins removed from the cell; the gold area of the hindwing much as in ''criton'', but proximally cut off straight, the cell-spot much smaller, the posterior discal spots much longer and almost all the spots more deeply emarginate, the black hindmargin at the apex of the golden area and the black distal margin before the subcostal much narrower than in criton. Female : forewing at the apex of the cell and distally to it white, this area produced into stripes at the veins, at the 1. median a white double st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch
Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818, Düben, Torgau - 8 July 1889, Dresden) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Kirsch was curator of entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. His collection is shared betweeUpper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu)in Bytom and Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. He described the birdwing butterfly ''Troides riedeli''. Works Partial list * 1865 "Beiträge zur Käferfauna von Bogotá". ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 9: 40-104. * 1875 "Neue Käfer aus Malacca Malacca (), officially the Historic State of Malacca (), is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca ...". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Koeniglichen Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden''. 1: 3-34. * 1876 "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Coleopteren-fauna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Haliphron
''Troides haliphron'', the haliphron birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly confined to Sulawesi and the lesser Sunda Islands. Description ''Troides haliphron'' is sexually dimorphic. Male: The forewings are ground colour black. The veins are bordered by white shading. The hindwings are ground colour black. There is a golden band in the discal area of the wing. The veins are black and they cleave the golden area. The underside is similar. Female: The female is larger than the male. The ground colour of the female is brown. The veins are bordered by white shading. There is a yellow area with dark veins on the hindwings. There is one chain of black spots is in the yellow area. The underside is similar. The abdomen is dark brown, and the underside has yellow spots. Head and thorax are black. The nape has a red hair coat. Image:TroidesHaliphronRippon.jpg, Image:TroidesHaliphron2Rippon.jpg, Taxonomy '' Troides staudingeri'' has at times been considered a subspecies of ''Troides h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauna Of The Tanimbar Islands
Fauna (: faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are ''flora'' and ''funga'', respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoologists and paleontologists use ''fauna'' to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess Shale fauna". Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils. The study of animals of a particular region is called faunistics. Etymology ''Fauna'' comes from the name Fauna, a Roman goddess of earth and fertility, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns. All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and ''panis'' is the Modern Greek equivalent of fauna (πανίς or rather πανίδα). ''Fauna'' is also the word for a book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of Indonesia
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or, in scientific literature, as an ''endemite''. Similarly, many species found in the Western ghats of India are examples of endemism. Endemism is an important concept in conservation biology for measuring biodiversity in a particular place and evaluating the risk of extinction for species. Endemism is also of interest in evolutionary biology, because it provides clues about how changes in the environment cause species to undergo range shifts (potentially expanding their range into a larger area or becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Indonesia
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 several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides
''Troides'' is a genus of birdwing butterflies, comprising species found in the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and Oceania. Species Twenty one species are recognized: : subgenus: ''Ripponia'' ::* ''Troides hypolitus'' – Rippon's birdwing : subgenus: ''Troides'' :: species group: ''Troides aeacus'' :::* ''Troides aeacus'' – golden birdwing :::* ''Troides dohertyi'' – Talaud black birdwing :::* ''Troides magellanus'' – Magellan birdwing :::* ''Troides minos'' – southern birdwing :::* ''Troides plateni'' – Dr. Platen's birdwing :::* ''Troides prattorum'' – Buru opalescent birdwing :::* ''Troides rhadamantus'' – golden birdwing :: species group: ''Troides amphrysus'' :::* ''Troides amphrysus'' – Malay birdwing :::* ''Troides andromache'' – Borneo birdwing :::* ''Troides cuneifera'' :::* ''Troides miranda'' – Miranda birdwing :: species group: ''Troides haliphron'' :::* ''Troides criton'' – Criton birdwing :::* ''Troides darsius'' – Sri Lankan birdwing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naturhistorisches Museum
