Hebomoia glaucippe

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Hebomoia glaucippe
Hebomoia glaucippe, male

Hebomoia glaucippe , male

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Whitelings (Pieridae)
Subfamily : True whiteflies (Pierinae)
Genre : Hebomoia
Type : Hebomoia glaucippe
Scientific name
Hebomoia glaucippe
( Linnaeus , 1758)
female

Hebomoia glaucippe is occurring in Asia Butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Whites (Pieridae). Carl von Linné described the species in 1758 under the name Papilio glaucippe and named it after Glaucippe , one of the fifty daughters of Danaos from Greek mythology .

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 80 to 100 millimeters. They are therefore one of the very large whites and are therefore sometimes referred to as the "great aurora butterfly". The species is characterized by a slight sexual dimorphism . Both sexes have white wings. In the males, the apex area on the upper side of the forewing is bright orange-red over a large area, bordered in black and provided with small black wedge spots. A discal stain is missing. In females, the apex area is yellow-orange in color and bordered with a stronger black. The hem area on the upper side of the hind wing has a black color and shows some black spots in front of the hem. The fore and hind wing undersides of specimens of the monsoon season are ocher-colored and sometimes light brown marbled and patterned with a thin dark brown vertical stripe. This makes you look like a withered leaf. Moths of the dry season show much lighter wing undersides.

Pre-imaginal stages

The egg is light brown in color, has a grain-like shape and has a few straight longitudinal ribs on the surface, which end at the micropyle as tips.

Adult caterpillars are bright green in color. The entire, very rough surface of the body is dotted with black. The side stripe is broken up into red or yellow dots and laid out in white. Behind the head there is a large glossy black and an orange-brown spot on each side. Together with the pointed head shape, the caterpillar with the black eye spot looks like a nasal whip snake ( Ahaetulla nasuta ) and thus scares off potential predators. This appearance is a typical example of mimicry .

The doll is designed as a falling doll and has a light green color. The wing sheaths protrude and show the moth's drawing shortly before it hatches.

  • egg

  • Caterpillar imitating a nasal whip snake

  • Caterpillar head

  • Pupa stages

  • Wing underside

Similar species

The aurora butterfly ( Anthocharis cardamines ) and some butterflies of the genus Colotis , for example Colotis danae, show similar wing drawings, but are significantly smaller than Hebomoia glaucippe with wing spans between 30 and 60 millimeters .

distribution and habitat

The species is widespread in the entire Southeast Asian region. Hebomoia glaucippe primarily inhabits light forests, brook banks and meadows.

Way of life

The moths fly in several generations throughout the year. They like to suck on flowers, for example on lantana ( Lantana ). The caterpillars feed on the leaves of cabbage ( Brassica ), caper bushes ( Capparis ), Crateva and Cleomaceae . During the preparation of a protein profile was in the wings of Hebomoia glaucippe the presence of Glacontryphan-M , a peptide toxin , which is also in the cone snails counting (Conidae) genus Conus was found found. The poison acts as a defense against various predators, including ants, praying mantises, spiders, lizards, frogs and birds.

Taxonomy

The following subspecies are currently known.

  • Hebomoia glaucippe aishines ( Fruhstorfer , 1911) Polillo
  • Hebomoia glaucippe anaxandra Fruhstorfer , 1910 Kalao
  • Hebomoia glaucippe anomala Pendlebury , 1939 Pulau Aur
  • Hebomoia glaucippe aturia Fruhstorfer , 1910 Southern Burma, Thailand , Malaysia , Singapore
  • Hebomoia glaucippe aurantiaca Fruhstorfer , 1903 Obi
  • Hebomoia glaucippe australis Butler , 1898 South India
  • Hebomoia glaucippe boholensis ( Fruhstorfer , 1911) Bohol
  • Hebomoia glaucippe borneensis ( Wallace , 1863) Borneo
  • Hebomoia glaucippe celebensis ( Wallace , 1863) Sulawesi , Talaud Islands , Selayar , Kalao , Jampea , Buton , Banggai
  • Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer , 1907 Sri Lanka
  • Hebomoia glaucippe chewi Morita , 2006
  • Hebomoia glaucippe cincia Fruhstorfer , 1910
  • Hebomoia glaucippe cuyonicola Fruhstorfer , 1907 Cuyo Archipelago
  • Hebomoia glaucippe domoranensis Fruhstorfer , 1911 Domoran
  • Hebomoia glaucippe remembera Fruhstorfer , 1910 Mindanao
  • Hebomoia glaucippe felderi ( Vollenhoven , 1865) Morotai , Halmahera
  • Hebomoia glaucippe flavomarginata page engraver , 1896 Sumatra
  • Hebomoia glaucippe formosana Fruhstorfer , 1908 Taiwan
  • Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe ( Linnaeus , 1758) North India, China , Hainan
  • Hebomoia glaucippe iliaca ( Fruhstorfer , 1911) Camiguin
  • Hebomoia glaucippe javanensis ( Wallace , 1863) Java
  • Hebomoia glaucippe liukiuensis Fruhstorfer , 1898 Japan
  • Hebomoia glaucippe lombockiana Butler , 1878 Lombok
  • Hebomoia glaucippe mindorensis Frustorfer , 1911 Mindoro
  • Hebomoia glaucippe palawensis Frustorfer , 1907 Palawan
  • Hebomoia glaucippe philippensis ( Wallace , 1863) Philippines
  • Hebomoia glaucippe reducta Fruhstorfer , 1907 Polillo Island
  • Hebomoia glaucippe roepstorffi Wood-Mason , 1880 Andaman
  • Hebomoia glaucippe sangirica Fruhstorfer , 1911 Sangihe Islands
  • Hebomoia glaucippe shirozui Kurosawa & Omoto , 1955 Japan
  • Hebomoia glaucippe sulaensis Fruhstorfer , 1907 Sula Islands
  • Hebomoia glaucippe sulphurea ( Wallace , 1863) Bacan Islands
  • Hebomoia glaucippe sumatrana Hagen , 1890 Sumatra
  • Hebomoia glaucippe theia Nishimura , 1987
  • Hebomoia glaucippe timorensis ( Wallace , 1863) Timor
  • Hebomoia glaucippe uedai Morita , 1996 Banggai
  • Hebomoia glaucippe vossi ( Maitland , 1859) Nias

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Mythica
  2. ^ India Diversity Portal
  3. ↑ Narkhyun Bae, Lin Li, Martin Lödl and Gert Lubec: Peptide toxin glacontryphan-M is present in the wings of the butterfly Hebomoia glaucippe (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). , PNAS, 2012, 109 (44), doi : 10.1073 / pnas.1209632109
  4. ↑ Markku Savela: Tanaecia Butler (1869) - distribution. In: Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .

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