Cyrestis thyodamas

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Cyrestis thyodamas

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Map butterflies (Cyrestis) are very intricately patterned
butterflies. Their patterns can be quite complex and this
species (though common) never fails to amaze onlookers.

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Beautiful species & genus. Lovely specimen too.
A couple of mine. C thyodamas from Vietnam & C nivea superbus from Palawan
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Here are four specimens of the African Map butterfly. Cyrestis camillus. Top left specimen is an aberration of the nominate subspecies from Central African Republic. Bottom left nominate subspecies from Zaire. Top right subspecies sublineata from Uganda.Bottom right subspecies elegans from Madagascar.
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A pair of Cyrestis thyodamas from Viet-Nam I set/spread last month. Quite marked sexual dimorphism in this species. In an old book I have published in the 1970's the description of this species read that it " has the appearance of a cracked stone"
Seems very apt.
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A beautiful pair indeed and a wonderful acquisition in general !

I love this genus of butterflies and I could see myself collecting these with a "fever" of sort if I could get my hands on more of them.

Thank you for sharing these with us Dave. 👏😎
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Trehopr1 wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:48 pm A beautiful pair indeed and a wonderful acquisition in general !

I love this genus of butterflies and I could see myself collecting these with a "fever" of sort if I could get my hands on more of them.

Thank you for sharing these with us Dave. 👏😎
Thank you Trehopr. My pleasure. A wonderful species belonging to an equally wonderful genus. A real shame that despite them being allegedly fairly common they are rarely offered by dealers or breeders. Possibly so common as to be overlooked?. Hard to believe that though with something as beautiful & elegant as this species.
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Very nice genus. I especially like C. camillus.
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The only one butterflies that resting with fully spread at 90° angle wings as far as I recall it.
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Cyrestis nivea tonkiniana
collected in eastern Laos.
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Very nice to see you once again posting pictures Paul !

Your specimens are always superb and varied. 🎉

Keep them coming whenever possible.... 👏☺️
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