{"id":3376,"date":"2013-01-19T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T01:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T17:12:37","slug":"the-butterfly-cicadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/the-butterfly-cicadas\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Butterfly Cicadas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cicadas belonging to the tribe <strong>Gaeanini<\/strong> (<strong>Ambragaeana<\/strong> sp., <strong>Gaeana<\/strong> sp., and <strong>Becquartina<\/strong> sp.)<sup>1<\/sup> are among the world&#8217;s most beautiful cicadas. These cicadas have broad, multicolored wings. Their wings beat slowly rather than vibrate quickly, allowing them to flutter like butterflies. Michel Boulard calls them &#8220;Butterfly Cicadas&#8221; <sup>2<\/sup>. Watch the video of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81BEPFAxwU8\">a Gaeana festiva in flight<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/81BEPFAxwU8?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Behold the beautiful &#8220;Butterfly Cicadas&#8221;:<\/p>\n<h3>Ambragaeana ambra<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cic0012ambragaeanaambra-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"ambragaeana ambra photo by Michel Chantraine\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cic0012ambragaeanaambra-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cic0012ambragaeanaambra.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>photo by Michel Chantraine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Brown forewings with white\/cream colored spots. Black hind wings with white\/cream colored spots\/markings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: Southeast Asia<\/p>\n<h3>Gaeana cheni<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0015gaeanacheni-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Gaeana cheni\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0015gaeanacheni-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0015gaeanacheni.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>photo by Michel Chantraine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Black\/Brown forewings with chartreuse\/yellow spots. Black and mint-green hind wings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: Southeast Asia<\/p>\n<h3>Callogaeana festiva<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0006gaeanafestivaor-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Callogaeana festiva festiva (orange)\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0006gaeanafestivaor-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0006gaeanafestivaor.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><small>Orange form of Gaeana festiva<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0006gaeanafestiva-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Callogaeana festiva\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0006gaeanafestiva-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0006gaeanafestiva.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><small>White form of Callogaeana festiva<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/g_festiva-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Callogaeana festiva festiva\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/g_festiva-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/g_festiva-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/g_festiva.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><small>Orange &#038; White form of Gaeana festiva<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/samsonso_photography\/482869932\/\">A photo of a living <strong>C. festiva<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Gaeana festiva come in an amazing variety of color variations. Colors include orange, yellow, white and pale green; fore and hind wings are often different colors as well. G. festiva, as Michel Boulard speculates, might be a periodical cicada, as it emerges in very large numbers <sup>2<\/sup>. They might he proto-periodical as well. <\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: India, Southeast Asia<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>Gaeana hageni<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pepper.kmnh.jp\/top\/index.php?sub=content&#038;contentid=902\">A photo of a <strong>Gaeana hageni<\/strong> specimen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Chartreuse-green forewings. White hind wings. No spots (unlike most Gaeana). <\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: Malayan Archipelago<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>Gaeana maculata<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T_0cVo7UZxo\">Video of a <strong>Gaeana maculata<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T_0cVo7UZxo?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Gaeana cheni<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/itchydogimages\/7084183015\/\">A photo of a living <strong>G. cheni<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Black wings and body with yellow spots. (Maculata means spotted.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: India, China<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>Gaeana sulphurea<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"Mating Gaeana sulphurea from Bhutan taken by Jeff Blincow\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><smaller>Mating Gaeana sulphurea from Bhutan taken by Jeff Blincow<\/smaller><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hayworth1981\/5930275164\/\">A photo of a <strong>Gaeana sulphurea<\/strong> specimen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Black and yellow wings &#038; body. <\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: India<sup>3<\/sup>, Bhutan<\/p>\n<h3>Becquartina electa<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0030becquartinaelecta-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"Becquartina electa by Michel Chantraine\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0030becquartinaelecta-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0030becquartinaelecta.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>Photo by Michel Chantraine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Dark brown forewings with striking yellow lines forming a triangle-like shape. Dark brown and yellow hind wings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: Southeast Asia<\/p>\n<h3>Becquartina versicolor<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0031becquartinaversicolor-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Becquartina versicolor Boulard, 2005\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0031becquartinaversicolor-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cic0031becquartinaversicolor.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>Photo by Michel Chantraine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Distinguishing features<\/em>: Dark brown forewings with red veins and striking yellow lines, sort of in the shape of the number 7. Black hind wings with white markings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: Southeast Asia<\/p>\n<p>Note: there are <\/p>\n<h3>References:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Sanborn, Allen F., Phillips, Polly K. and Sites, Robert W. The Cicadas of Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). p 1.<\/li>\n<li>Boulard, Michel. 2007. The Cicadas of Thailand, General and Particular Characteristics, Volume 1. p 66,72, Plate 30.<\/li>\n<li>Distant, W.L. 1892. <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/monographoforien00distuoft\">A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae<\/a>. The Order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum of Calcutta. p 104-108.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cicadas belonging to the tribe Gaeanini (Ambragaeana sp., Gaeana sp., and Becquartina sp.)1 are among the world&#8217;s most beautiful cicadas. These cicadas have broad, multicolored wings. Their wings beat slowly rather than vibrate quickly, allowing them to flutter like butterflies. Michel Boulard calls them &#8220;Butterfly Cicadas&#8221; 2. Watch the video of a Gaeana festiva [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,182,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ambragaeana","category-becquartina","category-gaeana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}