Kukupu

Kukupu

Iphiclides podalirius, kukupu ti Aténa.

Klasifikasi ilmiah

Karajaan:	Animalia
Fila:	Arthropoda
Kelas:	Insecta
Ordo:	Lepidoptera
Divisi:	Rhopalocera

Families

Superfamily Hesperioidea:
- Hesperiidae
Superfamily Papilionoidea:

Kukupu nyaéta insékta hiber tina ordo Lepidoptera nu asup kana salah sahiji superfamili Hesperioidea jeung Papilionoidea (sakur kukupu lianna). Aya ogé ahli nu ngasupkeun kukupu kana superfamili Hedyloidea, ngengat Amérika. Loba pisan kukupu nu mibanda kelir nu ahéng sarta matak hélok. Nalik kacabak ku manusa, urang bakal ngarasakeun ayana tipung nu muruluk tina jangjang kukupu. Mun loba teuing nu murudulna, kamampuh hiberna bakal kaganggud. Masarakat nu ngoléksi atawa nalungtik kukupu (atawa ngenget/geget) disebutna lépidoptéris.

Opat hambalan daur hirup kukupu

Endog

Endog kukupu diwangun ku cangkang teuas nu disebut korion, lajeng handapeunana korion aya lapisan lilin ipis pikeun ngajaga kalembaban di jero endog. Tiap endog ngandung sababaraha liang nu ngamuara ka hiji lawang, disebutna mikropil; liang ieu dimaksudkeun sangkan spérma asup & ngabuahan endogna. Endog kukupu jeung ngengat ukuranana rupa-rupa gumantung spésiésna, tapi bentukna mah sarua lonyod.

Larva

Pupa

Kukupu

Kukupu Metalmark Lange

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Kukupu jeung skalana

Insékta nu geus aya dina hambalan sawawa sacara séksual disebut imago. Sakumaha Lepidoptera, kukupu mibanda opat jangjang nu dibungkus ku skala lalembut (tempo foto), tapi teu siga ngengat, jangjang hareup jeung tukangna teu sajangkar, antukna kamampuh hiberna leuwih hadé. Kukupu boga genep suku; larvana ogé boga genep suku (ngan katambahan ku sababarapa pasang suku semu). Sanggeus kaluar tina hambalan pupalna, kukupu can waka bisa hiber alatan jangjangna can mébér, narilep kénéh. Sangkan mébér, jangjangna téh kudu kaaliran heula getih sarta diangin-ainginkeun sangkan garing. Tah, dina mangsa ieu pisan kukupu téh gampang pisan jadi sasaran nu ngamangsa.

Klasifikasi

Panduan ngeunaan kukupu

Lepidoptera

Butterflies of North America, Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003)
Butterflies through Binoculars: The East, Jeffrey Glassberg (1999)
Butterflies through Binoculars: The West, Jeffrey Glassberg (2001)
A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies, Paul Opler (1994)
A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Paul Opler (1999)
Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths, Paul Opler (1994)
The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland ku Jim Asher (Editor), et al.
Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland ku Richard Lewington
Butterflies of Britain and Europe (Collins Wildlife Trust Guides) ku Michael Chinery
A Guide to Common Butterflies of Singapore ku Steven Néo Say Hian (Singapore Science Centre)
Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore ku W.A.Fleming. (Longman Malaysia)
Las Mariposas de Machu Picchu ku Gerardo Lamas (2003)

Rujukan

Butterfly, ti Wikipédia basa Inggris per 17 Séptémber 2005
Pyle, R. M. (1992) Handbook for Butterfly Watchers. Houghton Mifflin. Originally published, 1984. ISBN 0-395-61629-8
Heppner, J. B., 1998. Classification of Lepidoptera. Holarctic Lepidoptera, Suppl. 1.
Wahlberg, N., et al. (2005). Synergistic effects of combining morphological and molecular data in resolving the phylogeny of butterflies and skippers. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B (Biological Sciences), 272, 1577-1586.