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- Sat Jan 13, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio memnon ssp. ♀ from Indonesia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7451
Re: Papilio memnon ssp. ♀ from Indonesia
Althouh they claimed them as Papilio lowii from Marinduque. These are farm bred accidental hybrids. True P. memnon lowii only occurs on Palawan, but many years ago the farms in the other Philippines islands obtained breeding stock of lowii from Palawan to breed, at the same time as what were origin...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio memnon ssp. ♀ from Indonesia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7451
Re: Papilio memnon ssp. ♀ from Indonesia
Thanks Adam, and I have a question about Papilio agenor from Taiwan. Does ssp. agenor distribute In Taiwan? For I saw pictures of several specimens signed 'Papilio (Menelaides) memnon agenor from LIANJIANG Co., Nangan, Jinsha, 23. V. 2014, HSU 14E60.1' or 'JINMEN Co., Jinhu, Haiyinsi, 13. V. 2013, ...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio memnon ssp. ♀ from Indonesia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7451
Re: Papilio memnon ssp. ♀ from Indonesia
It is very difficult to be certain which subspecies this female belongs to without locality (island is enough) data since the obvious differences are in the males. Females of most subspecies are rather variable whereas males are not. This specimen could be ssp. anceus from Sumatra or ssp. memnon may...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: "Spring Tigers" in northern Illinois
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6218
Re: "Spring Tigers" in northern Illinois
I don't think it is a good idea to use the yet to be published scientific name for what I assume has previously been called 'MST' here. Once it has been validly published there will be no issue about using it, but if the name appears even on a forum like Insectnet it will spread and that could becom...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Morpho cypris female form cyanites
- Replies: 27
- Views: 29699
Re: Morpho cypris female form cyanites
It would be a good idea to add a label to the specimen's pin stating that the abdomen came from a yellow form female, and include locality data for that female. Maybe one day in future a researcher will use this specimen for their studies, and the information would be important.
Adam.
Adam.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:53 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Unknown Vietnam Lep. i.d.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2632
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: How Genetic studies reveal new relationships, species
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12503
Re: How Genetic studies reveal new relationships, species
One advantage of BOLD is they require(?) a photo of the sequenced specimen and locality data to be uploaded as well as the sequence. That means it is possible to confirm the identity of the specimen that the sequence came from. GenBank was adapted from medical use to a biological one, and unless thi...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:22 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Re: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
For those who might be interested, the vote on the application (Case 3767) was as follows: The Case was split into 3 parts: (1) use its plenary power to set aside all previous fixations of type specimens for the nominal species Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793, and to designate the specimen INS_LEP_0...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Re: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
And, in Leps alone, many specific names used under multiple genus. Homonymy between species-group names (either species or subspecies) only occurs when the same name is used within a single genus; so it is perfectly acceptable for a specific name to occur in different genera, even within the same f...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Re: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
Almost certainly, but there is no homonymy between zoological and botanical genus names. Each has it's own Code of Nomenclature, and there is no 'cross-control'. I think there are many examples of the same genus name being used in animals and plants.
Adam.
Adam.
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Re: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
Yes, Doritis pulcherrima is native to Thailand.
Adam.
Adam.
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Re: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
Glad to be able to explain it simply.
Adam.
Adam.
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Re: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
In our application (Case 3767) we designated a neotype for Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne ) and asked the ICZN Commission to overturn the 2011 neotype designation for P. phoebus , and proposed a specimen in St. Petersburg Museum from the type locality as a new neotype. T...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Re: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
No, Hanus & Theye (2010) decided the illustration of the type (specimen no longer in existence) was actually Parnassius ariadne and changed the names, with the next oldest name replacing P. phoebus . Then in 2011 they made it worse by designating a neotype for P. phoebus which was a specimen of ...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:04 pm
- Forum: The Porch Light
- Topic: Happy New Year 2024
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1858
Happy New Year 2024
Happy New Year to all members and guest readers.
Hopefully 2024 will be entomologically productive for everyone.
Adam.
Hopefully 2024 will be entomologically productive for everyone.
Adam.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:32 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Parnassius phoebus name conserved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14049
Parnassius phoebus name conserved
The ICZN Commission has passed the application in Case 3767: Case 3767 – Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793 (currently Parnassius phoebus ; Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name and that of Doritis ariadne Lederer, 1853 (currently Parnassius ariadne ) by ...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio arjuna
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1818
Re: Papilio arjuna
Alan,
Actually I didn't make this map myself. I just added the red lines and names to a map I found somewhere long ago. I hope I am not infringing on someone's copyright.
Adam.
Actually I didn't make this map myself. I just added the red lines and names to a map I found somewhere long ago. I hope I am not infringing on someone's copyright.
Adam.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio arjuna
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1818
Re: Papilio arjuna
I moved the above post to a new topic so people can see it more easily. I prepared a sample photo of the various subspecies of Papilio arjuna : https://i.imgur.com/PT3cESM.jpg and here is a map showing the approximate distributions of the various Java subspecies: https://i.imgur.com/tf914zb.jpg P. a...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:01 pm
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Please ID Solomon Islands Cerambycidae, Curculionidae
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2155
Re: Please ID Solomon Islands Cerambycidae, Curculionidae
Yes, and it was named oberon by Grose-Smith in 1897 ... well before even WW1, although it only occurs on Santa Cruz. Presumably it either never reached the main islands, or it was unable to compete.
Adam.