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by mcheki
Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:51 pm
Forum: Insect identification
Topic: Euphaedra
Replies: 11
Views: 972

Re: Euphaedra

Secondly a photo taken of part of my drawer showing the same rattrayi males as in the above picture in the right column, with a similar species E alacris males in the left column. These latter alacris specimens are from Kivu. I will leave this subject here for the moment and see if I can add more re...
by mcheki
Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Insect identification
Topic: Euphaedra
Replies: 11
Views: 972

Re: Euphaedra

Definitely a difficult group. J Hecq says that E rattrayi is very common in Kivu and Uganda (Lambillionea . Vol 91. No 3- September 1991), and also mentions a subspecies coeruleomaculata. This first picture shows some specimens from Western Kenya (Kakamega) that I have identified as E rattrayi coeru...
by mcheki
Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Charaxes hadrianus
Replies: 5
Views: 793

Re: Charaxes hadrianus

Here are two photographs of a male and a female from Cameroon showing upper and lower sides. The male (top) is labelled Kribi, Cameroon, May 1996. and the female (below) is labelled Ebogo, Cameroon, March 2007.
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by mcheki
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus
Replies: 41
Views: 2866

Re: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus

Col. 4, specimen 10. I don't know what to say about this one, but if it's from Kalinzu Forest it's not going to be gallienus like I thought. Can I get a photo of the dorsal surface? (This may be a "stick in the spokes" of my hypothesis...) Column 4 Specimen 10 Both sides of this specimen....
by mcheki
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus
Replies: 41
Views: 2866

Re: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus

Col. 3, Specimens 1 & 2.: I was sure these were gallienus (based on the FW discal band), but the location makes that more than improbable. (Now that I look at it again, the shape of the HW of #2 is that of mechowi). Could I see dorsal/ventral pics of these too? Pictures of the two specimens fro...
by mcheki
Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus
Replies: 41
Views: 2866

Re: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus

Outside of those 2 specimens, looking at the first 4 specimens of Col. 1 again, and I'm far less certain they are gallienus than before. If it's not too much trouble, could you post pics of these as well? Here are pics of both sides of the four specimens in Column 1 that you listed. DSC00651.JPG DS...
by mcheki
Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus
Replies: 41
Views: 2866

Re: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus

These are the two “uncertain” gallienus from Column 2 that you requested pictures of. First each showing the surface as in the drawer and in the next picture the opposite surface.
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by mcheki
Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus
Replies: 41
Views: 2866

Re: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus

Here is a list of collection localities as you requested. Some photos to follow. 1st Column (from the left) 1. P. gallienus (certain but ventral HW needed to confirm) Bangui, CAR 2. P. gallienus (certain but dorsal HW needed to confirm) Mbaiki, CAR 3. P. gallienus (fairly certain, ventral HW needed ...
by mcheki
Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Protogoniomorpho (Salamis) temora
Replies: 8
Views: 1640

Re: Protogoniomorpho (Salamis) temora

Cabintom,
can you please tell me the author and article reference for the change to Junonia? I am not aware of this paper.
by mcheki
Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus
Replies: 41
Views: 2866

Re: Papilio mechowi & Papilio gallienus

Interesting request. Here is a quick photo of my drawer covering these two species. Any help? I can take close up pictures of individual specimens if you tell me which ones. I hope that I have the identifications correct.
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by mcheki
Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: "Glasswing" Butterflies...
Replies: 4
Views: 463

Re: "Glasswing" Butterflies...

Does this count as a “glasswing”?
Acraea semivitrea from western Uganda. A male above a female. The top male specimen was one of my first ever captures as a schoolboy. The photo has been deliberately taken over a map to emphasise wing clarity.

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by mcheki
Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:18 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Papilio saharae.
Replies: 8
Views: 916

Re: Papilio saharae.

Thank you Adam for your comments and information on sphyrus. I am not aware that Papilio saharae is found on the island of Lesvos, just off the coast of Turkey. So presumably this pair from Lesvos is Papilio machaon. Would I be right in labelling them as subspecies syriacus? Syriacus, I believe is f...
by mcheki
Sat Nov 05, 2022 1:14 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Papilio saharae.
Replies: 8
Views: 916

Re: Papilio saharae.

Thank you for your comments. Have I got these specimens correctly identified? The data labels say where they came from. The top specimen I have labelled as a male Papilio saharae saharae. The bottom two as Papilio machaon mauretanica (= sphyrus), with a male on the left and a female on the right. DS...
by mcheki
Thu Nov 03, 2022 5:08 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Papilio saharae.
Replies: 8
Views: 916

Papilio saharae.

Here is a picture of a species of Papilio that I feel very lucky to have obtained. Sent to me some time ago, a pair of Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1922. Collected in Yemen.
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by mcheki
Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:20 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Pseudacraea
Replies: 37
Views: 2580

Re: Pseudacraea

Without detracting from the genus Pseudacraea I thought it may be of interest to show a drawer of a very similar genus. This genus is Mimacraea in the family Lycaenidae. It shows that many species of Mimacraea are quite similar to the Pseudacraea and they follow a similar range of mimicry. They are,...
by mcheki
Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:50 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Genus: Epitola
Replies: 12
Views: 1068

Re: Genus: Epitola

Just to give an idea of the diversity within Lycaenid species here are a couple of more specific drawers.
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by mcheki
Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Genus: Colias
Replies: 30
Views: 1980

Re: Genus: Colias

Just to expand on the subject of Colias I can add that this genus also occurs throughout Africa. This drawer shows specimens of several species from Cameroon across to Yemen and then all the way to South Africa. Some of the species are very localised and nowhere is it generalised. Again, sorry for t...
by mcheki
Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:01 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Genus: Epitola
Replies: 12
Views: 1068

Re: Genus: Epitola

I have to disagree with the above since I have had little problem obtaining Lycaenidae from local African collectors and from colleagues interested generally in butterflies. The range of species within Africa is tremendous and very varied. Below are two boxes of, at the moment, unsorted species. The...
by mcheki
Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:42 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Pseudacraea
Replies: 37
Views: 2580

Re: Pseudacraea

In response to the above post by Cabintom here is Pseudacraea imerina imerina (Hewitson, 1865), from La Mandraka, Madagascar. These two are males. Also, there are two male P acholica in the box of mixed, unsorted Pseudacraea that I posted earlier in this thread. The two slightly isolated specimens i...
by mcheki
Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:58 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Pseudacraea
Replies: 37
Views: 2580

Re: Pseudacraea

Thank you Cabintom. You have confirmed my thoughts that Hecq’s work was not valid.