DOCSLIB.ORG

A True Passion for Insects, Nature and Photography

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

A TRUE PASSION FOR INSECTS, NATURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY Liljebergs is a collection of images based on my photos of insects. Behind my images are a great passion for butterflies and other insects and many years of dedication to photography. Many of the photos has been used as illustrations in a variety of books but are now mainly used as art in home and public decor. The insects that are used are mostly borrowed from varios museums and from my entomology friends and their collections. I photograph and print everything in my own studio. The prints are all from highend 11-color inkjet printers. The images are printed on a matte 200 gram quality paper with pigment inks of the highest quality with a very long life span. This gives a quality and durability that far exceeds traditional offset printing. Macro photography of small insects in large magnification has become my specialty. The goal is to show nature as it looks, with the detail, sharpness and color gamut required. ”Through the camera lens I can see GÖRAN LILJEBERG structures that are otherwise hidden to the naked eye and that fascinates me.” Göran Liljeberg, in his studio, Trosa - Sweden. PHOTO: ERIKA STENLUND A TASTE FOR NATURE Our images can be used in a variety of ways. Here are some inspiration frominterior designers, stylists and from some of our customers. DUSTYHOME ROSEANDGREY.CO.UK ELLEDECORATION.SE DUSTYHOME SANDRABEIJER.SE DESIGNFIRMAN.COM SOFIALARSEN.COM GRAHAMANDGREEN.CO.UK DESIGNFIRMAN.COM LILJEBERGS.NU FANTASTICFRANK.SE OLSSONGERTHEL.SE APOTEKARNS.COM GRAHAMANDGREEN.CO.UK BYARK.SE HEMNET COXANDCOX.CO.UK OLSSONGERTHEL.SE SANNAVIOLAA SELECTING BACKGROUND AND FORMAT OUR PRODUCTS You can choose between two versions of each design. When choosing NO TINTED BACKGROUND, NO NAME you get a greater contrast between the insect and the background, a more graphic look. When choosing TINTED BACKGROUND WITH NAME the contrast is a little softer, and you get BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS a white border around it, like a built in passepartout. A more classic look. p.10-19 If you choose the tinted background you will also get the CRYSTALS & MINERALS species scientific name printed under the insect. p.20-23 Our sizes: BEETLES A4, 30x40 cm, 40x50 cm, A2, 16x70 cm, 50x70 cm, 60x80 cm and p.24-29 mini prints in size15x15 cm and A5. Note that not all of them are available in all sizes. Please check our website to see available sizes on each design. OTHER BUGS p.30-31 COLLAGE p.32 BLACK BACKGROUND p.33 OBLONG FORMAT p.34 MINI PRINTS p.35 GREETING CARDS p.36-37 FRAMES p.38-39 CONTACT p.39 TINTED BACKGROUND NO TINTED BACKGROUND WITH NAME NO NAME 8 9 BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS Ornithoptera Ornithoptera Ornithoptera Ornithoptera Troides hypolitus Papilio Papilio antenor Papilio troilus Eurytides leucaspis Eurytides protesilaus priamus, blue priamus, green priamus, orange rothschildi sulaenesis ophidicephalus Teinopalpus Papilio memnon, Papilio memnon, Papilio memnon, Papilio deiphobus Iphiclides podalirius Papilio machaon Papilio demoleus Papilio demoleus, Cethosia cyane, imperialis female male male - underside underside underside Alcides orontes Graphium sarpedon Parides sesostris Papilio blumei Papilio ulysses Delias hyparete Charaxes jasius Charaxes jasius, Papilio aegeus Papilio gambrisius underside Morpho helenor Graphium weiski Graphium weiski, Urania ripheus Papilio ascalaphus Parides vertumnus Papilio euchenor Nymphalis antiopa Hypolimnas dexithea Junonia iphita montezuma underside 10 11 BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS Kallima inachus Caligo atreus Choaspes benjaminii Danaus chrysippus Hylophora cecropia Cyaniris dorylas Polyommatus Glaucopsyche alexis Maculinea arion Scolitantides orion amandus Atacus atlas Atacus atlas, Hamadryas Hamadryas Hamadryas Inachus io Vanessa atalanta Danaus plexippus Nymphalis Precis almana underside amphichloe amphinome amphinome, xanthomelas underside Batesia chrysochlora Agrias claudina Heliconius hybrid Cymothoe sangaris Salamis parhassus, Argynnis adippe Argynnis adippe, Issoria lathonia Issoria lathonia, Argynnis paphia pink underside underside Salamis parhassus, Pareronia valeria Antonechloris Appias celestina Papilio zalmoxis Polygonia c-album Aglais urticae Cynthia cardui Abraxas Timandra comae green lutescens smaragdaria grossulariata 12 13 BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS Atrophaneura semperi albofasciata is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Pseudacraea boisduvali or Boisduval’s false acraea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in most of Africa, except and the Philippines. the north-western quarter. 