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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!

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):

From another box in the ABRI collection:

A couple females:



Gyandromorph:


Deeper blue specimen (aberrant?):

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

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!

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!