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Zizula
''Zizula'', commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species There are two species:ICZN. Opinion 822, 1967. ''Pithecops'' Horsfield, [1828] designation of a type species under the plenary powers. ''Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature'' 24(4216-217 * ''Zizula cyna'' (Edwards, 1881) – tiny blue, cyna blue **= ''Lycaena tulliola'' Godman & Salvin, 1887 **= ''Lycaena mela'' Strecker, 1900 * ''Zizula hylax'' (Fabricius, 1775) – little grass blue **=''Zizula gaika'', originally ''Lycaena gaika'' (Trimen, 1862) – South Africa **=''Lycaena mylica'' Guenée, 1863 - Réunion **=''Lycaena cleodora'' Walker, 1870 - Egypt **=''Lycaena perparva'' Saalmüller, 1884 - Madagascar Subspecies * ''Zizula hylax attenuata'' (Lucas, 1890) - Australia * ''Zizula hylax dampierensis'' (Rothschild, 1915) - Dampier Is. * ''Zizula hylax hylax'' (Fabricius, 1775) - India, Tranquebar * ''Zizula hylax pygmea'' (Snellen, 1876) - Java – pygmy grass blue Notes * In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizula Hylax
''Zizula hylax'', 'the ''Tiny grass blue is a species of blue butterfly. Description Male upperside: dull violet blue, which changes to a brighter tint of violet in certain lights. Forewing: the costa very narrowly, the termen much more broadly dull brown; this edging to the termen in most specimens decreases in width from apex to tornus, and is outwardly followed by an anteciliary darker brown line. Cilia brownish anteriorly, posteriorly brownish at the base with the apical portions white. Hindwing: the ground colour brighter than on the forewing, the costal and terminal margins much more narrowly edged with brown, which edging is merged in the anteciliary dark brown line. Cilia: brown along their basal halves, white apically. Underside: grey. Forewing: a dusky brown lunular line on the discocellulars; two subcostal spots above the cell, one on either side of the discocellular lunule; a very strongly curved discal series of five spots, of which the posterior three are somewhat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizula Gaika
''Zizula hylax'', 'the ''Tiny grass blue is a species of blue butterfly. Description Male upperside: dull violet blue, which changes to a brighter tint of violet in certain lights. Forewing: the costa very narrowly, the termen much more broadly dull brown; this edging to the termen in most specimens decreases in width from apex to tornus, and is outwardly followed by an anteciliary darker brown line. Cilia brownish anteriorly, posteriorly brownish at the base with the apical portions white. Hindwing: the ground colour brighter than on the forewing, the costal and terminal margins much more narrowly edged with brown, which edging is merged in the anteciliary dark brown line. Cilia: brown along their basal halves, white apically. Underside: grey. Forewing: a dusky brown lunular line on the discocellulars; two subcostal spots above the cell, one on either side of the discocellular lunule; a very strongly curved discal series of five spots, of which the posterior three are somewhat l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizula Cyna
''Zizula cyna'', the cyna blue, is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae. Distribution The cyna blue is found from southern Texas, south through Mexico and Central America, to Argentina in South America. They are usually found in subtropical areas and deserts. Strays can be found up to northern Texas and Kansas, and southern Arizona. Description The wingspan of ''Zizula cyna'' is 16–22 mm (5/8–7/8 of an inch). Its upper-side is a violet blue, while its underside is a pale gray covered in tiny black dots. Adults are on wing from March to November. ;Food The larvae feed on flower buds of ''Acanthaceae'' species. Adults feed on flower nectar. References External links''Zizula cyna'' Butterflies and Moths of North America Polyommatini Butterflies of North America Butterflies of Central America Lycaenidae of South America Lepidoptera of Argentina Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Venezuela Butterflies described in 1881 {{Lycaenidae-stub ... [...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] |
Thomas Algernon Chapman
Thomas Algernon Chapman (2 July 1842, Glasgow – 17 December 1921) was a Scottish entomologist. Chapman was a physician and an entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He became a fellow of the Entomological Society of London in 1891, of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, r ..., in 1918. Sources * Michael A. Salmon (2000). ''The Aurelian Legacy. British Butterflies and their Collectors''. With contributions by Peter Marren and Basil Harley. Harley Books (Colchester) : 432 p. Scottish entomologists 1921 deaths Scottish lepidopterists 1842 births Scientists from Glasgow 19th-century Scottish medical doctors Fellows of the Royal Society {{UK-entomologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can reproduction, produce Fertility, fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology (biology), morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a binomial nomenclature, two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should c ... [...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] |
Tranquebar
Tharangambadi (), formerly Tranquebar ( da, Trankebar, ), is a town in the Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. It lies north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary named Uppanar of the Kaveri River. Tranquebar was established on 19 November 1620 as the first Danish trading post in India. King Christian IV had sent his envoy Ove Gjedde who established contact with Raghunatha Nayak of Tanjore. An annual tribute was paid by the Danes to the Rajah of Tanjore The Thanjavur Maratha kingdom ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty was a principality of Tamil Nadu between the 17th and 19th centuries. Their native language was Marathi. Venkoji was the founder of the dynasty. Maratha conquest of Thanjavur Follo ... until the colony of Tranquebar was sold to the British East India Company in 1845. Tharangambadi is the headquarters of Tharangambadi taluk. Its name means "place of the singing waves"; the old designation ''Tra ... [...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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