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The Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) is a large butterfly that belongs to the swallowtail family and is found in southern Asia. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.
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Agam room in national center for art and culture Georges Pompidou. France. Paris
For the Elysee Palace in Paris, with the request of President Georges Pompidou Yaacov Agam created in 1972 a whole environmental of the Salon with the walls covered with polymorphic murals of changing images a kinetic ceiling, moving transparent colored doors and a kinetic carpet on which he placed a sculpture. This was subsequently transferred to the Pompidou centre in Paris.
The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern CanadaThe red-tailed hawk occupies a wide range of habitats and altitudes including deserts, grasslands, coniferous and deciduous forests, agricultural fields and urban areas. Its latitudinal limits fall around the tree line in the Arctic and the species is absent from the high Arctic. It is legally protected in Canada, Mexico .The 14 recognized subspecies vary in appearance and range, varying most often in color, and in the west of North America, red-tails are particularly often strongly polymorphic, with individuals ranging from almost white to nearly all black. The diet of red-tailed hawks is highly variable and reflects their status as opportunistic generalist, but in North America, it is most often a predator of small mammals such as rodents.
www.bing.com/images/search?q=hognose+snake&id=D164DA4... These snakes are polymorphic. They will mimic the deadliest or the most dangerous snake in the region where they live. ( thus the link pictures ) The one I grabbed a photo of wants me to beleive he is a water moccasin ( we do have them and rattle snakes ). We also have some who's bite will not kill but you will regret being bit and I bet you won't forget it. This one was being very aggressive, he lunged at me several times and hissed up a storm while doing his best Cobra impersonation. You will find these through out the eastern half of the US and Canada They are harmless. Had this guy been one of the nastier ones we have around here i would not have gotten as close as I did. ( around a foot and a half ) because they will lunge to bite you. I would have been 7 to 10 feet away in that case..
The Doris longwing (Heliconius doris) is a pretty species - but it is also polymorphic, ie its appearance is variable as it and other species mimic each other.
In fact, I am not 100% certain that this is a Doris, but it should be.
Part 1 (more closely cropped) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53224388640/
The variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) is a species of wader in the family Haematopodidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The Maori name is torea-pango.[2] They are also known as 'red bills'.[3]
"Variable" refers to the frontal plumage, which ranges from pied through mottled to all black. They are polymorphic meaning they have different genetic variants.[4] Blacker birds are more common in the south. All Stewart Island variable oystercatchers are black. They have pink legs, an orange eye ring and red beaks. They are often seen in pairs on the coast all around New Zealand.
They are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their entire life cycle. Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over long distances. Many butterflies are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, including wasps, protozoans, flies, and other invertebrates, or are preyed upon by other organisms. 6420
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Agam room in national center for art and culture Georges Pompidou. France. Paris
For the Elysee Palace in Paris, with the request of President Georges Pompidou Yaacov Agam created in 1972 a whole environmental of the Salon with the walls covered with polymorphic murals of changing images a kinetic ceiling, moving transparent colored doors and a kinetic carpet on which he placed a sculpture. This was subsequently transferred to the Pompidou centre in Paris.
Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.
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Many tropical butterflies are polymorphic, ie they have a variable appearance and imitate other species to piggyback on them being unpalatable and similar.
The Doris longwing (Heliconius doris) is one of those and can have different coloured markings.
This particular one has (as seen here) thin red markings on the ventral side of the wings - and then blue-purpleish ones on the dorsal side which makes them look like two different species depending on which side you see.
For a different form, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53678091564/
Sphingidae larvae (hawk moths, sphinx moths, hummingbird moths or hornworms) are readily recognisable (in most cases) owing to a rear horn or button. In many instances, they are polymorphic, occurring typically in green and brown forms, but also yellows and reds. Many species exhibit eyespot and predator mimicry defensive strategies.
Collage images from Pu'er, Yunnan, China
see comments for corresponding Sphingid moth collage...
Installation by Maurizio Cattelan at Bourse du Commerce - Pinault Collection | Paris
A polymorphic artist, sculptor, performer, editor and programmer, Maurizio Cattelan has made a name for himself, thanks to a production whose spectacular forms highlight the contradictions of contemporary society. Others (2011), the disturbing squadron of stuffed pigeons, posted on the interior balconies of the third floor of the Bourse de Commerce is a perfect example: “more real than real life”, these motionless creatures arouse a mixture of surprised bemusement and “strange anxiety”. They are stationed there like an alert, a sign of something potentially sinister to come. Yet, their presence is already slightly unnerving.
