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Blue-ringed octopuses, comprising the genus Hapalochlaena, are four highly venomous species of octopus that are found in tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans, from Japan to Australia. They can be identified by their yellowish skin and characteristic blue and black rings that change color dramatically when the animal is threatened. They eat small crustaceans, including crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp, and other small sea animals.
The painted spurfowl is a bird of the pheasant family found in rocky hill and scrub forests mainly in peninsular India. Males are more brightly coloured and spotted boldly in white. Males have two to four spurs while females can have one or two of the spurs on their tarsus. The species is found mainly in rocky and scrub forest habitats unlike the red spurfowl. It is found in the undergrowth in pairs or small groups, escaping by running and rarely taking to the wing when flushed.
Alsophila lunulata refers to one of two species of tree ferns:
The Bassian thrush, also known as the olive-tailed thrush, is a medium-sized mostly insectivorous thrush found from northern Queensland to southeastern Australia; it also occurs in Tasmania, on some larger islands of Bass Strait, and on Kangaroo Island. The thrushes range from 27 to 29 cm in length and average 100 g (3.5 oz).
The russet-tailed thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, closely related to the more widespread Bassian thrush. It is found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The western wattlebird is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is restricted to south-western Australia.
Ophrys lunulata, the moon orchid, is a species of orchid native to the islands of Malta and Sicily in the central Mediterranean.
Antinephele lunulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903, and is known from forests and wooded habitats from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania, as well as Madagascar.
Calliteara lunulata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, Japan, China and Taiwan.
Theocridini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Thomson in 1858.
Tridrepana lunulata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from northern Queensland.
Cotana albaserrati is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1910. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index considers it to be a synonym of Cotana lunulata. It is found in New Guinea.
Desisa lunulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1885. It is known from Borneo and Malaysia.
Niphona lunulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Maurice Pic in 1926. It is known from Vietnam and Laos.
Pterolophia lunulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hintz in 1919.
Paratheocris nigromaculata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938, originally under the genus Theocris. It is known from Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It contains the varietas Paratheocris nigromaculata var. viridescens.
Paratheocris similis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938. It is known from the Ivory Coast.
Paratheocris viridis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1907, originally under the genus Theocris. It is known from Cameroon.
The Luna lionfish, also known as the dragon's beard fish, is a scorpaenid fish of the genus Pterois native to tropical ocean waters in the western Pacific Ocean.
Myolepta lunulata is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
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