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Ron · by Ron » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:38 pm

Hi,
I'm working on an old Caligo collection, which is not a genus I'm familiar with.
More specificaly I have difficulty distinguishing C. teucer, C. telamonius, C. oileus, C. oedipus and C. prometheus.
Datas are limited. There is usually a country indicated but not much. Sometimes it's not enough.

Does anyone got tips and/or tricks to help me distinguishing those species?

For instance, can I consider the presence of an eyespot between Cu1 and Cu2 as a feature specific to C. prometheus (see picture)?

Many thanks for your help!
Ron

58chevy · by 58chevy » Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:06 pm

Nice haul, Evra!

kevinkk · by kevinkk » Wed Sep 11, 2024 11:58 pm

Without being an expert on wasps, I'd guess that since this is the end of summer, the larger wasps may have all been "queens" and would have
dispersed to overwinter.
As far as I know, no Hymenoptera share nests, unless they're parasitical, and they probably wouldn't be larger than a host or very numerous.

58chevy · by 58chevy » Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:25 pm

We can't forget the Caligo genus (owl butterflies). Here are a couple (top, C. atreus / bottom, C.idomeneus)

boghaunter1 · by boghaunter1 » Wed Sep 11, 2024 5:31 pm

I really like this Topic... hope more participate! Below are 2 common N. Am. butterfly species. One is of the beautiful ventral surface of the Am. Painted Lady, Vanessa virginiensis. From 2001-2016 I was very fortunate to collect 39 specimens (25 males/14 females) as it is quite a rare migrant sp. this far north in Saskatchewan, Canada. When the "Lady" was freshly removed from the spreading board the pale orange flush on the ventral forewings was a very beautiful pink that unfortunately fades with time... still has very nice intricate patterns & eyespots. The second specimen is of the Common Wood Nymph (what a misnomer common name as it is almost always found in grassy areas) Cercyonis pegala ino. This is a rare aberration that has 3 eyespots on the ventral forewings... the only such example I have ever encountered.

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John K.

evra · by evra » Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:11 pm

Here are a few of the Saturniids I've caught in the last couple of months that are drying on my boards right now.

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wollastoni · by wollastoni » Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:41 am

As a Delias collector, I love this "bottoms up" topic !

Delias messalina messalina, Bougainville, Solomon islands

About Hypna clytemnestra, I met some in French Guiana. Very impressive black beast in the forest !

Cabintom · by Cabintom » Wed Sep 11, 2024 5:54 am

Thanks for your input Adam. I appreciate it!

Alienor · by Alienor » Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:58 am

I’m in eastern, Midwest us. Had to tear the siding off to get at a yellow jacket nest. With the regular sized workers were MANY very large, 1”, bees, with the same markings as the yellow jackets. They appeared to be sharing the same nest, the comb all looked the same as far as I could tell. Anybody know if these are two different species ? Never seen anything like this before. Thought the first one was the Queen, but they just kept coming, large and small. Thanks!

adamcotton · by adamcotton » Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:48 pm

I think it should be (Hewitson, 1866) as the date of publication was not stated in the part but apparently it was printed on the wrappers. The dates of publication of each part are known, and so the year 1866 is correct. If I understand correctly, the parts were not published in numerical order, which may have produced dating anomalies.

Adam.

Cabintom · by Cabintom » Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:04 am

Thanks Adam. Yeah, I had consulted Funet. I'm wondering how that 1866 date was arrived at. There must be some reasoning why it's that and not some year between 1872 & 1876.
Also wondering if it should be (Hewitson, 1866) or (Hewitson, [1866])?

58chevy · by 58chevy » Tue Sep 10, 2024 1:57 am

Great examples. Thanks!

58chevy · by 58chevy » Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:02 am

Those Anaea are spectacular! Thanks for posting.

daveuk · by daveuk » Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:04 pm

Three undersides of Hypna(Anaea)clytemnestra.
Have always found the underside of this species very attractive.
I think the female from Brazil is subspecies huebneri.

daveuk · by daveuk » Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:13 pm

I agree that undersides can be just as beautiful as uppersides. A male Sephisa Chandra from Taiwan & a female from Vietnam.
A female Kallima inachus alboinachus also from Viet Nam before going into the relaxer.

livingplanet3 · by livingplanet3 » Mon Sep 09, 2024 5:46 pm

Many thanks for posting. Yes - true that the verso side of many Lepidoptera can be just as striking (if not even more so) than the recto. Many such examples come to mind among the Charaxinae especially, such as:

Agatasa calydonia -

https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2017/11/

Charaxes andranodorus -

https://www.aureus-butterflies.de/

Charaxes fournierae -

https://www.aureus-butterflies.de/

Polyura dehanii -

https://www.aureus-butterflies.de/

Aljosha · by Aljosha » Mon Sep 09, 2024 4:53 pm

Hello everyone

I just registered and would like to tell a bit more about myself. My name is Aljosha and I have been doing antkeeping for 14 years now. I recently got hired as a specimen collector for a research study on the butterfly Melanitis leda. Doing this project a passion for butterfly collecting arose for me in South africa. However my partner is doing her PhD in nature conservation and we will be moving back to Europe for her to complete her study.

Through having my own collection in Belgium and South africa, and already having a passion for macrophotography, I found myself photographing the specimens I caught and bought in 4-8K high quality resolution + being able to restore damanged butterflies back to 100% again since I am a graphic designer and illustrator by trade (using photoshop). I amassed a following of around 15K people on instagram, and some months millions of views, sharing these pictures. Myself, I don't gain anything money related out of it, more as a passion and a hobby, exposing more people to the beauty of these amazing creatures. On my instagram you can see all these pictres: https://www.instagram.com/aljoshad_/ I uploaded a few to the site yet the 800Kb limit is not doing them well !

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in any professional pictures of butterflies, shipping them to me and having pictures taken of the specimen. These could be for all uses, personal use, websites, products etc. or just having that high quality picture. I am however unable to buy all specimens, hence this post. I am definitly willing to pay for some of them if need be. Would any of you be willing to help this small collector out ?

Kind regards Aljosha

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58chevy · by 58chevy » Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:54 pm

Top to bottom: Utetheisa ornatrix, Papilio palamedes, Papilio cresphontes

58chevy · by 58chevy » Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:50 pm

Top to bottom: Catocala sp, Chlosyne janais, Chlosyne lacinia

58chevy · by 58chevy » Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:45 pm

The undersides of some specimens are just as showy as the upper sides. Show us yours.
Top to bottom: Agraulis vanillae, Adelpha eulalia, Papilio polyxenes

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