If he weren’t already a major player on the contemporary art scene, Maurizio Cattelan, adept at paradox, provocation and savage irony, could pass himself off as an artist on the fringes and with a good dose of humour to boot! Born in Padua in 1960, he lives and works between Milan and New York.
Source: www.pinaultcollection.com/en/boursedecommerce/situ-works
Species #1669
The Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) is a polymorphic species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
It is widespread and often common in open habitats in western and southern South America, including the Falkland Islands. Its taxonomy is disputed, with some splitting it into the widespread red-backed hawk (G. polyosoma) and the Puna hawk or Gurney's hawk (G. poecilochrous) of the central and north Andean highlands, but the differences between the two are unclear. Most recent authorities have supported the lumping together of the two hawks although the issue still is controversial.[3][4] On the contrary, the rare taxon from the Juan Fernández Islands is relatively distinctive, and possibly worthy of species recognition as the Juan Fernández hawk (B. exsul).[5] In this article and most current accounts, the three races are regarded as subspecies.
Pebble Island, Falklands, UK.
The lesser goldfinch or dark-backed goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a very small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American goldfinch and Lawrence's goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Spinus sensu stricto.
The American goldfinches can be distinguished by the males having a black (rarely green) forehead, whereas the latter is (like the rest of the face) red or yellow in the European goldfinch and its relatives. North American males are markedly polymorphic and 5 subspecies are often named; at least 2 of them seem to represent a less-progressed stage in evolution however.
This petite species is not only the smallest North American Spinus finch, it may be the smallest true finch in the world.Some sources list more subtropical Spinus species as slightly smaller on average, including the Andean siskin. This species ranges from 9 to 12 cm (3.5 to 4.7 in) in length and can weigh from 8 to 11.5 g (0.28 to 0.41 oz).Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 5.5 to 7 cm (2.2 to 2.8 in), the tail is 3.9 to 4.7 cm (1.5 to 1.9 in), the bill is 0.9 to 1.1 cm (0.35 to 0.43 in) and the tarsus is 1.1 to 1.2 cm (0.43 to 0.47 in).[4] There is a slight NW-SE cline in size, with the largest birds from Mexico and south being up to one-fifth larger than the smallest from the extreme NW of its range; this effect is more pronounced in females. There is also considerable variation in the amount of black on head and back in males, and thus three subspecies have been proposed. But this variation too seem to be simple and clinal changes in allele frequency, and thus the "subspecies" might be better considered morphs or geographical forms.
Males are easily recognized by their bright yellow underparts and big white patches in the tail (outer rectrices) and on the wings (the base of the primaries). They range from having solid black from the back to the upper head including the ear-coverts to having these regions medium green; each of the back, crown and ear regions varies in darkness rather independently though as a rule the ears are not darker than the rest. In most of the range dark psaltria birds (Arkansas goldfinch) predominate. The light birds are termed hesperophilus and are most common in the far western U.S. and northwestern Mexico.
Los Angeles. California.
NE Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon (January 8th, 2020). 33. Suburban backyard.
Feeding with Song Sparrows and juncos on my back lawn this afternoon. The tan-striped version of this polymorphic species.
Another shot of the same individual--
www.flickr.com/photos/fugl/49354797642/in/photostream/
Other photos of New World sparrows--
They are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their entire life cycle. Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over long distances. Many butterflies are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, including wasps, protozoans, flies, and other invertebrates, or are preyed upon by other organisms. 4127
This beauty which was temporarily resting on the ground at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden is a female common mormon (Papilio polytes f. polytes) - as in the form polytes of the species polytes.
The females of this species are polymorphic and mimic other, unpalatable species. This one makes a fairly good impression of the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae), a beautiful species which I haven't photographed.
There is also a colour form which looks just like the males so here is a shot which I am unable to tell if it is a male or female: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52907390990/
POLYMORPHIC SUMMARIES / THE FINAL / CHRISTELLE GEISER & AEON VON ZARK / NAKED EYE PROJECT BIENNE / ALTERED STATE SERIE / THE WEIRD DREAM / PORTRAIT.
They are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their entire life cycle. Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over long distances. Many butterflies are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, including wasps, protozoans, flies, and other invertebrates, or are preyed upon by other organisms. 4130
Many tropical butterflies are polymorphic, ie they have a variable appearance and imitate other species to piggyback on them being unpalatable and similar.
The Doris longwing (Heliconius doris) is one of those and can have different coloured markings.
