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Post by nomad on Jan 1, 2015 13:23:06 GMT
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 1, 2015 13:59:48 GMT
Thank you very much Peter for this great article !
I have learnt a lot of things about Doherty
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Post by mygos on Jan 1, 2015 17:16:36 GMT
Very well written account on this great collector !
A+, Michel
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Post by nomad on Jan 1, 2015 17:25:58 GMT
Thank you Olivier and Michel. I do find these early collectors fascinating. I wonder if those two BMNH images of Doherty taken in Africa are the only ones there are?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 20:19:40 GMT
Keep these coming Peter, they are pure gold.
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Post by nomad on Jan 2, 2015 11:59:40 GMT
Thank you dunc. I was wondering. Does anybody have the hybrid P. dardanus x phorcas that Doherty discovered in their collection and is it a rarity. I believe that is a special butterfly for one here.
How about Mycalestis drusillodes that Doherty also found in New Guinea that certainly was a puzzle to Charles Oberthur. I believe that species may be rarely offered?
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 2, 2015 13:58:46 GMT
Yes drusillodes is a fantastic species and rarely offered. I have seen some for sale last month though.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Jan 2, 2015 14:07:49 GMT
Wild-caught "nandina" would be a rarity, but they've been bred in large numbers from butterfly-house dardanus/phorcas in the past few years. I've seen them offered at high prices by those who are hoping to make a quick profit from the unwary!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 14:31:19 GMT
One for sale at an English insect fair for £50 last year, I was tempted but refrained.
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Post by cabintom on Jan 2, 2015 19:11:04 GMT
I'm curious, are the females of that hybrid also polymorphic?
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Post by deliasfanatic on Jan 2, 2015 19:37:05 GMT
I'm curious, are the females of that hybrid also polymorphic? Yes, they are. I've seen photos of white ("hippocoon"), orange, and mixed forms. |
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Post by nomad on Jan 2, 2015 20:03:07 GMT
I'm curious, are the females of that hybrid also polymorphic? Yes, they are. I've seen photos of white ("hippocoon"), orange, and mixed forms. Do you have some to show from your collection. |
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Post by deliasfanatic on Jan 2, 2015 20:08:24 GMT
No, I don't want "created" hybrids...however, I'm planning to rephotograph all of my dardanus drawers soon (and will include phorcas this time) and I'll post them here. As some of you know, in addition to "delias fanatic", I'm also a dardanus fanatic  |
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Post by nomad on Jan 2, 2015 23:05:19 GMT
Great, I am sure everyone here will enjoy seeing them, nice to see someone resisting man made hybrids. I expect Doherty was extra lucky to obtain those two.
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Post by cabintom on Jan 3, 2015 2:07:01 GMT
No, I don't want "created" hybrids...however, I'm planning to rephotograph all of my dardanus drawers soon (and will include phorcas this time) and I'll post them here. As some of you know, in addition to "delias fanatic", I'm also a dardanus fanatic I look forward to seeing those photos... and to collecting a female dardanus that isn't f. hippocoon. |
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