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by adamcotton
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

The reason Amphion floridensis is not called nessus is because Sphinx nessus Cramer, 1777 is a junior homonym of the Asian Sphinx nessus Drury, 1773 which is currently known as Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773).

Adam.
by adamcotton
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:53 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

It is possible he was unable to obtain any samples of lydiae for DNA analysis, or perhaps it was at that time included within a larger species group. It is worth noting that Aduse-Poku et al. (2009) only included two species of Polyura and 3 Oriental Charaxes species, so they did not include all spe...
by adamcotton
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

#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). Actually both the 2009 and 2023 classifications are based on DNA analysis to build a tree. Trees have been built from the results of DNA analysi...
by adamcotton
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

There are 2 important rules in taxonomy I am not sure I agree with these 'rules' exactly ;) , particularly in relation to generic classification. Separation of two or more groups into two or more genera is basically subjective as long as each genus is monophyletic (all species in the genus are deri...
by adamcotton
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:29 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

Now I know where it was described I was able to make a copy of the photos as I have the book.

Here it is:
Polyura dehanii carabus.jpg
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Adam.
by adamcotton
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

It is worth mentioning that Mt. Dempo in southern Sumatra does seem to have some different subspecies of several butterflies compared to other parts of Sumatra. It is possible that someone (Japanese?) described it, but I am not very familiar with Charaxini nomenclature.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

Adam, I'm asking if you know of a Polyura dehaani ssp carabus from Mt Dempo in Sumatra, or is this just a dealers name for ssp sulthan ??? Unfortunately I am not an expert on anything other than Papilionidae, but Wikipedia only lists two subspecies at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyura_dehanii T...
by adamcotton
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 936

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

I believe that Thierrry Bouyer sorted that problem in 2023 by confirming Polyura as a genus. Yes, but what he did was split Charaxes ( s.l. ) into several different genera, thus also conserving Polyura as a genus. As a result many African species have changed genera, for example C. lydiae became Yd...
by adamcotton
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Making a butterfly decoy
Replies: 10
Views: 300

Re: Making a butterfly decoy

Putting dead specimens on baited ground should work well there. I often used this for Asian species. As for a decoy, I definitely think it would not be a good idea to cover, spray or paint the wings as that is likely to affect the attraction negatively. Perhaps a grooved piece of wood (plywood sheet...
by adamcotton
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Live butterflies exhibit
Replies: 16
Views: 339

Re: Live butterflies exhibit

I seem to remember that to get permits they are only allowed to import male pupae.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:22 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Live butterflies exhibit
Replies: 16
Views: 339

Re: Live butterflies exhibit

jhyatt wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:36 pm Nice... but somehow that sort of exhibit gives me a touch of vertigo when I see Morphos and Caligos flying with P. memnon and the odd Troides!

John
Nowadays the specimen in the second photo is not called P. memnon, it's P. agenor agenor.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 219

Re: More Spring Captures

Chuck,

This begs the rhetorical question whether they get MST down south before you do. I assume not.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: Acanthoscurria Ferina
Replies: 4
Views: 263

Re: Acanthoscurria Ferina

No problem about asking for dead specimens on Insectnet.

Thanks for the clarification.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Net bag color?
Replies: 20
Views: 13059

Re: Net bag color?

I suppose that to some extent whether the net in the video is good or bad depends on what you are trying to catch and how you use the net. When I was collecting large butterflies (swallowtails of course) mud-puddling I didn't need to use the net in the same way you describe, just place the extended ...
by adamcotton
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: Acanthoscurria Ferina
Replies: 4
Views: 263

Re: Acanthoscurria Ferina

Beware of scammers who may see your post and offer what you want without actually having them for sale. Before paying someone you don't know you should verify that they really have the spiders to send you.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9715

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

Are they allowed to seize his whole collection, or only those specimens which were illegally imported?

Adam.
by adamcotton
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: To and fro in the archipelago: Repeated inter-island dispersal and New Guinea’s orogeny affect diversification of Delias
Replies: 3
Views: 211

Re: To and fro in the archipelago: Repeated inter-island dispersal and New Guinea’s orogeny affect diversification of De

Congratulations on what appears to be an excellent 'magnum opus'.

This is a seriously important paper for all Delias enthusiasts.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Stray Swallowtails
Replies: 4
Views: 394

Re: Stray Swallowtails

58chevy wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:09 amPapilio astyalus
This was separated as Papilio pallas by Lewis et al. (2014, Role of Caribbean Islands in diversification & biogeography of Neotropical Heraclides swallowtails. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12092). P. astyalus occurs in South not Central America.

Adam.
by adamcotton
Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: new ssp of Graphium from Cameroon
Replies: 0
Views: 143

new ssp of Graphium from Cameroon

I received notification of the following new paper: Bollino, M. & Bouyer, T. 2024. A new subspecies of Graphium bouyeri Cipolla, 2021 and notes on taxonomic status of Graphium biokoensis Gauthier, 1984 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Faunitaxys, 12 (8): 1 – 6. The paper can be downloaded here: http...
by adamcotton
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: New N. American Butterflies
Replies: 3
Views: 512

Re: New N. American Butterflies

This paper was published in 2006.

Adam.