This particular one has (as seen here) thin red markings on the ventral side of the wings - and then blue-purpleish ones on the dorsal side which makes them look like two different species depending on which side you see.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53696732845/
Another shot of it here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54210414404/
For a different form, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53678091564/
The Doris longwing (Heliconius doris) is a pretty species - but it is also polymorphic, ie its appearance is variable as it and other species mimic each other.
In fact, I am not 100% certain that this is a Doris, but it should be.
Several male Bluets are so similar that it difficult to ID them in the field. It's easier in the field when they are coupled like this... the females show many more discriminating features than the largely similar males. The females are polymorphic: either brown or blue. I have found the blue females like this one to be more rare in this area.
IMG_8834; Boreal Bluets
NE Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon (January 8th, 2020). 56. Suburban backyard.
Feeding with Song Sparrows and juncos on my back lawn this afternoon. The tan-striped version of this polymorphic species.
Another view of the same individual--
www.flickr.com/photos/fugl/49365057892/in/dateposted/
Other photos of New World sparrows--
A new Limacodid caterpillar species record to add to the local collection (now over 80 in number). You can see the full collection in my Flickr GALLERY HERE.
Like other members of the Setora genus (you will know them from my photostream as the Devils, the Clown and the Jester), this species is polymorphic, occurring with base colours ranging from yellow to green, orange to scarlet. The teal markings on the dorsum and sides, however, are a constant, so in keeping with tradition (even though this is a known, identified species), a nickname has been allocated - Cerulean.
"Cerulean is a range of colours from teal-blue, sky-blue, bright blue, or azure to deep cyan. The word cerulean comes from the Latin word caeruleum, which means "sky" or "heavens". This was in turn from Latin caeruleus deep blue: resembling the blue of the sky."
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
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This is Amazonite and Smoky Quartz from White Cap Pocket, Smoky Hawk Claim, Teller Co., Colorado at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show.
www.mindat.org/loc-158899.html
A gemstone(semiprecious)-specimen occurrence/claim. The claim is currently (2021) being mined by Joe Dorris of Pinnacle 5 Minerals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonite
Amazonite, also known as amazonstone,[4] is a green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline.[4][5][6] Its chemical formula is KAlSi3O8,[1][7] which is polymorphic to orthoclase.
Its name is taken from that of the Amazon River, from which green stones were formerly obtained, though it is unknown whether those stones were amazonite.[4] Although it has been used for jewellery for well over three thousand years, as attested by archaeological finds in Middle and New Kingdom Egypt[8] and Mesopotamia, no ancient or medieval authority mentions it. It was first described as a distinct mineral only in the 18th century.[9]
Green and greenish-blue varieties of potassium feldspars that are predominantly triclinic are designated as amazonite.[10] It has been described as a "beautiful crystallized variety of a bright verdigris-green"[11] and as possessing a "lively green colour".[4] It is occasionally cut and used as a gemstone.[12]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_quartz
Smoky quartz is a brownish grey, translucent variety of quartz that ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to an almost-opaque brownish-gray or black crystals.[6] The color of smoky quartz is produced when natural radiation, emitted from the surrounding rock, activates color centers around aluminum impurities within the crystalline quartz. [7]
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Every year the world-renowned Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase is like a time portal, a trip around the world, and a treasure hunt all rolled into one. Every winter, more than 65,000 guests from around the globe descend upon Tucson, AZ, to buy, sell, trade, and bear witness to rare and enchanting gems, minerals, and fossils at more than 50 gem show locations across the city. If you're planning a winter visit to Tucson, you won't want to miss this three-week-long event filled with shows, related events, a free day at the gem & mineral museum, and much, much more!
"Whether you’re looking for a $5 shimmering crystal necklace or a show-stopping $200,000 crystallized rock from an exotic location, the Tucson Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Shows have something for everyone.
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The Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) is a large butterfly that belongs to the swallowtail family and is found in south-east Asia. It is widely distributed. This butterfly flies up to 2,100 m, but is most common at low elevations. It usually flies 2 - 4 m above the ground.
It is found in forest clearings. It is very common and is also seen amongst human habitation.
The wingspan is 12 - 15 cm and the basic colour is black.
The Great Mormon has thirteen subspecies. It has four male and many female forms. The females being highly polymorphic and many of them being mimics of unpalatable butterflies.
The butterfly in the picture is a female Great Mormon, form alcanor. This picture is taken in the indoor butterfly garden of De Passiflorahoeve in Harskamp, the Netherlands.