14 15 BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS Colias palaeno Aphrissa statika Gonopteryx rahmni Loepa katinka Parantica aspasia Pieris brassicae, Pieris brassicae, Pieris brassicae, Aporia crataegi Bena biclorana cerilla female underside male Automeris io, Automeris io, Arctia caja Lycaena virgaureae Delias aruna sertata Leucoma salicis Spilosoma Utetheisa pulchella Furcula bicuspis Utethesia ornatrix male female lubricipeda bella Delias oraia Colias croseus Hebomoia leucippe Hebomoia glaucippe Colotis antevippe Papilio polymnestor Delias splendida, Cynthia cardui, Mylothris agathina, Anthocharis underside side side cardamines Morpho luna Appias sylvia Parnassius apollo Parhassus apollo Leptidea reali Pink moth Sphingicampa raspa Actias luna Graellsia isabellae Anaea cyanea wiscotti 16 17 BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS Landscape NEW NEW Arctia caja Utethesia ornatrix bella Bena biclorana Hamadryas velutina Memphis offa Asterope leprieuri Asterope leprieuri Milioni drucei NEW underside NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW Choaspes benjaminii Dryas julia Manduca rustica Evenus coronata Evenus coronata Hypolimnas Euchloron megaera Brahmaea wallichii underside usambara NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW Acheronitia atropos Daphnis nerii Deilephila elpenor Panacea prola Pseudacraea Atrophaneura Brahmaea wallichii Brahmaea wallichii boisduvali semperi albofasciata half left half right Agrius convolvuli Attacus atlas Attacus atlas, underside Our half prints are available in size A4. Spilosoma lubricipeda Leucoma salicis Utetheisa pulchella Utethesia ornatrix Utethesia ornatrix Spilosoma lubricipe- Spilosoma lubricipe- bella, half left bella, half right da, half left da, half right 18 19 CRYSTALS & MINERALS CRYSTALS & MINERALS Tinted background Tinted background Cobolt quartz Crystal 20 21 CRYSTALS & MINERALS CRYSTALS & MINERALS Black background NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW Cavansite on stilbite Pyrite in quartz & Chalcopyrite Emerald in quartz Crocoite Cavansite on stilbite Pyrite in quartz & Chalcopyrite Emerald in quartz Crocoite sphalerite sphalerite NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW Crystal, landscape Fluorite, landscape Crystal, landscape Fluorite, landscape NEW NEW Coboltoan dolomite Celestine Coboltoan dolomite Celestine NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW Creedite, landscape Creedite, landscape NEW NEW Pyromorphite Fluorite Rosasite Pyromorphite Fluorite Rosasite Celestine, landscape Celestine, landscape NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW Creedite Kyanite in quartz Cobolt quartz Crystal Mineral collage Creedite Kyanite in quartz Cobolt quartz Crystal Mineral collage 22 23 BEETLES BEETLES Rosenbergia gilmour Lochmaeocles Celosterna pollinosa Purpuicenus laetus Pachyteria basalis Plusiotis prasina Plusiotis sallei Chrysina eurubscens Plusiotis victorina Eudicella smithi tesselatus sulphurea bertherandi Odontolabis cuvera Lucanus cervus, Lucanus cervus, Typhaeus typhoeus Anoplotrupes Eudicella gralli Garreta azureus Calosoma sycophanta Cicindela chinensis Perotis unicolor male female stercorosus japonica Aphodius depressus Tentyria schaumi Carabus blaptoides Carabus Carabus lafossi Catoxantha opulenta Belionota sumptuosa, Belionota sumptuosa Belionota tricolor Belionota prasina nankotaizanus underside Geotrupes mutator Potosia famelica Cetonia aurata, Cetonia aurata, Protaetia cuprea Eupholus bennetti Eupholus cuvieri Eupholus nickerli Goliathus orientalis Meccynorrhina blue green ignicollis oberthuri 24 25 BEETLES BEETLES Mombasius aeneipes Chrysina strasseni The “Forest Gem” of Honduras took this name from the rare pale green to silvergold color elytra (wings) that reflect light like a precious stone. 26 27 BEETLES BEETLES Chrysochroa buqueti Chrysochroa buqueti Chrysochroa Buprestis Polybotris Anoplognathus lactus Chrysina strasseni Chrysina strasseni, Chlorocala africana Calocomus rugicollis rugicollis, underside toulgoeti octoguttata sumptuosa gema underside oertzeni desmarestii Galaeus walkeri Galaeus walkeri, Callidium violaceum Gaurotes virginea Aromia moschata Prosopocoilus Prosopocoilus Odontolabis Odontolabis cypri Campsosternus underside occipitalis anoella ijengensis castelnaudi auratus NEW NEW NEW Philematium festivum Aphrodisium yungau Trichius fasciatus Pelidnota fulva Lampropepla Anexamita heteroc- Mombasius aeneipes Lucanus cervus, Chlorocala africana oertzeni rothschildi nemis splendida male, landscape wings, landscape Stigmodera Metaxymorpha Temognatha Purpuricenus Coccinella chevrolati apicalis chalcodera desfontainii septempunctata 28 29 OTHER BUGS OTHER BUGS Landscape Lophacris cristata Psophus stridulus Xylocopa violacea Latrodectus mactans Phymateus saxosus Lygaeus equestris Acanthosoma Elamucha grisea Black widow haemorrhoidale NEW Omocestus viridulus Tettigonia viridissima, nymf Formica rufa Piezodorus lituratus Chlorochroa Chrysocoris stolli Vespa mandarinia Formica rufa juniperina Libellula fulva Sympetrum Leucorrhinia Aeshna isoceles Aeshna serrata
Recommended publications
  • Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

    Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

    JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY Volume 24 1970 Number 4 IS PAPILlO GOTHICA (PAPILIONIDAE) A GOOD SPECIES C. A. CLARKE AND P. M. SHEPPARD Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool, England Remington (1968) has named the Papilio zelicaon-like swallowtail butterflies from a restricted geographical range (the high mountains of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming) Papilio gothica Remington. Since the criteria used by Remington for claiming the existence of this newly named species are chiefly genetical and ecological rather than the usually used morphological and behavioural ones, it seems desirable to examine the genetic evidence more critically than Remington appears to have done. Genetical Evidence Obtained by Hybridization Experiments Remington showed that P. zelicaon Lucas and P. gothica are morpho­ logically very similar and he also indicated that a number of specimens cannot be classified unless the place of their origin is known. However, the Fl hybrids between P. gothica and P. polyxenes Fabr. on the one hand, and P. zelicaon and P. polyxenes on the other, are distinguishable, as are thc Fl hybrids when P. bairdi is substituted for P. polyxenes. P. polyxenes and P. bairdi Edwards are much blacker insects than P. zelicaon. They show a great reduction in the amount of yellow on both wings and body. Clarke and Sheppard (1955, 1956) have demonstrated that the marked difference between the color patterns of P. polyxenes and P. zelicaon and, in fact, between P. polyxenes and the yellow Euro­ pean species, Papilio machaon L., is due to the presence of a single major gene which is dominant or nearly dominant in effect.
  • Title Butterflies Collected in and Around Lambir Hills National Park

