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Finally a perfect male to compliment my gorgeous female

Very nice pair, Anna!

That's a superb pair of a truly stunning Charaxes. C. fournierae has long been on my "top 10" list of butterflies that I hope to eventually acquire; time (and price) will tell!

livingplanet3 wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:50 pm That's a superb pair of a truly stunning Charaxes. C. fournierae has long been on my "top 10" list of butterflies that I hope to eventually acquire; time (and price) will tell!

So how much costs a pair of C fournierae?

Chuck wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:05 pm

livingplanet3 wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:50 pm That's a superb pair of a truly stunning Charaxes. C. fournierae has long been on my "top 10" list of butterflies that I hope to eventually acquire; time (and price) will tell!

So how much costs a pair of C fournierae?

Well Chuck, can vary a lot in my case we are looking at $600 Usd male and $1,400 Usd female.
Roughly same as my Lydiae male and female.
Convert to Australian dollars thats $ 3,050.
Plus $50 Aud postage then 10% Gst ( Vat) government tax

Thank you @annarobertson1947. I hear about this species but had no idea what "expensive" meant.

@anna did those fournierae arrive already set?

I generally hand-deliver set specimens. I wouldn't mind mailing some within the country, but I'd be very concerned (these days) about set specimens arriving undamaged. I used to send large boxes of set specimens across country, but that's when packages were handled with care, and even then a couple would get free.

I presume the packaging is on the seller, so if an antenna gets busted on a $2000 specimen, that's the seller's loss. Ouch.

Thanks for replying Chuck,
I importcas set specimens, pinned with usually 4 abdominal ,2 in fw hinge and 2 half way up fw.
So far never damaged, this is from France and Germany.
Double boxed with foam peanuts usually.
I also send to Europe, Germany,,Czech Republic, China, no issues but on 2 occasions I sent to France, one destroyed and my fault, used new adhesive to hold foam base it gave way and that cost me.
The other time parcel vanished in transit, a bigger cost.
But generally, have had no damage over probably 20 parcels .
With delicate like tailed specimens i send papered as on a flat piece of cardboard and clear plastic stapled closely around specimen.
Then Double boxed.