Skip to main content

Animalia: P

Home » Species encyclopedia » Animalia » P

Slim antenna parasitoid wasp (Palaeorhoptrocentrus tenuicornis)
Lipas (Panesthia angustipennis)
Common lascar (Pantoporia hordonia)
Great mormon swallowtail (Papilio memnon)
Confuse true limpet (Paralepetopsis variabilis)
Paramixogaster
Yuyu (Parathelphusa convexa)
Yellow-shelled semi-slug (Parmarion martensi)
Oriental honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Phaenocarpa
Ground-living birds (Phasianidae)
Alba moth (Phasmadigonis alba)
Hongkan phintella (Phintella hongkan)
River toad (Phrynoidis asper)
Phyllobates
Dragon tongue (Phyllodium elegans)
Green vestment mantis (Phyllothelys qingjinum)
Sweetpotato bug (Physomerus grossipes)
Enigmatic thread-legged bug (Ploiaria enigmatica)
Copaquilla moth (Plutella copaquillaensis)
Lerak paper wasp (Polistes tenebricosus)
Common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax)
Polyphrix
Seleb ant (Polyrhachis abdominalis)
Channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata)
Swampwatcher (Potamarcha congener)
Lesser dartr (Potanthus omaha)
Kangkang gunung (Prionolomia heros)
Large pro rotifer (Proales amplus)
Jian Huang parasitoid wasp (Proaphelinoides huangi)
Jonas Damzen lacewing (Proneuronema damzeni)
White Darwin wasp (Protoleptops nyeupe)
Fulvous flat (Pseudocoladenia dan)
Costa Rica false hydrothermal vent limpet (Pseudolepetodrilus costaricensis)
Huntsman spiders (Pseudopoda)
Nanji sea plume (Pseudopterogorgia nanjiensis)
Mangir fly (Ptecticus cingulatus)
Pteropera
Pterostichus
Water strider (Ptilomera tigrina)
Repens scale (Pulvinaria rhododendri)
Giant shield bug (Pycanum alternatum)
Khayu shield bug (Pycanum oculatum)
Sooty headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)

Popular Posts

Coromandel (Asystasia gangetica)

Coromandel ( Asystasia gangetica ) is a species of plants in Acanthaceae, perennials, vines and branching that are widely found on the edges of roads, shrubs and gardens, resistant to shade, used as fodder, especially cattle, goats and sheep, treatment, conservation of land and ornamental plants. A. gangetica has a height of 88-95 cm, rectangular-shaped stem, brownish green or purplish green, taproot and can emerge from branches. Petiole has a length of 0.5-6 cm. Ellipse-shaped leaves, unifoliate, green or dark green, arranged facing each other and do not have stipules. Leaves have a length of 8.5 cm, width 4.9 cm, area 69.42 cm3, length and width ratio is 1.8:1, heart-shaped base and taper front end, rough surface, flat edge, a main bone and 4 -6 lateral veins on each side. Coromandel produces flowers after 4 weeks to 2 months. Compound flowers, lined up on one side with a length of up to 25 cm. Flower stalks have a length of up to 3 mm. Trumpet type, white with a bottom stran...
Read more

Wild durian (Cullenia exarillata)

Wild durian ( Cullenia exarillata ) is a species of plant in the Malvaceae, a tall tree with smooth, greyish-white bark, peeling on older trees, a straight trunk, horizontal branches and often with a series of knob-like tubercles for flower and fruit attachment. C. exarillata has young branches and the underside of the leaves is covered with golden brown peltate or shield-like scales. The leaves are single, alternate, glabrous, glossy green on the upper side and covered with silvery or orange peltate scales on the underside. Hermaphroditic flowers are tubular and also covered with golden brown scales, 4-5 cm long and cream or reddish brown in color. Flowers have no petals, formed of tubular bracteoles and tubular calyxes, 5-lobed. Fruit is round, 10-13 cm in diameter, covered with thorns and clustered along the branches. Many seeds, reddish brown, 4-5 cm long and 2-3 cm wide. The seeds are enclosed by a fleshy, whitish aril. The fruit splits open when ripe and dries to release the s...
Read more

East Indian globe thistle (Sphaeranthus indicus)

Gorakhmundi or gorakh mundi or mundi buti ka phool or mundi booti ka phool or sembung delan or East Indian globe thistle ( Sphaeranthus indicus ) is a species of plant in Asteroideae, a perennial, multi-branched, strong fragrance with erect stems, winged and toothed wings, growing wild in rice fields forming colonies, dense open rugs in the tropics. S. indicus has alternating sitting leaves, oval, narrow at the base, toothed and serrated, 1-3 cm long and green. Leaves 2-7 cm long, 1-3 wide, broad and deep wings, continuing into a large bone in the center of the leaf to a sharp tip and several lateral veins. The flower is round, grows at the tip, has a large and long stalk, is purple in color, 8-15 mm in size, consists of many tiny flowers, green or red or purple and has pale purple stamens. Head ovate-ellipsoid and 12-15 mm long. Phyllaries are white and have purple crest. Female flowers have a corolla tube 2-2.5 mm long. The bisexual flowers are 2.3-3 mm long and the hardened pa...
Read more