    Title Butterflies Collected in and Around Lambir Hills National Park

    Butterflies collected in and around Lambir Hills National Park, Title Sarawak, Malaysia in Borneo ITIOKA, Takao; YAMAMOTO, Takuji; TZUCHIYA, Taizo; OKUBO, Tadahiro; YAGO, Masaya; SEKI, Yasuo; Author(s) OHSHIMA, Yasuhiro; KATSUYAMA, Raiichiro; CHIBA, Hideyuki; YATA, Osamu Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto Citation University (2009), 30(1): 25-68 Issue Date 2009-03-27 URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/156421 Right Type Departmental Bulletin Paper Textversion publisher Kyoto University Contn bioL Lab, Kyoto Univ., Vot. 30, pp. 25-68 March 2009 Butterflies collected in and around Lambir Hills National ParK SarawaK Malaysia in Borneo Takao ITioKA, Takuji YAMAMo'rD, Taizo TzucHiyA, Tadahiro OKuBo, Masaya YAGo, Yasuo SEKi, Yasuhiro OHsHIMA, Raiichiro KATsuyAMA, Hideyuki CHiBA and Osamu YATA ABSTRACT Data ofbutterflies collected in Lambir Hills National Patk, Sarawak, Malaysia in Borneo, and in ks surrounding areas since 1996 are presented. In addition, the data ofobservation for several species wimessed but not caught are also presented. In tota1, 347 butterfly species are listed with biological information (habitat etc.) when available. KEY WORDS Lepidoptera! inventory1 tropical rainforesti species diversity1 species richness! insect fauna Introduction The primary lowland forests in the Southeast Asian (SEA) tropics are characterized by the extremely species-rich biodiversity (Whitmore 1998). Arthropod assemblages comprise the main part of the biodiversity in tropical rainforests (Erwin 1982, Wilson 1992). Many inventory studies have been done focusing on various arthropod taxa to reveal the species-richness of arthropod assemblages in SEA tropical rainforests (e.g. Holloway & lntachat 2003). The butterfly is one of the most studied taxonomic groups in arthropods in the SEA region; the accumulated information on the taxonomy and geographic distribution were organized by Tsukada & Nishiyama (1980), Yata & Morishita (1981), Aoki et al.
  • MEET the BUTTERFLIES Identify the Butter Ies You've Seen at Butter Ies

    MEET the BUTTERFLIES Identify the Butter Ies You've Seen at Butter Ies

    MEET THE BUTTERFLIES Identify the butteries you’ve seen at Butteries LIVE! Learn the scientic, common name and country of origin. Experience the wonderful world of butteries with the help of Butteries LIVE! COMMON MORPHO Morpho peleides Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico to Colombia Wingspan: 5-8 in. (12.7 – 20.3 cm.) Fast Fact: Common morphos are attracted to fermenting fruits. WHITE MORPHO Morpho polyphemus Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico to Central America Wingspan: 4-4.75 in. (10-12 cm.) Fast Fact: Adult white morphos prefer to feed on rotting fruits or sap from trees. WHITENED BLUEWING Myscelia cyaniris Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico, parts of Central and South America Wingspan: 1.3-1.4 in. (3.3-3.6 cm.) Fast Fact: The underside of the whitened bluewing is silvery- gray, allowing it to blend in on bark and branches. MEXICAN BLUEWING Myscelia ethusa Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico, Central America, Colombia Wingspan: 2.5-3.0 in. (6.4-7.6 cm.) Fast Fact: Young caterpillars attach dung pellets and silk to a leaf vein to create a resting perch. NEW GUINEA BIRDWING Ornithoptera priamus Family: Papilionidae Range: Australia Wingspan: 5 in. (12.7 cm.) Fast Fact: New Guinea birdwings are sexually dimorphic. Females are much larger than the males, and their wings are black with white markings. LEARN MORE ABOUT SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BUTTERFLIES > MOCKER SWALLOWTAIL Papilio dardanus Family: Papilionidae Range: Africa Wingspan: 3.9-4.7 in. (10-12 cm.) Fast Fact: The male mocker swallowtail has a tail, while the female is tailless. LEARN MORE ABOUT SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BUTTERFLIES > ORCHARD SWALLOWTAIL Papilio demodocus Family: Papilionidae Range: Africa and Arabia Wingspan: 4.5 in.
  • Taxonomic Revision of the Tribe Danaini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from Myanmar

    Taxonomic Revision of the Tribe Danaini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from Myanmar

    JAPB191_proof ■ 5 February 2017 ■ 1/5 Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity xxx (2017) 1e5 55 HOSTED BY Contents lists available at ScienceDirect 56 57 Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 58 59 60 journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/japb 61 62 63 Original article 64 65 1 Taxonomic revision of the tribe Danaini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: 66 2 67 3 Danainae) from Myanmar 68 4 69 a a a b a,* 5 Q4 Nan Zarchi Win , Eun Young Choi , Jong Bong Choi , Jinyoung Park , Jong Kyun Park 70 6 a 71 7 College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea b Department of Nature Survey, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, Republic of Korea 72 8 73 9 74 10 article info abstract 75 11 76 12 Article history: The tribe Danaini is reviewed for the first time from Myanmar. Ten species of four genera belonging to 77 13 Received 29 September 2016 two subtribes are taxonomically described. Identification keys for the subtribes, the genera, and all 78 14 Received in revised form species are provided. The adult illustrations for all examined species are also presented. 79 8 November 2016 15 Copyright Ó 2017, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). 80 Accepted 11 November 2016 16 Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// Available online xxx 81 17 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). 82 18 Keywords: 83 19 butterfly 84 20 Danaini 85 Danainae 21 86 Myanmar 22 87 23 88 24 89 25 Introduction Myanmar is one of the biologically diverse countries in main- 90 26 land Southeast Asia and rich in biodiversity.
  • Wolbachia Endosymbiont Infection in Two Indian Butterflies and Female-Biased Sex Ratio in the Red Pierrot, Talicada Nyseus

