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Zizeeria
''Zizeeria'', commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, found in Africa and Asia. Species List of species classified under the genus: * ''Zizeeria karsandra'' (Moore, 1865) – dark grass blue * ''Zizeeria knysna'' (Trimen, 1862) – African grass blue, sooty blue Notes The following were previously included on this page but are not species in ''Zizeeria'': * ''Zizeeria antanossa'' Mabille, 1877. A species in ''Zizina'' Chapman, 1910. * ''Zizeeria otis'' Fabricius, 1787. A species in ''Zizina'' Chapman, 1910. * ''Zizeeria labradus'' Godart, 1823. A subspecies of ''Zizina otis'' Fabricius, 1787. * ''Zizeeria ossa'' Swinhoe, 1885. A subspecies of ''Pseudozizeeria maha'' Kollar, [1844]. References Polyommatini Butterflies of Africa Butterflies of Asia Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizeeria Knysna
''Zizeeria knysna'', the dark grass blue or African grass blue, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Africa, on Cyprus and the Iberian Peninsula. Sometimes mistakenly called ''Zizeeria lysimon'' (Hübner), that species name is invalid as it is preoccupied by '' Papilio lisimon'' Stoll, 790 a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. The wingspan is 18–23 mm for males and 21–26 mm for females. The butterfly flies nearly year-round. The larvae feed on ''Medicago'', ''Melilotus'', '' Acanthyllis'', '' Armeria delicatula'', ''Polygonum equisetiforme ''Polygonum'' is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plant in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae. Common names include knotweed and knotgrass (though the common names may refer more broadly to plants from Polygonaceae). In the ...'', '' Tribulus terrestris'' and '' Oxalis''. Gallery African grass blue Zizeeria knysna knysna 2012 05 12 12 11 16 9014.jpg Zizeeria knysna-01 (xndr).jpg Zizee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizeeria Ossa
''Zizeeria'', commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, found in Africa and Asia. Species List of species classified under the genus: * ''Zizeeria karsandra'' (Moore, 1865) – dark grass blue * ''Zizeeria knysna'' (Trimen, 1862) – African grass blue, sooty blue Notes The following were previously included on this page but are not species in ''Zizeeria'': * '' Zizeeria antanossa'' Mabille, 1877. A species in ''Zizina'' Chapman, 1910. * ''Zizeeria otis ''Zizina otis'', the lesser grass blue, is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south and southeast Asia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as ''Zizina ...'' Fabricius, 1787. A species in ''Zizina'' Chapman, 1910. * '' Zizeeria labradus'' Godart, 1823. A subspecies of ''Zizina otis'' Fabricius, 1787. * '' Zizeeria ossa'' Swinhoe, 1885. A subspecies of ''Pseudozizeeria maha'' Kollar, 844/small>. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizeeria Karsandra
''Zizeeria karsandra'', the dark grass blue, is a small butterfly first described by Frederic Moore in 1865. It is found from the southern Mediterranean, in a broad band to India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Yunnan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family, and the tribe Polyommatini. (1973)"The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement" ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology''. 28: 371-505. Description Frederic Moore described this species on 1865 as: "Upperside purple-brown. Underside greyish brown, exterior margins defined by a brown line: fore wing with a spot within discoidal cell, a discocellular streak, a spot above it, and a transverse discal series of six spots black, each encircled with white; a marginal and submarginal row of pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyommatini
Polyommatini is a tribe of lycaenid butterflies in the subfamily of Polyommatinae. These were extensively studied by Russian novelist and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov. Genera Genera in this tribe include: * ''Actizera'' * ''Acytolepis'' * ''Afarsia'' * '' Agriades'' * ''Alpherakya'' * '' Aricia'' – arguses * '' Azanus'' – babul blues * ''Bothrinia'' * '' Brephidium'' * ''Cacyreus'' * ''Caerulea'' * '' Caleta'' * ''Callenya'' * ''Callictita'' * ''Castalius'' – Pierrots * ''Catochrysops'' * ''Catopyrops'' * ''Cebrella'' * '' Celastrina'' * ''Celatoxia'' * ''Chilades'' – jewel blues * ''Cupido'' * ''Cupidopsis'' – meadow blues * ''Cyaniris'' * '' Cyclargus'' * '' Danis'' * ''Discolampa'' * ''Echinargus'' * '' Eicochrysops'' * '' Eldoradina'' * '' Elkalyce'' * '' Epimastidia'' * ''Erysichton'' * ''Euchrysops'' – Cupids * '' Eumedonia'' * ''Euphilotes'' * ''Famegana'' * ''Freyeria'' * ''Glabroculus'' * '' Glaucopsyche'' * '' Grumiana'' * '' Harpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of Africa
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] |
Zizeeria Otis
''Zizina otis'', the lesser grass blue, is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south and southeast Asia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as ''Zizina labradus'', the common grass blue. Description Male upperside Pale violet blue, with a silvery sheen in certain lights, forewing: a broad brown edging along the termen, which covers in some specimens quite the outer fourth of the wing, while in others is much narrower. It is always broadest at the apex and is bounded by an anteciliary darker line, beyond which the cilia are brownish at base and white outwardly. Hindwing: anterior or costal third to half and apex brown; a slender black anteciliary line, beyond which the cilia are as in the forewing. Male underside Brownish grey. Forewing: a short, transverse, dusky lunule on the discocellulars and a transverse, anteriorly curved, discal series of seven minute black spots, all the spots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area of , about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population. In general terms, Asia is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. The border of Asia with Europe is a historical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. It is somewhat arbitrary and has moved since its first conception in classical antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflects East–West cultural, ling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around Hyderabad city lakes, artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 Census of India, Hyderabad is the List of cities in India by population, fourth-most populous city in India with a population of residents within the city limits, and has a population of residents in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of 74 billion, Hyderabad has the fifth-largest urban economy in India. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Despite a wide range of natural resources, Africa is the least wealthy continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, behind Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, tribalism, Scramble for Africa, colonialism, the Cold War, neocolonialism, lack of democracy, and corruption. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young ... [...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] |
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