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Bilateral Gynander Doxocopa cherubina,


Bilateral Gynander Vindula dejone erotella


John K.

Beautiful & extremely RARE wild Hybrid of Limentitis arthemis x L. archippus (S.E. U.S.A.)


White fm. Monarchs = (probably from Hawaii)


John K.

boghaunter1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:50 pm ...White fm. Monarchs = (probably from Hawaii)

Interesting - I can't recall having heard of white morph monarchs before.

Wild Collected, One-of-a-Kind, Beyond Rare, "Blue" Colias philodice, from Maryland. At auction on ebay years ago... caused a mild sensation in collector's circles. Big $$$.



John K.

Ab. Luna moth with melanic tendencies (U.S.A.)


John K.

Troides sp. Gynander... awesome


Really? Unbelievable O. goliath procus ab.

[attachment=0]Procus male abb spectacular.png[/attachment

Colias sp. - Very rare One Quarter Gynander


Asterope (Callithea) optima ab. (gynander? Hybrid?)


John K.

Callicore cynosaura, male dorsal, ab., Peru


Callicore cynosaura, male ventral, ab., Peru


John K.

Last two are really lovely John. That Colias looks like C croesus to me. The three female wings look like they belong to form helice.

To reiterate...again not my specimens/none of these are in my collection...just examples from online of really rare stuff, offered for sale in years past, & that not all collectors may be familiar with...

Thanks for possible Colias I.D. daveuk

John K.

Just found another photo, in another file, of the "Blue" C. philodice shown above... it sold for $1,675.00 USD!

John K.

That luna is amazing.
The Goliath looks like a work of either photoshop or UV light.
The colias could be philodice female/eurytheme male??? Or the male wing glued on, as a gynandro as well as 2 species, I don't know, but I am a skeptic.
The blue colias, don't want to even hazard a guess.

This is an odd H. columbia I got in Central Ontario.

mothman55 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:58 pm The Goliath looks like a work of either photoshop or UV light...

I have never before seen an O. goliath that looked like this. True - it may possibly be color-manipulated; either the specimen itself, or with a graphics program. I hope I'm wrong, though - it would be amazing if an aberration like that really does exist!

livingplanet3 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:08 pm

boghaunter1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:50 pm ...White fm. Monarchs = (probably from Hawaii)

Interesting - I can't recall having heard of white morph monarchs before.

The "white" monarchs were fairly well known from Hawaii a couple or three decades ago. I suspect they might have died out - haven't seen much of them in recent years.

A friend of mine and I were collecting in NE Tennessee many years ago, and he caught a Viceroy with the same "white" coloring as these monarchs. I've only seen that one example of a white Archippus.

jh

jhyatt wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:50 pm

livingplanet3 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:08 pm

boghaunter1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:50 pm ...White fm. Monarchs = (probably from Hawaii)

Interesting - I can't recall having heard of white morph monarchs before.

The "white" monarchs were fairly well known from Hawaii a couple or three decades ago. I suspect they might have died out - haven't seen much of them in recent years.

A friend of mine and I were collecting in NE Tennessee many years ago, and he caught a Viceroy with the same "white" coloring as these monarchs. I've only seen that one example of a white Archippus.

jh

Just came across this short video -

& here is another longer YouTube video on rearing/emerging white Monarchs,



John K.

boghaunter1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:28 pm Procus male abb spectacular.png

I wonder if this was treated with UV light?

Adam.

Hi jhyatt,

Very interesting comments... especially about the White Viceroy (L. archippus) your friend collected years ago. Does that unique specimen still exist?... & if so.... any possibility of you or your friend posting a pic of that rare White Viceroy here? I would love, as I'm sure many others would as well, to see that absolute rarity! I have never heard of a white Viceroy...

John K.

adamcotton wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:23 am

boghaunter1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:28 pm Procus male abb spectacular.png

I wonder if this was treated with UV light?

Adam.

Adam, I am quite sure that the butterfly was exposed to UV light. Parts of the forewings were covered so that the green colour remained.