Many of the lycaenidae i've bred also is associated with ants, but i didnt need them to be successful. As mikeh said, most of the time the ants are there for protection, excluding a few species that actually eats the ant larva such as species within Maculinea/Phengaris. Raisingbutterflies.org is a ...

Thank you John. This has been a fun experience!

I decided to post this breeding report showing the lifecycle of Boloria improba ssp. improbula from Norway. The catch being that i actually haven't completed the lifecycle a 100% yet, as i'll explain further down. So i collected a female in july last year. She readily laid eggs in the presence of ...

Hello all
Im looking into going to Japan for around 2 weeks in April/May next year. I would be interested in doing a dedicated 2-3days of collecting butterflies. I will be travelling a bit around, but be limited to the area between Tokyo and Kyoto/Osaka.
First, i would like to know if there is a ...

Thank you livingplanet.
Regarding the Lycaenidae; i've looked through the Lycaenidae section on the BOA site several times. The specimen is definitely in the Theclinae subfamily. The closest resembling species i've found is Nicolaea dolium and Siderus philinna, but they don't really match 100% either.

Last 3 specimens i have not been able to identify. Any help is appriciated!

1: Around 7cm wingspan 2: Around 5cm wingspan 3: Around 1cm wingspan

Thanks again Adam!

I had the pleasure to join Jean-Marc(lepidofrance) and two more frenchmen to French Guyana in March this year. The butterfly numbers were not that great(as mentioned before in other topics about FG), BUT i had a very nice time there. One of my favourite things to experience is to be in rainforests ...

4: Same as nr 1 and 2?

All these were caught in the same area throughout a 1 week period.

1: Male Heraclides torquatus or H.garleppi? I cant see the difference between the two 2: Female Heraclides torquatus or some Eurytides sp.? 3: Same as nr 2?

Thank you Adam

1: Pretty sure its Parides vertumnus vertumnus female 2: Male Parides vertumnus or P.erithalion? Or something else?

Interesting discussion. I do not have any experience in dissecting butterfly genitalia or other advanced identification methods. I would be willing to send parts of the specimens(legs or whatever), or the whole specimens themselves for that matter, for analysis and identification studies. Just point ...

Jshuey wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:12 pm #1 and 2 - Definitely a Damas species so says Nick Grishin. Probably no name associated with it.

Thanks again

Thanks again John. Yes those small dark/black ones are indeed hard!
I had a look on nr 1 and 2, and nr 1(which is the best quality specimen) does have a weak purpleish sheen on the upper 2/3 of the ventral hindwings.

11: Spicauda tanna? 12: Telegonus fulminator or fulgerator? 13: Calpodes ethlius?

A few more.
8: ?? 9: ?? 10: ??

Thank you John! You are right, nr 1 and 2 are the same size as the Calpodes. It looks like Damas clavus it the closest bet so far for sure. I have a few more hesperiidae that im currently trying to figure out. I will probably post them aswell after having a look myself first.

7: Spicauda simplicius?

4: Calpodes sp? Possible to be more specific? 5: Aguna coelus? 6: Telegonus cretatus?