Charaxes eurialus

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Charaxes eurialus

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Three females & a male from Ceram.
Large & spectacular species.
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Females of these are huge and the undersides are exquisite
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Dave, I'm continuously amazed at your collection. How do you locate such fabulous specimens? How many drawers do you have?
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58chevy wrote: Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:31 pm Dave, I'm continuously amazed at your collection. How do you locate such fabulous specimens? How many drawers do you have?
Thank You. I have been collecting for over 40 years & have obtained specimens from many sources in the U.K. & overseas during that time.
These particular ones come from Ken Thorne in Canada. I got them about twenty years ago.
Most of my collection is housed in Entomological double sided plastazote lined Store Boxes from Watkins & Doncaster. I have over 100 of those.
Here is an example containing African & Asian Kallima & related families.
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Reason: Kallima, not Kamilla
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Just to address Adam's edit:
The green specimens in the 5th row on the left side were formerly known as Kamilla ansorgei. In the seventh row of the same side, second from the left, is a specimen of what was formerly known as Kamilla cymodoce. Both of these species are now placed within Junonia.

That said, I expect Dave had meant Kallima.
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Also, Dave, you'll probably want to swap that J. cymodoce around with the Kallimoides rumia above it (or beside it).
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Cabintom wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 6:14 pm Just to address Adam's edit:
The green specimens in the 5th row on the left side were formerly known as Kamilla ansorgei. In the seventh row of the same side, second from the left, is a specimen of what was formerly known as Kamilla cymodoce. Both of these species are now placed within Junonia.

That said, I expect Dave had meant Kallima.
Oh, that is interesting. I didn't realise that there is also a genus Kamilla. Apologies if Dave actually meant Kamilla, but most of these butterflies are Kallima.

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daveuk wrote: Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:20 am Three females & a male from Ceram.
Large & spectacular species.
Agreed! I've only been able to acquire a single specimen (a male) of this species. It was from Chuck Ianni.
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adamcotton wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:00 pm Oh, that is interesting. I didn't realise that there is also a genus Kamilla. Apologies if Dave actually meant Kamilla, but most of these butterflies are Kallima.

Adam.
There is also the genus Mallika Collins & Larsen, 1991 which adds another permutation to the set. ;)
Lepidoptera distribution maps: lepimap.click
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Cabintom wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 6:14 pm Just to address Adam's edit:
The green specimens in the 5th row on the left side were formerly known as Kamilla ansorgei. In the seventh row of the same side, second from the left, is a specimen of what was formerly known as Kamilla cymodoce. Both of these species are now placed within Junonia.

That said, I expect Dave had meant Kallima.
Indeed I did. Getting old !! Thank You & also thanks to Adam for the correction. I believe Jackson's leaf butterfly is now placed in a genus of its own. Mallika.
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Cabintom wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 6:17 pm Also, Dave, you'll probably want to swap that J. cymodoce around with the Kallimoides rumia above it (or beside it).
I have some very strange arrangements in some of my boxes. Some for purely aesthetic reasons. Sacrilege among the more scientific minded I know. Apologies to anyone offended by this.
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daveuk wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:47 pm
58chevy wrote: Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:31 pm Dave, I'm continuously amazed at your collection. How do you locate such fabulous specimens? How many drawers do you have?
Thank You. I have been collecting for over 40 years & have obtained specimens from many sources in the U.K. & overseas during that time.
These particular ones come from Ken Thorne in Canada. I got them about twenty years ago.
Most of my collection is housed in Entomological double sided plastazote lined Store Boxes from Watkins & Doncaster. I have over 100 of those.
Here is an example containing African & Asian Kallima & related families.
WOOOOOWWWWWW. Well presented. Not my line of leps but nonetheless, WOOOOOOWWWWWW, Well presented too.
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