Berberia lambessanus + abdelkader (Morocco)

[Trehopr1]

Here is a lovely large pair of another species
also collected in Morocco by the same collector
in the same year.

[daveuk]

Pretty sure it's this one:

[daveuk]

Or there is a similar one : Beberia lambessanus.
Looks like they,like many other satyrids, can be quite variable. I have a few tropical Satyrids in my collection & also a few from Europe. Not this genus though !!

[Trehopr1]

Thank you very much Dave for that species ID !

Looks good to me.

Thank you for taking the time to research it.

[daveuk]

No problem. Really beautiful specimens too by the way. The name of the collector sounds familiar too for some reason.

[bobw]

I'm sure a few of us know John Tennent well. I regularly bump into him at the Natural history Museum.

[daveuk]

That's where I have heard or seen the name from then. Thank You.Have not been to BMNH for quite a few years now. In the 80's I was always shown round by Phil Ackery. Lovely man.

[bobw]

Phil retired about 15 years ago but I still see him when he pops in from time to time.

John's also written quite a lot of butterfly books!

[daveuk]

Great that you still see Phil. Spent a few happy hours with him trawling through cabinets back in the day.

[Yorky]

Last time I went Phil took me round, it was incredible pouring through the pages of the original Aurelian by Moses Harris and seeing the original drawings.

[jonathan]

Hi,

The top specimen is a male Berberia lambessanus, the bottom specimen is a female Berberia abdelkader probably ssp taghzefti (depending on locality)
For more info, kindly visit my website http://www.satyrinae.yolasite.com/berbe ... lkader.php

Thanks
Jon

[Trehopr1]

Once again, thank you very much Jon for your expertise in identifying these lovely satyrids.