Same for me. I nearly had zero troubles during my collecting trips. Those I can remember : - we had to leave a village in the Baliem Valley (New Guinea) because we were "not welcome". But our guide understood fastly it was safer to leave the village. - my backpack with all butterflies and ...

AFAIK no post have been deleted. The "Agrias butterflies" topic have been split in two : one about Agrias, one about Global travel collecting, as the latter topic deserved its own topic.

The Agrias topic is here : viewtopic.php?p=9851#p9851

If you are on Facebook, contact "Nic Lepido Asia". He is a French entomologist based in Kuala Lumpur for the last 15 years. He will be able to inform you about the local rules.
If you are not, I can give you his email in private message.

Tom, Could you send us a link towards his new ebay shop so that we all know his new name.
Thank you

Well I have to disagree. A lot of countries are said to be VERY dangerous and once there, if you have the good guides, it is not so dangerous. Having the good guides is key. I have spent time in Chicago, Paris, London... and I am sure it was easier to lose my life there that in New Guinea or South A...

Females are rarer and more expensive.

I was surprised to meet Danaus plexippus in a Papuan village in the Baliem Valley in 2009.
I didn't know then that it was naturalized in New Guinea.

Barnzell < you should double-check as I regularly send parcels with Colissimo to the USA, including to American Museums who make me fill some declaration for the USFWS.

Wonderful Charaxes from Madagascar. When I was student and collected these, I received some nice pairs of these species from Rémi Radanielama (a local collector, not 100% sure about his name, he passed away about 10/15 years ago).

Pierre wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:19 pm Confirmed by Patrick Arnaud, organizator of this fair.

Thank you Pierre, I have updated InsectNet Insect Fair agenda : https://www.insectnet.com/blog/insect-c ... nsect-fair

Unlike the USA, France is a collector friendly place. You have nothing to declare or fill on the French side (as long as you don't buy protected species). If you want to mail it, you should better use the French post system called Colissimo (cheaper and less procedurial than DHL). In the parcel decl...

Athyma and Adelpha are Limenitidinae too.

Yes the 2023 publication is the last edition covering all species, subspecies, forms (and even hybrids). A crazy amount of work !

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There is a "Make an offer" button. Nobody will pay so much for elephenor, don't worry.

There are 2 important rules in taxonomy : #1 : you have to follow the latest publication. So in this case Bouyer 2023. (We now have scientific techniques like DNA analysis we didn't have in 2009). #2 : InsectNet members are always right, so once again, you have to follow Bouyer 2023 (@africaone on t...

Spring is here too in NW France. Nymphalis polychloros and Pieris rapae flying in my garden.

Thank you Adam.

And some conclusions can be useful to understand the diversity of several butterflies families.

The City College of New York, led by David Lohman, has just published a major research project on the Delias genus, in which I participated. I recommend that you all read it, as it's a very thorough study with many conclusions, not only in taxonomic terms, but also in terms of evolution, biogeograph...

Congrats Manfred for this rare f. semidubiosa. Let's keep on with 2 rare forms of Agrias narcissus tapajonus . Ex coll Le Moult, now in my collection. - top specimen : Agrias narcissus tapajonus f. dubiosa - low specimen : Agrias narcissus tapajonus f. cyaneoradiata Agrias narcissus dubiosa 2.png To...

Long time I didn't post anything here. A rare Agrias phalcidon fournierae form rebillardi . Even rarer than the typical rebillardi form, this is a bicolor form with purple below the red patch. There are few other bicolor rebillardi specimens known. The purple effect is due to a red suffusion mixed i...