P multicaudata grandiosus

[58chevy]

It's been awhile since I've done a painting, but I finally got around to it. Canvas size is 36 x 36 inches. Done in acrylic.

[Chuck]

Now that’s talent

[eurytides]

Concur with Chuck.

[livingplanet3]

That's very nice work indeed!

[mothman55]

Absolutely beautiful!!!

[Trehopr1]

You have some very enviable artistic skills 58chevy !

A superb choice indeed for subject matter.

Thank you for sharing with us.

[58chevy]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I netted the real thing earlier this week in Colorado. It wasn't the grandiosus form but a nice female nonetheless. It was nectaring on thistle. Several others flew by, but not close enough to capture. Also got a Weidemeyer's Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyeri) in a wooded area (mostly Oaks).

[adamcotton]

Papilio multicaudata grandiosus Austin and Emmel, 1998 is the subspecies from Chiapas, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Type Locality. MEXICO: Chiapas; Ochuc.
It is not a form of Papilio multicaudata multicaudata.

Adam.

[Chuck]

Papilio multicaudata grandiosus Austin and Emmel, 1998 is the subspecies from Chiapas, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Type Locality. MEXICO: Chiapas; Ochuc.
It is not a form of Papilio multicaudata multicaudata.

Adam.

Since you brought it up- the multicaudata I caught in southern Arizona look a lot more like grandiosus than ssp multicaudata. Anyone know what the story is on these?

[58chevy]

Thanks for the clarification, Adam. I think Evra has collected lots of multi multi in Arizona. Maybe he knows the story.