Battus streckerianus Peru

After doing a search for something else I found that this butterfly was shown by Trehopr a while back.
My apologies for the redundency.

Parides phalaecus pair Peru

Papilio caiguanabus male Cuba


verso

Papilio aristodemus bjorndalae Turks & Caicos


verso

Papilio machaonides pair Dominican Republic

Here is a picture of the underside.

Trehopr1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:56 am Any chance that you could measure the wing expanse
(tip - tip) in mm.
Since my larger (brown) A. mylitta specimen measured
in at 161mm. I'd like to know how they compare.

My female A. mylitta measures at 152mm. The female A. youngi measures at 190mm.
That is one big girl!

Lovely Chris. The top picture is actually two males. The top specimen is a male C mars dohertyi from Sulawesi & the bottom specimen is a male C mars madensis from Buru. The females of both subspecies have white banded forewings. The female C mars dohertyi also has an outer chestnut band on the ...

I think that "electric" green male is an aberration. I've never seen one quite like that anywhere this side of the pond ! I think it may be a first 'spring' generation specimen. Probably it is distinctly smaller too. Adam. Adam, It is actually the same size as the other two specimens.

Is this a gynandromorph or just an abberation?

I have a lady that works for me that breeds Black Swallowtails & Monarchs to release. She has gotten quite proficient at breeding them. I told her that if she ever saw anything different to let me know. So last summer she showed me a picture of one of her recent hatches that looked different. I ...

Here is a drawer of Antheraea I put together. I also have a pair of this impressive moth.



A. youngi The female is huge.

One of my favorite gloss swallowtails.

male

male

female

This species is a little smaller than most Copaxa.


Copaxa mannana female & male Mexico

These are some of the more colorful African Saturniidae in my collection. https://i.imgur.com/MJA5Rnk.jpg Bunaeopsis jacksoni male Kenya https://i.imgur.com/Fldwx8l.jpg Bunaeopsis zaddachi male Tanzania https://i.imgur.com/VLuQgkY.jpg Ubaena dolabella male Malawi https://i.imgur.com/kLkCgvM.jpg Ubae...

A little while back I came across some Charaxes species that I couldn't pass up. I finally got around to photographing them. https://i.imgur.com/X3WeC9X.jpg Charaxes mars male & female https://i.imgur.com/JlW4iFS.jpg Charaxes fourneirae male https://i.imgur.com/5lULKvX.jpg Charaxes lydiae male h...

I find that I am way too busy in the summer to post much. I have acquired a lot of new specimens this year, both field collected and purchased that I will post later this winter during my down time from work. I enjoy all the posts whether it be the eye candy purchased specimens or what someone did o...

That is quite a list. Amazing that you can find that many Speyeria in one location.

Here is the list of the notable species and where they were caught. 1. Harshaw 2. California Gulch 3. Montosa Canyon 4. Copper Canyon 5. Scholefield Canyon SPHINGIDAE Agrius cingulata 3,4 Manduca sexta 1,2,3,4,5 M. quinquemaculatus 1,2,3,4,5 M. rustica1,2,3,4,5 M. muscosa 1,4 M. florestan 1,2,3,4,5 ...