De Papilio memnon (Engelse naam: Great Mormon. In Nederland wordt de vlinder soms Zwarte Page genoemd) is een grote dagvlinder uit de familie Papilionidae, de grote pages.
Het verspreidingsgebeid beslaat een groot deel van zuidoost Azië. Deze page vliegt tot een hoogte van circa 2100 meter, maar komt het meest voor bij lage hoogtes. Hij vliegt meestal 2 - 4 m boven de grond. De soort wordt vooral aangetroffen in open plekken in bossen, maar ook bij menselijke bewoning.
De vleugelspanwijdte is 12 à 15 cm en de basiskleur van de mannetjes is meestal zwart. Alleen de vrouwtjes zijn gesierd met (zwaluw)staartjes aan de vleugels.
Er zijn dertien ondersoorten, daarnaast vier mannelijke vormen en circa 20 vrouwelijke vormen.
Soms nemen vrouwtjes enigszins het uiterlijk en de kleuren van andere, vaak onverteerbare vlinders aan. Die imiteren ze dus. De soms gebruikte Nederlandse naam Zwarte Page is daarom niet zo toepasselijk. Alleen de mannetjes zijn zwart. Ook zijn er andere pagesoorten die zwart of bijna volledig zwart zijn.
Deze foto is gemaakt in de overdekte tropische vlindertuin van zorgboerderij De Passiflorahoeve bij Harskamp op de Veluwe tussen Ede en Apeldoorn.
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The tawny eagle is considered to appear "inelegant, scruffy-looking" but has a fairly characteristic aquiline silhouette. The species has a fairly long neck and long deep bill with a gape line level with the eye, moderately long wings with fairly pronounced "fingers" and a slightly rounded to almost square-ended and shortish tail, which can be more reminiscent of the tail of a vulture than that of other eagles. The feathering on the legs is extensive and can appear almost baggy-looking.
The bill and head are strong and bold, the body well-proportioned and feet are powerful while the countenance is quite fierce-looking. While perching, the tawny eagle tends to sit rather upright, often on stumps, posts, low trees or treetops for long periods of the day or may descend to the ground to walk somewhat unsteadily with a more horizontal posture. The wingtips when perched are roughly even with the tip of the tail. Adults have variably colored eyes, ranging from yellow to pale brown to yellow brown, while those of juveniles are dark brown. Both the cere and feet are yellow at all ages.
The tawny eagle is polymorphic with considerable individual variation in plumage, resulting in occasional disparities in plumages that can engender confusion in some. In adulthood, they can vary in coloration from all dark grey-brown to an occasionally streaky (or more plain) foxy-rufous to buffish-yellow. Most adults are usually a general grey-brown or rufous-tawny color, with occasional pale spotting visible at close quarters on the nape and belly, coverts uniformly toned as the body.
The nape is consistently dark and uniform despite the feathers often being tipped paler with other feathers in adults, lacking the contrasting paler feathers often seen in other Aquila. Females, in addition to being slightly larger, may tend to be slightly darker and more streaked than the males. The most blackish-brown individuals tend to occur in India.v
Adults often show relatively little varying colors apart from their somewhat blacker wing and tail feathers, though when freshly molted great wing coverts and secondaries may show small pale tips which may form pale lines along closed wing has tawny upper parts and blackish flight feathers and tail.
The head is often similarly tawny in colour as the body but may also sometimes shows darker eyebrows, other thin brown streaks or a darker chin. Meanwhile, the tail is plain or obscurely dark barred (with around 7 subtle bands). The dark morph adult is essentially all dark, dull brown.
Some dark morph tawny eagles with wear may show irregular streaking or molting browns and more blackish feathers Intermediate morph are dark to rufous brown above with the mantle and wing coverts variably streaked or molted lighter rufous as is the head with the crown or crown-sides being paler. The intermediate morph's underside is largely rufous (especially farther south in Africa) with breast and flanks very heavily and broadly streaked dark brown, though at times appears all dark brown contrasting with plain trousers and crissum.
Pale morph adult tawny eagles always show a clear contrast between the pale body and wing coverts which bear darker flight feathers and tail. In pale morphs, the underparts are rufous buff to lighty tawny-brown, phasing into somewhat darker lesser and median wing coverts to darker brown to even blackish greater coverts and flight feathers.
The head may too be tawny in pale morph tawny eagles but sometimes with thin brown streaks or darker chin. Below pale morph adults are all light rufous to tawny buff or brown, sometimes paler below the belly area. In worn individuals the bodily feathers of pale morph tawny eagles can appear almost whitish.
