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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 19, 2016 22:06:42 GMT
Butterflies no 70 was published on 10 December 2015, with 2 new subspecies described:
Byasa hedistus mukoyamai Nakae:
Nakae, M. 2015. A new subspecies of Byasa hedistus Jordan, 1928 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Butterflies, 70: 4-7.
Parnassius charltonius bartasi Inaoka & Bieber:
Inaoka, S. & L. Bieber 2015. A new Subspecies of Parnassius charltonius Gray, [1853] (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Kailash, western Tibet. Butterflies, 70: 31-35.
PDFs are available for personal use.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 20, 2016 21:12:06 GMT
Here is the holotype male of Byasa hedistus mukoyamai Nakae, 2015, upperside:  Data is "Baimang Xueshan, Yunnan, vii 1997", specimen in Shizuoka Prefecture Museum of Natural History. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 20, 2016 21:15:44 GMT
and the underside:  Note this taxon apparently only occurs above 2,500m altitude, whereas nominate B. hedistus is found below 2,500m. The male looks very like that of Byasa confusus but the genitalia (illustrated in the paper) are very similar to that of B. hedistus. Adam. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 20, 2016 21:17:23 GMT
Here is the upperside of a female paratype:  |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 20, 2016 21:19:13 GMT
... and the underside:  Data for this specimen is "North Lijiang, Yunnan vii 1997" Adam. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 20, 2016 21:35:31 GMT
Here's the plate showing the types of Parnassius charltonius bartasi Inaoka & Bieber, 2015:  The type locality is "Kangdise Mts., alt. 4,650m, S. E. of Meshe, around Kailash area, ng’Ali region, West Tibet", and the holotype was collected on 14.vi. 2011 by S. Inaoka. Adam. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 20, 2016 21:41:27 GMT
Here's a distribution map:  Adam. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 3, 2016 20:12:59 GMT
Sounds like Inaoka may have given him credit as co-author without actually telling him. Does Mr. Bieber want a pdf copy of the paper? I can send you one for him if you send me your e-mail address by PM.
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Post by trehopr1 on Sept 4, 2016 0:21:49 GMT
Adam, some idle curiosity here. Today on EBay I saw a Papilio adamsoni being offered for sale. I'm certain your familiar with it as the Ebayer credits neighboring Laos as where it comes from. It is one of the "windmill " swallowtail group. Any chance it bears that last name because someone has recognized you for your expertise in Papilionidae or for your contributions to our knowledge of them? If not this species than have you been honored via another species?
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Post by mygos on Sept 4, 2016 6:44:38 GMT
Adam, some idle curiosity here. Today on EBay I saw a Papilio adamsoni being offered for sale. I'm certain your familiar with it as the Ebayer credits neighboring Laos as where it comes from. It is one of the "windmill " swallowtail group. Any chance it bears that last name because someone has recognized you for your expertise in Papilionidae or for your contributions to our knowledge of them? If not this species than have you been honored via another species? Unfortunately not as it was described by Grose-Smith in 1886 if I am correct  A+, Michel |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 4, 2016 14:42:29 GMT
Yes Michel is correct, Grose-Smith, 1886. It was described as Papilio adamsoni, but nowadays is placed in genus Byasa, so author name and year are placed in ( ) if cited after the species name. This butterfly was named after "Captain Adamson R. E." who collected the type in Burma.
As for trehopr1's original question, somehow I have avoided having any Papilionidae named after me, although there are a number of Sphingidae, beetles and maybe the odd other insect that people have kindly named after me over the years. Of course, any insects named after me are called cottoni rather than after my first name. Note that not all insects named cottoni were actually named after me, I once came across a butterfly (I forget which genus, maybe Nymphalidae) named cottoni long before I was born.
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