    Wolbachia Endosymbiont Infection in Two Indian Butterflies and Female-Biased Sex Ratio in the Red Pierrot, Talicada Nyseus

    Wolbachia endosymbiont infection in two Indian butterflies and female-biased sex ratio in the Red Pierrot, Talicada nyseus 1 2 1, KUNAL ANKOLA , DOROTHEA BRUECKNER and HP PUTTARAJU * 1Division of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India 2Department of Biology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany *Corresponding author (Email, [email protected]) The maternally inherited obligate bacteria Wolbachia is known to infect various lepidopteran insects. However, so far only a few butterfly species harbouring this bacterium have been thoroughly studied. The current study aims to identify the infection status of these bacteria in some of the commonly found butterfly species in India. A total of nine butterfly species belonging to four different families were screened using PCR with Wolbachia-specific wsp and ftsZ primers. The presence of the Wolbachia super group ‘B’ in the butterflies Red Pierrot, Talicada nyseus (Guerin) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and Blue Mormon, Papilio polymnestor Cramer (Papilionidae), is documented for the first time in India. The study also gives an account on the lifetime fecundity and female-biased sex ratio in T. nyseus, suggesting a putative role for Wolbachia in the observed female-biased sex ratio distortion. [Ankola K, Brueckner D and Puttaraju HP 2011 Wolbachia endosymbiont infection in two Indian butterflies and female-biased sex ratio in the Red Pierrot, Talicada nyseus. J. Biosci. 36 845–850] DOI:10.1007/s12038-011-9149-3 1. Introduction infected by Wolbachia. It has been shown that the presence of particular clades of Wolbachia cause feminization and The maternally inherited endosymbiotic α–proteobacteria cytoplasmic incompatibility in the common grass yellow called Wolbachia is known to infect 15%–75% of insect butterfly, Eurema hecabe (Hiroki et al.
  • Download Download

    Download Download

    OPEN ACCESS The Journal of Threatened Taxa is dedicated to building evidence for conservaton globally by publishing peer-reviewed artcles online every month at a reasonably rapid rate at www.threatenedtaxa.org. All artcles published in JoTT are registered under Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License unless otherwise mentoned. JoTT allows unrestricted use of artcles in any medium, reproducton, and distributon by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publicaton. Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Communication A preliminary checklist of butterflies from the northern Eastern Ghats with notes on new and significant species records including three new reports for peninsular India Rajkamal Goswami, Ovee Thorat, Vikram Aditya & Seena Narayanan Karimbumkara 26 November 2018 | Vol. 10 | No. 13 | Pages: 12769–12791 10.11609/jot.3730.10.13.12769-12791 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints contact <[email protected]> Publisher & Host Partners Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 November 2018 | 10(13): 12769–12791 A preliminary
  • Check-List of the Butterflies of the Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve in Western Kenya (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)

    Check-List of the Butterflies of the Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve in Western Kenya (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)

    Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 25 (4): 161–174 (2004) 161 Check-list of the butterflies of the Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve in western Kenya (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) Lars Kühne, Steve C. Collins and Wanja Kinuthia1 Lars Kühne, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany; email: [email protected] Steve C. Collins, African Butterfly Research Institute, P.O. Box 14308, Nairobi, Kenya Dr. Wanja Kinuthia, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya Abstract: All species of butterflies recorded from the Kaka- list it was clear that thorough investigation of scientific mega Forest N.R. in western Kenya are listed for the first collections can produce a very sound list of the occur- time. The check-list is based mainly on the collection of ring species in a relatively short time. The information A.B.R.I. (African Butterfly Research Institute, Nairobi). Furthermore records from the collection of the National density is frequently underestimated and collection data Museum of Kenya (Nairobi), the BIOTA-project and from offers a description of species diversity within a local literature were included in this list. In total 491 species or area, in particular with reference to rapid measurement 55 % of approximately 900 Kenyan species could be veri- of biodiversity (Trueman & Cranston 1997, Danks 1998, fied for the area. 31 species were not recorded before from Trojan 2000). Kenyan territory, 9 of them were described as new since the appearance of the book by Larsen (1996). The kind of list being produced here represents an information source for the total species diversity of the Checkliste der Tagfalter des Kakamega-Waldschutzge- Kakamega forest.
  • Addenda to the Insect Fauna of Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Zoogeographical Notes Magdi S