Dark morph juvenile tawny eagles are generally light rufous to rufous brown with creamier lower back to upper tail coverts. Juveniles show thinly pale-tipped dark brown greater coverts and remiges while the tail is barred grey and brown usually with a narrow creamy tip. Dark morph juveniles may fade to pale buff or creamy often before molting into browner plumage.
Subsequent stages are not as well-known but it appears dark morph subadults gradually manifest a darker brown or rufous brown color on the mantle, as well as on the head and upper breast while maintaining a buffish rear body (i.e. lower back and rump patch). Generally other morphs are similar but not as well-known and are perhaps individually inconsistent. Many are rufous or sandy after a molt but have mottling later on, the extent of pale feathers indicative perhaps of their ultimate adult morph.
This image was taken in the Tvaso East National Park in Kenya
Innenpark. Bonifatius-Felsen. Felsen am Bonifatiusweg,
Inner Park. Boniface Rock. Rock on the Boniface-Way
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. pachyrachis (Christ) Lovis et Reichst.
Willdenowia 10: 18. 1980.
Asplenium trichomanes sublus. pachyrachis Christ
Farnkr. Schweiz 1 (2): 92. 1900.
Asplenium csikii Kümmerle & András.
Magyar Bot. Lapok 17. 110. 1919 (nomen), 20. 3, fig. 1923
Asplenium pachyrhachis Landolt
Fl. Indicativa 268 2010.
Seestern-Braunschwarz-Streifenfarn, Dickstieliger Braunstieliger Streifenfarn, Dickstieliger Brauner Streifenfarn
Lobed Maidenhair Spleenwort
Anmerkung:
Die Asplenium trichomanes Gruppe, ist ein sehr polymorpher, taxonomisch kritischer Spezieskomplex! Die Evolutionsgeschichte und Beziehungen zwischen den Taxa in dieser Gruppe wurden intensiv untersucht. Allerdings sind morphologische Variation und die Verteilung dieser Taxa unzureichend bekannt, da sie in der lokalen Floren oder Checklisten häufig nicht vorkommen. Die Gründe für die Vernachlässigung der Taxa innerhalb der Asplenium trichomanes Gruppe sind der Mangel an diagnostischen morphologische Merkmalen, das häufige gemeinsame Auftreten an ihren Standorten, sowie die Hybridisierung unter den Taxa. Die Asplenium trichomanes Gruppe umfasst zytologisch und ökologisch unterschiedliche Taxa mit fast weltweiter Verbreitung, die offenbar noch aktiv in der Entwicklung sind (L. Ekrt & M. Štech, 2008).
Annotation:
The Asplenium trichomanes group is a very polymorphic, taxonomically critical species complex! The evolutionary history and relationships between the taxa in this group have been extensively studied. However, morphological variation and distribution of these taxa are poorly understood because they are often absent in local floras or checklists. The reasons for the neglect of the taxa within the Asplenium trichomanes group are the lack of diagnostic morphological features, the frequent common occurrence at their sites, as well as the hybridization among the taxa. The Asplenium trichomanes group includes cytologically and ecologically diverse taxa with almost worldwide distribution, which apparently are still active in development (L. Ekrt & M. Štech, 2008).
Rambur's forktail (Ischnura ramburii) is a widespread damselfly found throughout the Americas, known for its polymorphic females and green-and-blue males. Males are typically green with blue on the rear abdominal segments, while females exhibit three color forms: orange, olive, or a male-like appearance. This adaptable species inhabits various wetland habitats, including ponds, marshes, and slow streams, and is a common predator of small flying insects
Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) in the top of a Tussoc Grass mound. Image taken on Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands. This hawk has many color phases hence the term polymorphic is used to describe this raptor.
Heliconius doris, the Doris longwing or Doris, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is known for being a polymorphic species which participates in various Müllerian mimicry rings throughout Central America and the Amazon rainforest. It is a species of special interest in biological science for the genetic basis and role of polymorphism (biology) in ecology and evolution.
It is commonly found from sea level up to altitudes of 1,200m in forest clearings. The larvae primarily feed on granadilla species. Adults feed on nectar from Lantana flowers, with the females also collecting pollen from Psiguria and Psychotria flowers.
Seen in the butterfly house of the excellent Horniman Museum in south London.
This beauty which was temporarily resting on the ground at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden is a female common mormon (Papilio polytes f. polytes) - as in the form polytes of the species polytes.
The females of this species are polymorphic and mimic other, unpalatable species. This one makes a fairly good impression of the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae), a beautiful species which I haven't photographed.
