miércoles, 7 de mayo de 2008

Urania rhiph(a)eus. Fam. Uranidiiae. Taxonomía variable.

The Madagascan sunset moth was first described by British entomologist Dru Drury in 1773. Because of its resemblance to swallowtail butterflies, Drury had first described the species as Papilio rhipheus,[1] he mistakenly thought its antennae were clubbed,[11] a character frequently used to differentiate moths form butterflies. Once Drury’s inaccuracy was found, it was placed in the genus Urania, until 1823 when Hübner placed it in a new genus; Chrysiridia. It also has also been given other names, including U. crameri by Maassen in 1879 and U. var. madagascariensis by Lesson in 1831.[5]
Native Malagasy people call it Adriandolo or Lolonandriana,[3][12] from lolo for spirit or butterfly and andriana for noble or king,[13] therefore meaning noble butterfly,[3] noble spirit,[14] king butterfly[12] or king spirit.
The genus Chrysiridia is entirely African as the only other species is the closely related East African C. croesus. It is it, with Urania, sister-taxa to the most basal diurnal uraniine genus Alcides. All three genera feed on Omphalea, but Alcides also feeds on Endospermum.[10]
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3 comentarios:

claraboya dijo...

preciosa la mariposa que elegiste... y el paseo inglés por el que me has llevado... :)

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Unknown dijo...

Mariposa de hábitos diurnos, de color brillante, propia de Madagascar. Tóxica. Curan enfermedades. Se usó para joyería.
Seductora de los pistilos. Migran. Planta preferida: la omphalea.
Considera la más hermosa.

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Mis saludos desde un lugar bajo el sol o bajo la lluvia, en estos momentos.

El Gato Lector dijo...

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