    Addenda to the Insect Fauna of Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Zoogeographical Notes Magdi S

    JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 2016 VOL. 50, NOS. 19–20, 1209–1236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1103913 Addenda to the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with zoogeographical notes Magdi S. El-Hawagrya,c, Mostafa R. Sharafb, Hathal M. Al Dhaferb, Hassan H. Fadlb and Abdulrahman S. Aldawoodb aEntomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; bPlant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; cSurvey and Classification of Agricultural and Medical Insects in Al-Baha Province, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The first list of insects (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) of Al-Baha Received 1 April 2015 Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) was published in 2013 Accepted 30 September 2015 and contained a total of 582 species. In the present study, 142 Online 9 December 2015 species belonging to 51 families and representing seven orders KEYWORDS are added to the fauna of Al-Baha Province, bringing the total Palaearctic; Afrotropical; number of species now recorded from the province to 724. The Eremic; insect species; reported species are assigned to recognized regional zoogeogra- Arabian Peninsula; Tihama; phical regions. Seventeen of the species are recorded for the first Al-Sarah; Al-Sarawat time for KSA, namely: Platypleura arabica Myers [Cicadidae, Mountains Hemiptera]; Cletomorpha sp.; Gonocerus juniperi Herrich-Schäffer [Coreidae, Hemiptera]; Coranus lateritius (Stål); Rhynocoris bipus- tulatus (Fieber) [Reduviidae, Hemiptera]; Cantacader iranicus Lis; Dictyla poecilla Drake & Hill [Tingidae, Hemiptera]; Mantispa scab- ricollis McLachlan [Mantispidae, Neuroptera]; Cerocoma schreberi Fabricius [Meloidae, Coleoptera]; Platypus parallelus (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, Coleoptera]; Zodion cinereum (Fabricius) [Conopidae, Diptera]; Ulidia ?ruficeps Becker [Ulidiidae, Diptera]; Atherigona reversura Villeneuve [Muscidae, Diptera]; Aplomya metallica (Wiedemann); Cylindromyia sp.
  • Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Biblidinae) and Patterns of Morphological Similarity Among Species from Eight Tribes of Nymphalidae

    Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Biblidinae) and Patterns of Morphological Similarity Among Species from Eight Tribes of Nymphalidae

    Revista Brasileira de Entomologia http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262013005000006 External morphology of the adult of Dynamine postverta (Cramer) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Biblidinae) and patterns of morphological similarity among species from eight tribes of Nymphalidae Luis Anderson Ribeiro Leite1,2, Mirna Martins Casagrande1,3 & Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke1,4 1Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531–980 Curitiba-PR, Brasil. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ABSTRACT. External morphology of the adult of Dynamine postverta (Cramer) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Biblidinae) and patterns of morphological similarity among species from eight tribes of Nymphalidae. The external structure of the integument of Dynamine postverta postverta (Cramer, 1779) is based on detailed morphological drawings and scanning electron microscopy. The data are compared with other species belonging to eight tribes of Nymphalidae, to assist future studies on the taxonomy and systematics of Neotropical Biblidinae. KEYWORDS. Abdomen; head; Insecta; morphology; Papilionoidea; thorax. Nymphalidae is a large cosmopolitan family of butter- served in dorsal view (Figs. 1–4). Two subspecies are recog- flies, with about 7,200 described species (Freitas & Brown nized according to Lamas (2004), Dynamine postverta Jr. 2004) and is perhaps the most well documented biologi- postverta (Cramer, 1779) distributed in South America and cally (Harvey 1991; Freitas & Brown Jr. 2004; Wahlberg et Dynamine postverta mexicana d’Almeida, 1952 with a dis- al. 2005). The systematic relationships are still somewhat tribution restricted to Central America. Several species sur- unclear with respect to its subfamilies, tribes and genera, and veys and other studies cite this species as Dynamine mylitta even after more than a century of studies on these groups, (DeVries 1987; Mielke 1994; Miller et al.1999; Freitas & these relationships still seem to confuse many who set out to Brown, Jr.
  • Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species

    Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species

    ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Entomologie heute Jahr/Year: 2012 Band/Volume: 24 Autor(en)/Author(s): Mielewczik Michael, Liebisch Frank, Walter Achim, Greven Hartmut Artikel/Article: Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species. Infrarot (NIR)-Reflexion bei Insekten – phänetische Untersuchungen an 181 Arten 183-216 Near-Infrared (NIR)-Refl ectance of Insects 183 Entomologie heute 24 (2012): 183-215 Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species Infrarot (NIR)-Reflexion bei Insekten – phänetische Untersuchungen an 181 Arten MICHAEL MIELEWCZIK, FRANK LIEBISCH, ACHIM WALTER & HARTMUT GREVEN Summary: We tested a camera system which allows to roughly estimate the amount of refl ectance prop- erties in the near infrared (NIR; ca. 700-1000 nm). The effectiveness of the system was studied by tak- ing photos of 165 insect species including some subspecies from museum collections (105 Coleoptera, 11 Hemi ptera (Pentatomidae), 12 Hymenoptera, 10 Lepidoptera, 9 Mantodea, 4 Odonata, 13 Orthoptera, 1 Phasmatodea) and 16 living insect species (1 Lepidoptera, 3 Mantodea, 4 Orthoptera, 8 Phasmato- dea), from which four are exemplarily pictured herein. The system is based on a modifi ed standard consumer DSLR camera (Canon Rebel XSi), which was altered for two-channel colour infrared photography. The camera is especially sensitive in the spectral range of 700-800 nm, which is well- suited to visualize small scale spectral differences in the steep of increase in refl ectance in this range, as it could be seen in some species. Several of the investigated species show at least a partial infrared refl ectance.
  • First Evidence for an Amazonian Insect Migration in the Butterfly Panacea Prola

    First Evidence for an Amazonian Insect Migration in the Butterfly Panacea Prola

    bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.01.277665; this version posted September 2, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 2 3 4 5 6 First evidence for an Amazonian insect migration in the butterfly Panacea prola 7 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) 8 9 GEOFFREY GALLICE1,2,*, RICCARDO MATTEA1, & ALLISON STOISER1 10 1Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon, 7224 Boscastle Ln., Hanover, MD 21076, USA 11 2McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, 12 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA 13 *Correspondence [email protected] 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.01.277665; this version posted September 2, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 14 ABSTRACT 15 16 Insect migrations rival those of vertebrates in terms of numbers of migrating individuals and 17 even biomass, although instances of the former are comparatively poorly documented. This is 18 especially true in the world’s tropics, which harbor the vast majority of Earth’s insect species. 19 Understanding these mass movements is of critical and increasing importance as global climate 20 and land use change accelerate and interact to alter the environmental cues that underlie 21 migration, particularly in the tropics.
  • Thailand Invitational 2017

    Thailand Invitational 2017

    Field Guides Tour Report Thailand Invitational 2017 Feb 25, 2017 to Mar 18, 2017 Dave Stejskal & John Rowlett For our tour description, itinerary, past triplists, dates, fees, and more, please VISIT OUR TOUR PAGE. This shimmering Green-tailed Aethopyga is one of the fanciest sunbirds we saw on the tour! Photo by participant Fred Dalbey. It’s been two months now since our Thailand adventure closed and yet I live with persistent reminders of episodes from that trip that arise almost daily! No doubt, in part, because this was my first tour to this extraordinary country for birds, food, culture, and people (and now we know, butterflies!). And in part because I knew that ours was the last tour, after 21 wonderful years, that our heralded Asia guide Dave Stejskal would lead to Siam. Ouch, bite the man! Having the encounters, as we did, with so many legendary birds--Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Nordmann’s Greenshank, Silver Pheasant and Siamese Fireback, Great Hornbill and Silver-breasted Broadbill, Crested Jay and Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Sultan Tit and Giant Nuthatch, and overwhelming numbers of bulbuls, babblers, leaf warblers, and flycatchers--is enough to assure an exceptional birding tour. But to insure an experience of the highest quality, it was necessary to collect a stellar group of participants under the leadership of a first-rate guide and mix in some fabulous Thai food, some Siamese culture, and Dave’s good friend Wat with the best ground crew in the business in order to produce the kind of trip we in fact enjoyed. It was a humdinger.