Part 1 shows the wing colouration better here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53593612199/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53938375125/
There is also a colour form which looks just like the males so here is a shot which I am unable to tell if it is a male or female: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52907390990/
White - faced Scops Owl - Suffolk Owl Sanctuary, Stonham Barns, Suffolk, England - Monday April Thirteenth 2009.
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Well, for those interested I was beaten by a blinking snail in the BBC photography competition yesterday...I spend ages capturing the perfect moment when a gull is millie seconds from hitting the water, requiring awesome timing and luck as well as perfect focusing from distance....when it would appear, all I had to do was go into the garden and find a slow moving snail...Hmmmm!!!...There's noooooooo justice in the Universe, moi sour grapes...you bettcha....lol
Mind you, it's the other people who entered images I feel sorry for, because there were thousands of better shots then the one that won...I demand a recount..lol
Anyhoo, that's enough of my bitterness..lol...the sun is shining, the sky is blue...so I am going to make the most of the good weather and head off into Richmond Park today, maybe I'll see some Red Deer...who knows...wish me luck..:)
Oh..and despite the title of this image, I was told at the Raptor display, that Owls are in fact very stupid..lol...they have very small brains and can't do much more then be very good at flying and catching food...apart from that, I wouldn't recommend you getting them to do your taxes...lol
OK...I hope everybody has a wonderfully sunny weekend wherever you may be
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ Scops-owls are Strigidae (typical owls) belong to the genus Otus. Approximately 45 living species are known, but new ones are frequently recognized and unknown ones are still being discovered every few years or so, especially in Indonesia. For most of the 20th century, this genus included the American screech-owls which are now again separated in Megascops based on a range of behavioral, biogeographical, morphological and DNA sequence data.
Scops-owls in the modern sense are restricted to the Old World, except for a single North American species - the Flammulated Owl - that is only provisionally placed here and is likely to be moved out of Otus eventually. See below for details.
As usual for owls, female scops-owls are usually larger than the males of their species, with owls of both sexes being compact in size and shape. All of the birds in this genus are small and agile. Scops-owls are colored in various brownish hues, sometimes with a lighter underside and/or face, which helps to camouflage them against the bark of trees. Some are polymorphic, occurring in a greyish- and a reddish-brown morph.
Ecology and behaviour ~ Scops-owls hunt from perches in semi-open landscapes. They prefer areas which contain old trees with hollows; these are home to their prey which includes insects, reptiles, small mammals such as bats and mice and other small birds. The owls will also eat earthworms, amphibians and aquatic invertebrates. Scops-owls have a good sense of hearing which helps them locate their prey in any habitat. They also possess well-developed raptorial claws and a curved bill, both of which are used for tearing their prey into pieces small enough to swallow easily.
Scops-owls are primarily solitary birds. Most species lay and incubate their eggs in a cavity nest which was previously made by another animal. During the incubation period, the male will feed the female. These birds are monogamous, with biparental care, and only fledge one young per year. The young of most scops-owls are altricial to semialtricial.
As opposed to screech-owls, scops-owls have only a single type of call. This consists of a series of whistles or high-pitched hoots, given with a frequency of 4 calls per second or less, or of a single, drawn-out whistle. Calls differ widely between species in type and pitch, and in the field are often the first indication of these birds' presence, as well as the most reliable means to distinguish between species. Some, like the recently-described Serendib Scops-owl (Otus thilohoffmanni), were discovered because their vocalizations were unfamiliar to experts in bird-calls.
Taxonomy and systematics ~ A well-camouflaged African Scops-owl, Otus senegalensisDue to a nomenclatorial dispute, the generic name Scops is not used by either the scops- or the screech-owls (which when only a few species were known were placed together), nor by any other animal. In 1760, Mathurin Jacques Brisson had established the genus Scopus for the hammerkop, a peculiar African bird. Paul Möhring in 1758 had already used the name Scops for this bird however, and believing this name to be valid Morten Thrane Brünnich replaced Scopus with it in 1772. The scops- and screech-owls, which were placed in Otus by Thomas Pennant in 1769 (as he too believed that Moehring's Scops was valid) were moved to Scops by Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809. Lorenz Oken in 1817 changed this to Scopus, also under the impression that Scops was the older name for the hammerkop, and valid.
