Ornithoptera chimaera

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Ornithoptera chimaera

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Two pairs of ex pupae nominate subspecies from P.N.G. February 2006.
Pair of O c charybdis from Arfak,West Papua 1983(the only data I have for this pair)
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The full data from one of the male nominate specimens. All four have more or less the same data
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I wonder: Does any recent material of O. c. flavidior exist, or are all the known examples historical?
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jhyatt wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:16 pm I wonder: Does any recent material of O. c. flavidior exist, or are all the known examples historical?
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I have only ever seen that subspecies in books.
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Wow Dave,
Those first 2 pairs are outstanding ! 👏🎉

Thank you for posting such wonderful acquisitions.

Oh' to have just one pair like either one of those....
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Trehopr1 wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:31 pm Wow Dave,
Those first 2 pairs are outstanding ! 👏🎉

Thank you for posting such wonderful acquisitions.

Oh' to have just one pair like either one of those....
Thank You trehopr. Consider myself lucky to have gotten hold of them & not to have messed up when I spread/set them!
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