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by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Favorite Classic & Modern Insect Books
Replies: 7
Views: 236

Re: Favorite Classic & Modern Insect Books

Most of the old, extremely rare and expensive books can be studied and downloaded online here: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 600

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

Catocala mesopotamica
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by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 600

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

Catocala afghana
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by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 600

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

Catocala lesbia
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by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 600

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

Catocala martyrum
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by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 600

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

Catocala nivea
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by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 600

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

Some palaearctic species

Catocala oberthueri
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by hewi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Favorite Classic & Modern Insect Books
Replies: 7
Views: 236

Re: Favorite Classic & Modern Insect Books

Here are some illustrations by Walter Linsenmaier (1917 - 2000), which I believe have not been published in books.
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by hewi
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Beautiful Plates in a 1910 German Book
Replies: 13
Views: 325

Re: Beautiful Plates in a 1910 German Book

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...
by hewi
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Beautiful Plates in a 1910 German Book
Replies: 13
Views: 325

Re: Beautiful Plates in a 1910 German Book

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...
by hewi
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:33 am
Forum: Insect identification
Topic: Moths from Peru
Replies: 2
Views: 103

Re: Moths from Peru

3 - Cyanopepla alonzo
by hewi
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:20 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Agrias butterflies
Replies: 131
Views: 9013

Re: Agrias butterflies

Agrias phalcidon fournierae f. augustus ♀
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by hewi
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Agrias butterflies
Replies: 131
Views: 9013

Re: Agrias butterflies

Agrias phalcidon phalcidon f. lemoulti ♀
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by hewi
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Agrias butterflies
Replies: 131
Views: 9013

Re: Agrias butterflies

Agrias aedon rodriguezi
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by hewi
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:00 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Agrias butterflies
Replies: 131
Views: 9013

Re: Agrias butterflies

Agrias pericles pericles f. bouvieri
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by hewi
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Agrias butterflies
Replies: 131
Views: 9013

Re: Agrias butterflies

two other species
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by hewi
Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:33 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Locations in France
Replies: 5
Views: 1726

Re: Locations in France

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
by hewi
Sat Aug 05, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Papilio krishna
Replies: 9
Views: 3579

Re: Papilio krishna

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...
by hewi
Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: New Agrias website !
Replies: 9
Views: 2982

Re: New Agrias website !

Quel travail, mon plus grand respect !
by hewi
Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias
Replies: 10
Views: 2640

Re: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias

Salut Olivier,

Je viens de t'envoyer par e-mail une copie de la description originale demandée.



Manfred