Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:14 pm
Ex pupae pair from Sri Lanka.
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Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:29 am
Absolutely stunning pair !
Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:58 pm
Wow!
Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:40 pm
This beautiful species seems to only rarely be available in the US. I've not been able to obtain a specimen.
Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:04 pm
These were from pupae sold by the Stratford on Avon butterfly farm in England in 2007. They seemed to be available for a very short time. Here are another pair from the same source. The male is more heavily marked & the female has more straw colouringlivingplanet3 wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:40 pm This beautiful species seems to only rarely be available in the US. I've not been able to obtain a specimen.
Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:53 pm
I think the Lacey Act stops this species from being sold in the USA, as it is protected in both India (ssp. polymnestor) and Sri Lanka.livingplanet3 wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:40 pm This beautiful species seems to only rarely be available in the US. I've not been able to obtain a specimen.
Adam.
Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:52 pm
Thanks for the clarification. Knowing that India and Sri Lanka have protections on butterflies, I had a feeling that there might be some restriction preventing the import of polymnestor to the US, hence its unavailability here.adamcotton wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:53 pmI think the Lacey Act stops this species from being sold in the USA, as it is protected in both India (ssp. polymnestor) and Sri Lanka.livingplanet3 wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:40 pm This beautiful species seems to only rarely be available in the US. I've not been able to obtain a specimen.
Adam.
Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:01 pm
Atrophaneura horishana, a Taiwan endemic, is another Asian swallowtail that I only quite rarely see available in the US anymore -
What few specimens I've seen offered in the past 30 years or so were all apparently old stock. I remember frequently seeing horishana on entomological dealers' stock lists back in the late 1970s through 1980s, however. I seem to recall a colleague of mine from Taiwan once mentioning that just before 1990, Taiwan enacted wildlife protection laws that covered endemic butterflies, so I assume that's why horishana and at least several other Taiwan species became largely unavailable at that point, including Agehana maraho -
What few specimens I've seen offered in the past 30 years or so were all apparently old stock. I remember frequently seeing horishana on entomological dealers' stock lists back in the late 1970s through 1980s, however. I seem to recall a colleague of mine from Taiwan once mentioning that just before 1990, Taiwan enacted wildlife protection laws that covered endemic butterflies, so I assume that's why horishana and at least several other Taiwan species became largely unavailable at that point, including Agehana maraho -
Re: Papilio polymnestor parinda
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:53 pm
Think you are right. Although Taiwan or Formosa as it once was known exported huge numbers of specimens in the 70s & 80s all butterflies from that country are now protected from export.livingplanet3 wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:01 pm Atrophaneura horishana, a Taiwan endemic, is another Asian swallowtail that I only quite rarely see available in the US anymore -
What few specimens I've seen offered in the past 30 years or so were all apparently old stock. I remember frequently seeing horishana on entomological dealers' stock lists back in the late 1970s through 1980s, however. I seem to recall a colleague of mine from Taiwan once mentioning that just before 1990, Taiwan enacted wildlife protection laws that covered endemic butterflies, so I assume that's why horishana and at least several other Taiwan species became largely unavailable at that point, including Agehana maraho -
I did get two pairs of A horishanus from a British dealer in the mid 80s
Was also very lucky to find a male A maraho in an old collection a few years back. This one has always been difficult to get hold of in my experience