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Graphium idaeoides

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:26 pm
by daveuk
Two male G idaeoides idaeoides
Two male G idaeoides neergaardi
Both subspecies endemic to the Philippines.

Re: Graphium ideoides

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:20 pm
by livingplanet3
This must surely be a mimic of Idea leuconoe -

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Re: Graphium ideoides

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:55 pm
by daveuk
livingplanet3 wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:20 pm This must surely be a mimic of Idea leuconoe -

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It is. It matches it in size too.

Re: Graphium idaeoides

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:56 pm
by adamcotton
livingplanet3 wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:20 pm This must surely be a mimic of Idea leuconoe -
Indeed, members of the macareus group of Graphium mimic Danaiinae.

This species is by far the largest in the group too.

Adam.