Papilio zalmoxis

bobw · Post by **bobw** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:47 pm

daveuk wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:46 pm
bobw wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:40 pm
Yorky wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 12:55 pm Dave, are you positive that it's a male?
The abdomen does look quite fat - but does it have claspers?
Hi Bob. Just taken this photo. Definitely a male.

Agreed!

Cabintom · Post by **Cabintom** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:01 pm

These are from the African Butterfly Research Institute (ABRI) collection:

One of the P. zalmoxis boxes:

Close up dorsal/ventral:

Close up Green specimen (natural variation as far as I'm aware):

Cabintom · Post by **Cabintom** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:04 pm

From another box in the ABRI collection:

A couple females:

Gyandromorph:

Deeper blue specimen (aberrant?):

wollastoni · Post by **wollastoni** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:19 pm

Wow, first time I see a zalmoxis gynandromorph ! Thank you for sharing Steve’s treasures !

livingplanet3 · Post by **livingplanet3** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:39 pm

wollastoni wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:19 pm Wow, first time I see a zalmoxis gynandromorph ! Thank you for sharing Steve’s treasures !

Agreed - I too was very surprised to see that gynandromorph!

mokky · Post by **mokky** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:51 am

livingplanet3 wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:39 pm
wollastoni wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:19 pm Wow, first time I see a zalmoxis gynandromorph ! Thank you for sharing Steve’s treasures !
Agreed - I too was very surprised to see that gynandromorph!

Me too, just amazing. Thank you for sharing fantastic photos!

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