Rose-ringed parakeet
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Psittacula
Species: P. krameri
The rose-ringed parakeet is sexually dimorphic.
The adult male sports a pink and black neck ring,[9] and the hen and immature birds of
both sexes either show no neck rings, or display shadow-like pale to dark grey neck
rings.
Both sexes have a distinctive green colour in the wild with a red beak and blue tail, [9] and
captive bred ringnecks have multiple colour mutations which include turquoise,
cinnamon, olive, white, blue, violet, grey and yellow.
Rose-ringed parakeets measure on average 40 cm (16 in) in length, including the
tail feathers, a large portion of their total length. Their average single-wing length is about
15 to 17.5 cm (5.9 to 6.9 in)
Since the 19th century, the rose-ringed parakeet has successfully colonised many other
countries. It breeds further north than any other parrot species.
It has established itself on a large scale in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Italy, and the UK.
One of the few parrot species that have successfully adapted to living in disturbed
habitats, it has withstood the onslaught of urbanisation and deforestation. As a popular
pet species, escaped birds have colonised a number of cities around the world, including
populations in Northern and Western Europe
Argiope keyserlingi
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family:Araneidae
Genus:Argiope
Species: A. keyserlingi
Argiope argentata belongs to the genus Argiope. As with all Argiope, there is
notable sexual dimorphism in regards to size, with the male being much smaller than the
female.
The average size of the female A. argentata is 12 millimeters, which is three times the
size of the average male.[3] UV-light reflects off of the top surface of their bodies.
This UV-reflectance may serve the same purpose as the UV-silk used to spin their webs:
to attract pollinating prey by imitating the characteristics of flowers.
The under-area of A. argentata has a dark-brown coloring, with a yellow stripe going
across it.[4] A. argentata has two sets of eyes: a primary set and a secondary set.
Argiope argentata are native to areas of Southern California. It is also found southwards
as far as Argentina and Chile.
As a spider that is attracted to dry and humid environments, it thrives on the prickly-
pear plants of Southern California.
Jamides celeno
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Jamides
Species: J. celeno
Male upperside has the ground colour pale bluish white. The forewing has the terminal
margin narrowly edged with black that broadens very slightly towards the apex of the
wing; the cilia are brownish black.[1]
The hindwing is uniformly coloured, except for an anteciliary black line faintly edged on
the inner side by a white line within which and touching it is a row of black spots, the
anterior spots very faint, the spot in interspace 2 large and well-defined, two geminate
(paired) spots in interspace 1 and a very small black lunular dot in interspace 1a; cilia
brown, white at the base in the interspaces.
jamides celeno, the common cerulean,[1] is a small butterfly found in Indomalayan
realm belonging to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first
described by Pieter Cramer in 1775
When full-fed just an inch in length, of a dull reddish-green colour,
thickly shagreened with minute white tubercles, scarcely, if at all, hairy; the head pale
ochraceous, entirely hidden beneath the second segment; the segments increasing in
width to about the fifth, the two anal segments slightly decreasing and above flattened
Of the usual Lycaenid shape, quite smooth, neither hairy nor pitted, pale ochreous
greenish, the upper portions of the abdominal segments darker, covered throughout with
coarse, rounded, blackish spots placed irregularly; a dorsal and a subdorsal series of
similar but larger spots or blotches placed regularly.
Rock dove
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
Species: C. livia
The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon (/ˈpɪdʒ.ən/ also /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪn/; Columba
livia) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).[3]: 624 In common
usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon", although this is the wild form of the
bird; the pigeons most familiar to people are the domesticated form of the wild rock dove.
The domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica, which includes about 1,000
different breeds) descended from this species. Escaped domestic pigeons have
increased the populations of feral pigeons around the world.[4]
Wild rock doves are pale grey with two black bars on each wing, whereas domestic
and feral pigeons vary in the colour and pattern of their plumage. Few differences are
seen between males and females; i.e they are not strongly sexually dimorphic.[5] The
species is generally monogamous, with two squabs (young) per brood. Both parents care
for the young for a time.[6]
Habitats include various open and semi-open environments where they are able
to forage on the ground. Cliffs and rock ledges are used for roosting and breeding in the
wild. Originating in Southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, pigeons have
become established in cities around the world. The species is abundant, with an
estimated population of 17 to 28 million feral and wild birds in Europe alone and up to
120 million worldwide
The adult of the nominate subspecies of the rock dove is 29 to 37 cm (11 to 15 in) long
with a 62 to 72 cm (24 to 28 in) wingspan.[19] Weight for wild or feral rock doves ranges
from 238–380 g (8.4–13.4 oz), though overfed domestic and semidomestic individuals
can exceed normal weights.
It has a dark bluish-grey head, neck, and chest with glossy yellowish, greenish, and
reddish-purple iridescence along its neck and wing feathers.
Matapa aria
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Matapa
Species: M. aria
Male and female chocolate brown.
Male. Upperside, pale brown; forewing with a short impressed comma-like grey streak
obliquely beneath the cell. Cilia yellowish white. Underside bright ferruginous brown.
Palpi ferruginous brown.
Female. Upperside dark chocolate brown without the impressed streak; cilia of hindwing
pale orange yellow. Underside bright ferruginous brown.[5]
The larvae feed on Bambusa striata, Ochlandra travancorica and Ochlandra scriptoria
Matapa aria, the common redeye is a butterfly belonging to the
family Hesperiidae found in India and Southeast Asia.
Common palmfly
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species: E. hypermnestra
As in some other species in the genus Elymnias, the common palmfly has a precostal
cell in the hindwings and a tuft of androconial scales on the dorsal discal cell of the
hindwings.
Some populations of this butterfly species are sexually dimorphic: males and females do
not look alike. In sexually dimorphic populations, males have black upperside forewings
with small blue patches and mimic Euploea species, while the females mimic butterfly
species of the genus Danaus.
Race undularis (Subhimalayas and Southeast Asia) male upperside blackish brown.
Forewing with a subterminal series of blue or sometimes slightly green elongate spots,
curving strongly inwards and getting more elongate opposite the apex, forming almost an
oblique bar up to the costa.
Race fraterna, Butler (Sri Lanka) is an insular representative of E. undularis. The male
differs on the upperside in the more or less complete absence of the subterminal and
preapical blue markings on the forewing; and in the broad terminal border of the hindwing
being of a much brighter, almost ochraceous chestnut.
On the underside the pale markings are somewhat restricted.
Elymnias hypermnestra, the common palmfly, is a species of satyrine butterfly found
in South and Southeast Asia.