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- Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:07 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Euphaedra
- Replies: 43
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Re: Euphaedra
Euphaedra crawshayi male from Katanga
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:54 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Euphaedra
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3214
Re: Euphaedra
some males "campaspe", same locality in RDC
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:50 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Euphaedra
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3214
Re: Euphaedra
E. adonina spectacularis ( mimic with Charaxes fournierae) from RDC
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:44 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Euphaedra
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3214
Euphaedra
Euphaedra lupercoides (uncommon endemic from RDC), one of the numerous gem in this genus
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:07 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Colotis
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2034
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:08 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Belenois
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1210
Re: Belenois
Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872 Differs from the nominate by having, dorsally, reduced or absent submarginal spots. (male) 19/iii/2016 Along the Tumani River, near Mbogi, Ituri (1°41'55"N, 30°07'35"E) 1250m https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/43408380/original.jpeg ...
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:04 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Colotis
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2034
Re: Colotis
Colotis regina. South Africa My only specimens of this species from South Africa are these two males. Quite unlike the regina I have from other parts of Africa. Slightly smaller & with wing tips of a more reddish lilac colour. Yet again my photos do not really do them justice. probably dry seas...
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:01 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Colotis
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2034
Re: Colotis
Thank You for all that information. It seems a lot of revision has been done on the genus which I am completely unaware of. For instance I thought hildebrandtii a full species. I have just one imperfect male specimen of that one. My late friend Danny Burke had a whole series in his collection inclu...
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:59 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Colotis
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2034
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:44 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Aphysoneura pigmentaria
- Replies: 3
- Views: 180
Re: Aphysoneura pigmentaria
an altitude forest species
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:43 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Aphysoneura pigmentaria
- Replies: 3
- Views: 180
- Thu Aug 18, 2022 7:47 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Who has "all" the Papilionid?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1865
Re: Who has "all" the Papilionid?
Collectors of big butterflies are fortunate as everybody collect them in all parts of the world. With means Papilionid is one the the most acessible families. Of course nobody have all. Complete a collection is like an asymptote. easy to get the first 50 %, less easy to obtain 25 % more etc. the la...
- Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:20 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio mackinnoni female ssp?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 547
Re: Papilio mackinnoni female ssp?
This specimen probably came from SC Collins ... (if the locality and label are correct)
- Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:12 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Who has "all" the Papilionid?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1865
Re: Who has "all" the Papilionid?
Collectors of big butterflies are fortunate as everybody collect them in all parts of the world. With means Papilionid is one the the most acessible families. Of course nobody have all. Complete a collection is like an asymptot. easy to get the first 50 %, less easy to obtain 25 % more etc. the last...
- Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:29 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: P antimachus & parva
- Replies: 6
- Views: 434
Re: P antimachus & parva
parva was first caught in Uganda on a small specimen (why the name) and some details in the verso pattern. These differences seem not supported on long series with mixed characters in transitional zones (as Kivu). I barcoded antimachus from central africa (Congo) and from Western Africa (Ghana) and ...
- Fri May 27, 2022 8:52 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Euryphura concordia
- Replies: 12
- Views: 504
Re: Attractive African Nymphalid
actual name is Euryphura concordia
- Fri May 27, 2022 8:51 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Mallika (Kallima) jacksonii
- Replies: 2
- Views: 138
Re: Mallika (Kallima) jacksonii
an African gem ....
- Fri May 27, 2022 8:50 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Stag Beetle (Mesotopus imperator)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 290
Re: Stag Beetle (Mesotopus sp.)
tarandus is only found in occidental africa (RCI, Ghana, etc.), regius is found in Cameroun and Gabon (mandibles quite straight, pointed and elongated) and imperator is found in Congo, Uganda and Tanzania(Mandibules quite different from that of regius) paper can be downloaded here https://www.resear...
- Fri May 27, 2022 8:45 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Charaxes fournierae
- Replies: 7
- Views: 306
Re: Charaxes fournierae
the third of first post looks like jolybouyeri but quite orange ... ?
- Wed May 25, 2022 8:02 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Stag Beetle (Mesotopus imperator)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 290
Re: Stag Beetle (Mesotopus tarandus)
is it really from cameroon ? (loooks like imperator from Congo)