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by daveuk
Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Papilio deiphobus deiphontes
Replies: 0
Views: 374

Papilio deiphobus deiphontes

Male from Morotai. Female from Halmahera.
Upperside & underside
by daveuk
Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Amnosia decora
Replies: 0
Views: 358

Amnosia decora

A pair from Mount Gede in West Java shown upperside & underside
by daveuk
Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Anthocharis cardamines
Replies: 12
Views: 1946

Re: Anthocharis cardamines

Got these on the board not too long ago. 3 old pairs from Northern Europe. I’ve also got several Anthocharis bambusarum from Nanjing China I am waiting on mounting. Those specimens are absolutely gorgeous with the forewing being all orange and the hind wing being much more defined than the typical ...
by daveuk
Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: What’s on your board??
Replies: 9
Views: 560

Re: What’s on your board??

Nice idea for a thread. Some photos of my last winters setting/spreading. A pair of Hebomoia glaucippe formosana from Taiwan & a male Stichophthalma fruhstorferi from Viet-Nam. I took pictures of them only partially set/spread
by daveuk
Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Anthocharis cardamines
Replies: 12
Views: 1946

Re: Anthocharis cardamines

I don't consider that spring has begun until I see my first orange tip of the year. However, this year, for the first time ever, I've not seen a single one in south-east England! Other people have also told me that they're massively down in numbers this year, maybe the very hot summer last year cau...
by daveuk
Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Replies: 5
Views: 505

Re: Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)

I encountered this species in New Mexico back in 2016 Trehopr. From memory it wasn't that common there & I only saw a couple of individuals. A very colourful little butterfly.
by daveuk
Sun Jun 11, 2023 4:51 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Anthocharis cardamines
Replies: 12
Views: 1946

Re: Anthocharis cardamines

Interesting that you don't have any Anthocharis in your part of IllinoisTrehopr. Here in the U.K. A cardamines is widespread & fairly common. Both it's food plants grow in abundance in my part of North Wales & the butterfly itself is often abundant between mid April & mid May here still....
by daveuk
Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Anthocharis cardamines
Replies: 12
Views: 1946

Anthocharis cardamines

Three self collected males from this year. First specimen has slight scale defect in left forewing. Second & third pictures are upperside & underside of typical male & an abb minor male which also has unusually dark underside. I also collected a pair of this species from Scotland. The fi...
by daveuk
Wed May 31, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Melanargia galathea
Replies: 2
Views: 386

Re: Melanargia galathea

VERY nice find's Dave. I've always liked this species. I have 3 or 4 of the typical ones but, no aberrations. This is the first abberation I can remember seeing offered Trehopr. I am currently rearing caterpillars of this species. It is a real favourite of mine. Sadly there are none in my locality....
by daveuk
Wed May 31, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Melanargia galathea
Replies: 2
Views: 386

Melanargia galathea

The Marbled White.
Two recent acquisitions.
Top is a typical male from Hampshire, England.
Bottom is a male abberation valentini from the South Downs, Sussex England captured in July 1986.
Wild caught abberations of this species are rare.
by daveuk
Wed May 31, 2023 6:15 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
Replies: 38
Views: 5246

Re: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma

Alas, my final specimen of (4) from DaveUK is now posted below. A diffrent and (singular) location. It is likely the same species as my above specimen from HUE yet, it has a wide bluish-purple sheen along the outer margins of the hindwings. This is not present at all in the specimen from Hue. Both ...
by daveuk
Tue May 30, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Cethosia tambora illicibilis
Replies: 0
Views: 375

Cethosia tambora illicibilis

Two of my males of this unusually coloured subspecies from Alor, Indonesia shown upper & underside.
by daveuk
Mon May 29, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
Replies: 38
Views: 5246

Re: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma

I visited Da Nang in 2008 Trehopr. From there I went inland to Hoi An & some mountains nearby. I was very impressed with the variety of butterflies I saw in that part of the world. Sadly I did not see any Stichophthalma & have yet to see any species of this genus on the wing. Poignant that y...
by daveuk
Sun May 28, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
Replies: 38
Views: 5246

Re: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma

Having recently completed my "setting work" on my papered Stichopthalma acquisitions I was for a lack of drawers to place them in. So, until such time as I am able to buy new drawers I have housed my specimens in 3 snap-tight (locking lid) tupperware containers. Here is how each container...
by daveuk
Sat May 27, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Mullein moth(Cucullia verbasci)
Replies: 1
Views: 453

Re: Mullein moth(Cucullia verbasci)

In life the moths have a wonderful twig like appearance
by daveuk
Sat May 27, 2023 10:59 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Mullein moth(Cucullia verbasci)
Replies: 1
Views: 453

Mullein moth(Cucullia verbasci)

For a few years now the brightly coloured caterpillars of this species have attacked the Buddleia davidii shrubs in my garden. They are easily seen during the daytime as they feed & bask on the leaves protected no doubt by their warning colouration. I collected some last year, fed them on Buddle...
by daveuk
Tue May 23, 2023 7:38 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Pieris brassicoides
Replies: 3
Views: 426

Pieris brassicoides

A pair from Ethiopia along with preserved pupae & parasitic flies that attack the larvae of this species.
These specimens were all photographed for the old forum but have since come into my possession.
Believe this to be a rare or rarely collected species.
by daveuk
Sun May 21, 2023 4:24 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
Replies: 38
Views: 5246

Re: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma

Thank you kindly Dave. Indeed, my purchase has turned out to be a real bargain after the finding of this (male) S. godfreyi. I love them all and now I think I have a decent showing of them. I feel I owe you a depth of gratitude Dave because of your passionate interest in these butterflies and (your...
by daveuk
Sat May 20, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
Replies: 38
Views: 5246

Re: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma

A very pleasent surprise amongst my recent cache of papered Stichopthalma is this (male) of S. godfreyi. It comes from Thailand and was collected in May 2009. It was somehow mixed-in with all the other material from Vietnam. This species is probably the "grandest" of the genus with its va...
by daveuk
Fri May 19, 2023 6:16 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
Replies: 38
Views: 5246

Re: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma

Yet more really beautiful specimens Trehopr. So glad that you have managed to procure a good series of these incredible butterflies now. As you say the variation from specimen to specimen is really astonishing. This seems to be particularly the case with specimens from Viet-Nam. That is also a reall...