livingplanet3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:56 pm Very nice! I have only a single specimen of Moduza in my collection - M. lymire, from Sulawesi -

Great photo. I have lymire too. It's a beautiful species.

adamcotton wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:08 pm Is this an aberrant ssp. gordion from the Philippines?

Adam.

Sadly no data Adam. From an old collection.

Two males. One shown upper & underside. All with data. Think this is subspecies sadona from Laos

Pair shown upper & underside. Leyte, Philippines.

Pair of summer form & female of spring form with data. I don't have a male of the spring form.

Upper & underside Graphium eurypylus in my collection. This needs re-setting.

Hi Trehopr1, I will try sometime, but not now, as I am still recovering from my left hip joint replacement & am still in considerable pain as I am still awaiting word on when I can get my other right hip done as well! Right now I am still hobbling around with the aid of two walking canes & ...

I'm surprised that the abdomens are still attached. Were they removed and re-attached, or is there now a method of preventing greasing that I don't know about? They were attached when I got them as papered. I took a risk & set them with abdomens on. Have some closely related species where the a...

Thanks for all that information Adam. Thankfully did not personally have any close encounters with tropical wasps or hornets on my yravels. It sounds like a truly hazardous occupation. Glad you recovered fully from that sting. Even though it left a scar.

Two male British examples. This is the largest land Beetle in Britain. Now protected. These specimens date from 1936. Data is the same for both specimens.

A British example of the European Hornet I picked up at an entomological show here in the U.K. The data for this is Windsor, Berkshire This species has been steadily spreading North here in the U.K. & I now regularly see it in my part of North Wales. I had one in the house last year atrracted to...

I have very few insects in my collection which are not lepidoptera. I picked these three up at Kempton Park show in London about ten years ago. I think whoever mounted them did a good job. As I recall they were not expensive so I don't think any of them are rare.

adamcotton wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:08 pm I think you will find these are actually separate subspecies rather than 'forms'

Adam.

Thanks for the info Adam & apologies for my mistake!!

Pair shown upper & underside. Subspecies theodorus from Ecuador.

Two male forms from Viet-Nam shown upperside.Orange form shown underside

adamcotton wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:52 pm Here's a photo of a female caught just a few km west of the male above:

The female mimics Byasa polyeuctes.

Adam.

Fantastic to see that female Adam. Thanks for sharing.

Have taken a picture of my old Indian specimens. The hand written data for the male is shown " Ranikhet 30-5-14"
1914 making this pair almost 119 years old.

adamcotton wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:34 am It is great to see a specimen I collected so well spread and looked after.

This species mimics the two local Atrophaneura species.

Adam.

Thanks Adam. A pleasure to own a specimen that you personally collected. This is a particularly lovely Swallowtail I think. Beautiful specimen too.

Another of Adam's Laos specimens. I think this is subspecies mimetica. Find it really strange that these Satyrid Euploea mimics look so bright in pictures of living specimens I have seen & yet seem comparatively dull when set/spread. This specimen does have a slight purple sheen to the forewings...

Another specimen from Laos courtesy of Adam.
Male underside & upperside with data.