Butterflies from Kenya
by Regitze Enoksen
first update d. 7 february 2022
last update d. 11 march 2022
Squinting Bush Brown, Bicyclus
anynana (Butler, 1879) and African
Apefly, Spalgis lemolea (Druce, 1890).
Nairobi, Kenya february 2022. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
Abyssinian Admiral, Vanessa
abyssinica (Felder & Felder, 1867).
Naivasha national park, Kenya february 7, 2022. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
| Abyssinian
Admiral, Vanessa
abyssinica (Felder
& Felder, 1867) which looks like our european red admiral. Distribution: found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: Mountain forests. Foodplant: The larvae feed on Maasai Nettle, Urtica massacica and Stinging Nettle Tree, Obetia pinnatifida. |
| Mimic, Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764) female. Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio february, 2022. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen |
Mimic, Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764) male. Masai Mara Wildlife Reserves, SW Kenya medio february, 2022. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen |
Wandering Donkey Acraea, Acraea
neobule (Doubleday 1847).
Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio february,
2022.
Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
African
Migrant, Catopsilia
florella (Fabricius, 1775) male.
Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio february, 2022. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
African
Common White or African Caper, Belenois
creona (Cramer, 1776) female.
Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio february, 2022. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
Jeannel's
Blue, Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935).
Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio february, 2022. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
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Butterflies from Uganda
by Regitze Enoksen
first update d. 18 december 2017
last update d. 18 december 2017
Citrus Swallowtail, Papilio demodocus (Esper, 1798). Uganda november 28, 2017. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
Striped Policeman, Coeliades
forestan (Stoll, 1782) and African
Apefly, Spalgis lemolea (Druce, 1890).
Uganda november 19, 2017. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
African Grass Blue, Zizeeria knysna (Stoll, 1790). Uganda november 22, 2017. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
Darker Commodore, Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850) and Little
Pansy, Junonia
sophia (Fabricius,
1793).
Uganda november 23, 2017. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
Blue Pansy, Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758). Uganda november 28, 2017. Photographer: Regitze Enoksen
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Stealth
d. 27 november 2018
Common Emporer, Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1870). Shangri La-estate, Karatu, Tanzania d. 5 november 2018. Fotograf; Christian Kelsen
| At de fleste
natsværmere kan høre flagermus ekkolokation/
biologisk sonar er kendt, hvor de fleste ugler, Noctuidae lader sig falde ned som døde
blade når de høre flagermus. At flere tigerspinder, Erebidae klikker tilbage advarsels lyde som værn imod flagermus opdagede man i 2016. Og at aftensværmere, Sphingidae jammer flagermus lyd opdagede man for nyligt. Men at flere spindere som natpåfugleøjer, Saturniidae ved deres skæl's form og struktur på vinger og krop skaber et akustisk kamuflage /stealth som værn imod flagermus. Det var da spændende nyt. Forskere som Thomas Neil fra University of Bristol i UK
studerer, hvordan natsværmere har udviklet
passive forsvar over millioner af år for at
modstå deres primære rovdyr flagermus. |
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