Kamehameha butterfly

Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Vanessa
Species:	V. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5000 Species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world Vanessa is a Genus of brush-footed Butterflies. Many people are familiar with it as it has a near-global distribution and includes conspicuous tameamea

Binomial name

Vanessa tameamea
(Eschscholtz, 1878)

The Kamehameha butterfly (Vanessa tameamea) is one of the two species of butterfly native to Hawai‘i (the other is Udara blackburnii). Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz ( 1 November 1793 &ndash 19 May 1831) was a Baltic German Physician, Botanist, Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The Hawaiian name is pulelehua. The Hawaiian language (Hawaiian ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i) is an Austronesian language that takes its name from Hawai'i, the largest island in the tropical This is today a catch-all native term for all butterflies; its origin seems to be pulelo "to float" or "to undulate in the air" + lehua, a Metrosideros polymorpha flower: an animal that floats through the air, from one lehua to another. Metrosideros polymorpha ( ‘ōhi‘a lehua or lehua) is an evergreen Tree of the Myrtle family which is Alternatively, it is called lepelepe-o-Hina - roughly, "Hina's fringewing" - which is today also used for the introduced Monarch butterfly. The monarch ( Danaus plexippus) is a Milkweed butterfly ( Subfamily Danainae in the family Nymphalidae.

The caterpillars feed on Pipturus albidus (māmaki). Caterpillars are the Larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the Insect order comprising butterflies and Moths Mamaki is a Hawaiian Herbal Tea grown in remote areas throughout the Hawaiian islands

It is named after the royal House of Kamehameha; the last king of this lineage, Kamehameha V, had died in 1872, a short time before this species was described. The House of Kamehameha (Hale O Kamehameha, or the Kamehameha Dynasty, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i Kamehameha V — born as Lot Kapuāiwa — reigned as Monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i from 1863 to 1872 Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The specific name tameamea is an old-fashioned and partially wrong transcription of "Kamehameha". In zoological nomenclature a specific name or specific epithet is the second part (second name in the name of a Species (a Binomen) The Hawaiian language has no strict distinction between the voiceless alveolar plosive and voiceless velar plosive; use varies from island to island and today, "k" is used as the standard transliteration. The voiceless alveolar plosive is a type of Consonantal sound used in many spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The voiceless velar plosive is a type of Consonantal sound used in many spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The voiceless glottal transition "h" is distinct and should always be pronounced - for example, "aloha" is correct whereas "aloa" is a wrong pronunciation. The voiceless glottal transition, commonly called a " fricative " is a type of sound used in some spoken Languages which often behaves like a Aloha in the Hawaiian language means Affection, Love, Peace, Compassion

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