The females of mauensis can be very different. The forewing colouring changes from yellow to red at will. There are also specimens with blue and green colouring. I have never observed such a variety of colouration in aurantiaca.

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Catocala mesopotamica

Catocala afghana

Catocala lesbia

Catocala martyrum

Catocala nivea

Some palaearctic species

Catocala oberthueri

Here are some illustrations by Walter Linsenmaier (1917 - 2000), which I believe have not been published in books.

Please bear with me Hewi as I have additional questions about this book that I believe you can (& perhaps other members can as well) provide answers to. Is the 9th edition the last one? If your 4th edition was published in 1870, then what year was the very 1st edition published in? A few more v...

In addition to the lithographed 9th edition of Berge's Butterfly Book from 1910, I still own the 4th edition from 1870, in which the plates are still hand-coloured. I have attached a scan of the corresponding plates for comparison. I think the presentation of the butterflies with their food plants i...

3 - Cyanopepla alonzo

Agrias phalcidon fournierae f. augustus ♀

Agrias phalcidon phalcidon f. lemoulti ♀

Agrias aedon rodriguezi

Agrias pericles pericles f. bouvieri

two other species

1. There is a Forêt de Coumefroide in the department of Aude, Occitanie
2, There is a Foret de Bélesta in the department of Ariège

I have just received a male of P. krishna mayumiae . The specimen is much darker than the holotype. There is almost no green dusting left on the forewings and the yellow band is even more reduced and almost obliterated. The dates are: Mu Chang Chai, Prov. Yén Bái, 1700 m, N-Vietnam (about 100 km fur...

Quel travail, mon plus grand respect !