However, the names established by Moehring pre-date the official start date of Linnean nomenclature in zoology as regulated by the ICZN, which is December 31, 1758 - the last day of the year in which the 10th edition of Linné's Systema Naturae was published. Hence, Scopus as established by Brisson is indeed the valid generic name of the hammerkop, and the first valid use of Scops was in 1772 by Brünnich - which according to modern rules of zoological nomenclature was unjustified however, as the name he believed to be reinstating had never been technically valid in the first place.
Evolution ~ The evolutionary relationships of the scops- and screech-owls are not entirely clear. What is certain is that they are very closely related; they may be considered sister lineages which fill essentially the same ecological niche in their allopatric ranges. A screech-owl fossil from the Late Pliocene of Kansas - which is almost identical to Eastern and Western Screech-owls - indicate a long-standing presence of these birds in the Americas, while coeval scops-owl fossils very similar to the Eurasian Scops-owl have been found at S'Onix on the Spanish island Majorca. The scops-and-screech-owl lineage probably evolved at some time during the Miocene (like most other genera of typical owls), and the three (see below) modern lineages separated perhaps roughly 5 million years ago. Note that there is no reliable estimate of divergence time, as Otus and Megascops are osteologically very similar, as is to be expected from a group that has apparently conserved its ecomorphology since before its evolutionary radiation. As almost all scops- and screech-owls today, their common ancestor was in all probability already a small owl, with ear tufts and at least the upper tarsus ("leg") feathered.
However that may be, the hypothesis that the group evolved from Old World stock[5] is tentatively supported by cytochrome b sequence data.
Euplagia quadripunctaria, the Jersey tiger, or Spanish flag, is a diurnal moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761. The adult wingspan is 52–65 millimetres (2.0–2.6 in), and they fly from July to September, depending on the location.[1] They tend to fly close to hemp-agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum.[2] In most of their range, the aposematic adults have red underwings. In the northwest part of their range, the adults are polymorphic for underwing colour, being variously red, orange, or yellow.
The larvae (caterpillars) are polyphagous, feeding from September to May on nettles (Urtica), raspberries (Rubus),[3] dandelion (Taraxacum), white deadnettle (Lamium), ground-ivy (Glechoma), groundsel (Senecio), plantain (Plantago), borage (Borago), lettuce (Lactuca),[4] and hemp-agrimony (Eupratoria).[1] The insect overwinters as a small larva.[1]
Large groups of adults of subspecies E. q. rhodosensis can be found on occasion aestivating (sheltering from the summer heat) in Petaloudes, on Rhodes, in a place that has become known as the Valley of the Butterflies
A polymorphic virus begins its infection in an executable file designed to convert image files to different formats, which will create many new versions of the virus before it is completely corrupted.
Going for some techno-abstract concept. Also, The Journey will be continued soon, but I hope you enjoy this. Please C&C! :)
It is one of the most common large species of land snail in Europe. size: 18–25 mm
Cepaea nemoralis is highly polymorphic in shell colour and banding. The background colour of the shell varies along a continuum from brown through pink to yellow and sometimes almost white.Additionally the shells can be with or without dark bands. The bands vary in intensity of colour, in width and in number, from zero to five.
Many tropical butterflies are polymorphic, ie they have a variable appearance and imitate other species to piggyback on them being unpalatable and similar.
The Doris longwing (Heliconius doris) is one of those and can have different coloured markings.
This particular one has (as seen here) thin red markings on the ventral side of the wings - and then blue-purpleish ones on the dorsal side which makes them look like two different species depending on which side you see.
For a shot of the same specimen taken a little earlier, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53696732845/
For a different form, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53678091564/
The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern CanadaThe red-tailed hawk occupies a wide range of habitats and altitudes including deserts, grasslands, coniferous and deciduous forests, agricultural fields and urban areas. Its latitudinal limits fall around the tree line in the Arctic and the species is absent from the high Arctic. It is legally protected in Canada, Mexico .The 14 recognized subspecies vary in appearance and range, varying most often in color, and in the west of North America, red-tails are particularly often strongly polymorphic, with individuals ranging from almost white to nearly all black. The diet of red-tailed hawks is highly variable and reflects their status as opportunistic generalist, but in North America, it is most often a predator of small mammals such as rodents.
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Description: Stolas is a genus of tortoise beetles in the order Coleoptera, suborder Polyphaga, infraorder Cucujiformia, superfamily Chrysomeloidea, family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cassidinae and tribe Mesomphaliini. Sexual dimorphism is usually not present in this genus, with many species being polymorphic regarding the dorsal pattern. Adults of the genus Stolas feed on Asteraceae, Convolvulaceae and Cucurbitaceae. There are approximately 180 species of Stolas distributed in the neotropical zone, with many being present in Brazil, where this one was photographed.