The Natural History Museum Vienna () is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museums and non-university research institutions in Austria and an important center of excellence for all matters relating to natural sciences. The museum's 39 exhibition rooms cover 8,460 square meters and present more than 100,000 objects. It is home to 30 million objects available to more than 60 scientists and numerous guest researchers who carry out basic research in a wide range of topics related to human sciences, earth sciences, and life sciences. The ''Index Herbariorum'' code assigned to this museum is W and it is used when citing housed herbarium specimens. History The earliest collections of the Natural History Museum Vienna date back more than 250 years. It was the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Maria Theresa’s husband, who in 1750 purchased what was at the time the world's largest collection of natural history objects from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Union For Conservation Of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable". Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice and through building partners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Staudingeri
''Troides staudingeri'' is a birdwing butterfly in the genus ''Troides'' in the family Papilionidae. It is known from Leti Island, Moa Island, Kisar Island, Babar Island and Wetar Island. Description ''staudingeri'' Rob. Male: forewing similar to that of iris, beneath with purer white stripes; hindwing almost as in ''naias'', but always with 6 gold discal spots round the cell and the cell-spot more transversely truncate; the harpe similar to that of ''iris'', almost symmetrical, whilst in the other ''haliphron''-forms, it is almost hook-shaped. Female with broader vein-streaks on the forewing than in ''iris'' sp. (below) on the hindwing in addition to the cell-spot 6 gold spots, of which the first and last are much larger than in ''iris'' and ''ariadne'' sp. (below); the median veins at least beneath accompanied by yellow-grey stripes, similar stripes or small submarginal spots also often on the radials. Collar and breast in male and female red. Loeang, Dammer and Babber. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Plato
''Troides plato'', the silver birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to Timor. Described forms are ''nychonia'' Jordan, 1908 (male), ''chitonia'' Jordan, 1908 (male), and ''delormei'' Le Moult, 1931 (female). Taxonomy Previously considered to be a subspecies of ''haliphron'', ''plato'' was raised to a full species by Haugum and Low on the basis of differences in the genitalia. Biogeographic realm Australasian realm. Related species ''Troides plato'' is a member of the ''Troides haliphron'' species group. The members of this clade are: *''Troides haliphron'' (Boisduval, 1836) *''Troides darsius'' (Gray, 853 *'' Troides vandepolli'' (Snellen, 1890) *'' Troides criton'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) *'' Troides riedeli'' (Kirsch, 1885) *''Troides plato'' (Wallace, 1865) *''Troides staudingeri'' (Röber, 1888) References * *Haugum, J. & Low, A.M. 1978–1985. ''A Monograph of the Birdwing Butterflies''. 2 volumes. Scandinavian Press, Klampenborg; 663 pp. *Kurt Rumbucher and Oliver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Vandepolli
''Troides vandepolli'', the van de Poll's birdwing, is a montane birdwing butterfly occurring on Java and Sumatra. It is endemic for Indonesia and is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The species was named for Jacob R. H. Neervoort van de Poll. Description ''Troides vandepolli'' is sexually dimorphic. Male: The forewings' ground colour is black. The veins are lightly bordered by white. The underside of the forewings is dark brown. The veins are bordered by white. The hindwings are black. There is a large golden-yellow area in the discal and postdiscal part. The veins are black and they cleave the golden area. The underside is similar to the upperside. At the inner edge there is a yellowish spot. The abdomen is brown, the underside is yellow and black. Head and thorax are black. The nape has a red hair coat. Female: The female is larger than the male. The ground colour of the female is brown. The veins are bordered by white. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Darsius
''Troides darsius'', the Sri Lankan birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in Sri Lanka. It is the largest butterfly on the island and is also the national butterfly of Sri Lanka. Among the largest and most gaudy of the Ceylon Lepidoptera is the great black and yellow butterfly (''Ornithoptera darsius'', Gray); the upper wings, of which measure six inches (15 cm) across, are of deep velvet black, the lower, ornamented by large particles of satiny yellow, through which the sunlight passes, and few insects can compare with it in beauty, as it hovers over the flowers of the heliotrope, which furnish the favourite food of the perfect fly, although the caterpillar feeds on the aristolochia and the betel leaf and suspends its chrysalis from its drooping tendrils.Tennant, 1859 Ceylon, Physical, Historical and Topographical Description From '' Troides helena cerberus'' it differs as follows: Male forewing: adnervular pale streaks not prominent on the upperside, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