Feeding type: Poliphytophagous. Feeds on some Asteraceae, Convolvulaceae and Cucurbitaceae.
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কালিম । Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) - Male
A common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. Seen round the year throughout India from plains up to 2000m. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous polymorphic forms of its females. These are as follows: cyrus, stichius, romulus.
While male Common Mormons are always non-mimetic, females may appear to be significantly different and closely mimic the colors and patterns of two unrelated locally abundant and toxic red- bodied Swallowtail butterflies. The Common Mormon female form "stichius" mimics the inedible Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae); while the Common Mormon female from "romulus" mimics the inedible Crimson Rose (Pachliopta hector).
Family: Papilionidae
Butterfly Garden, Garpanchakot Forest, Purulia District
Butterflies of Bengal, India
Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms. Its range includes north-eastern India (including Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland), Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (stragglers only), western, southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Nias, Batu, Simeulue, Bangka, Java, Kalimantan and the Lesser Sunda Islands).The butterfly is large with a 120 to 150 millimetres (4.7 to 5.9 in) span. It has four male and many female forms, the females being highly polymorphic and many of them being mimics of unpalatable butterflies. This species has been studied extensively for understanding the genetic basis for polymorphy and Batesian mimicry. As many as twenty-six female forms are reported
They are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their entire life cycle. Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over long distances. Many butterflies are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, including wasps, protozoans, flies, and other invertebrates, or are preyed upon by other organisms. 6446
Papillons en liberté 2016 / Jardin botanique de Montréal
Distribution : Amériques centrale et du Sud. Envergure des ailes : 7-8 cm. La zone colorée qui irradie vers le bord externe des ailes postérieures peut être rouge vif, orangée, vert d’eau, bleu poudre, ou tellement foncée qu’elle est à peine visible.
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Euplagia quadripunctaria, the Jersey tiger, or Spanish flag, is a diurnal moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761. The adult wingspan is 52-65 mm and they fly from July to September, depending on the location. They tend to fly close to hemp-agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum. In most of their range, the aposematic adults have red underwings. In the north-west part of their range, the adults are polymorphic for underwing colour, being variously red, orange, or yellow.
The hindwings are bright red across most of the range of the species, but in the north-west of the range the species is polymorphic, with red, orange, or yellow hindwings. The colour is part of the species' warning colouration (aposematism), signalling to possible predators that the species is distasteful, in its case protected by harmful chemicals. It is unusual for such warning signals to vary, as a single pattern is most likely to be an effective deterrent.
Aside from being frequent in the Channel Islands (whence its common name comes), this species was rarely seen in the British Isles in Victorian times. In 1903, it was described by William Forsell Kirby as "a great rarity in the South of England, except one locality in Devonshire". Since then however it has spread more widely in Devon and Cornwall, and became more frequent in southern England by 2014, especially on the Isle of Wight, in northern Kent, and south London. By 2019, it was widespread and common across southern England, and with scattered records north to the Midlands and East Anglia. The increase has continued since then, with a 78% increase between 2024–2025 alone, and consolidation in East Anglia, the Midlands, and into South Wales.
I saw this example sitting on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia), which has bright red-orange daisy-like petals and an orange-yellow centre. These plants are popular in gardens for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, and when seen in the Flower Gardens in the south-east corner of Greenwich Park in London, there were a large number of butterflies, bees and other insects around them.
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The Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) is a large butterfly that belongs to the swallowtail family and is found in southern Asia. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.
কালিম । Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) - Male on a mating dance display with a female (Form: romulus)
A common species of swallowtail butterfly (family: papilionidae) widely distributed across Asia. Seen round the year throughout India from plains up to 2000m. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous polymorphic forms of its females. These are as follows: cyrus, stichius, romulus.
Host Plant: Ixora coccinea; Rangan (রঙ্গন, Rugmini in Hindi, commonly known as the Jungle Geranium, Flame of the Woods, and Jungle Flame from Rubiaceae family) is an exotic bright red flower, bloom as a flower bunch comprises of lot of small red flowers at the top of branch. Each red flower has four petals and holds four yellow stamen(no filament) between the petals. Flower blooms more or less throughout the year, but best during the rainy season.
Tajpur Sea Beach, Bay of Bengal
Monsoon Images of Bengal, India
Sigma 150-600mm 5-6.3 DG HSM OS Contemporary plus Nikon D7000