Aglais ichnusa and H.C. Playne.
Jul 30, 2017 11:56:21 GMT
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Post by nomad on Jul 30, 2017 11:56:21 GMT
In the Oxford collections there is a fine bred series of the endemic Aglais ichnusa Hübner 1819 from Corsica. The larvae were collected at Corte by H.C. Playne in April 1897.
Herbert Playne whose passion was for Ornithology had been on a solo walking and bird watching holiday to Corsica. He walked from Ajaccio over the high mountains to the east coast of the Island and back into the mountains to Corte in the centre of the island. At Corte he found batches of larvae of A. ichnusa that emerged at Oxford where he was attending University. He then presented them to the Oxford Museum, where I was able to view them 119 years later.
Below specimens of Aglais ichnusa with the data, Corsica 1897, larvae found in 2 batches near Corte, April 19 1897 and presented by H.C. Playne. Emerged Oxford May/June 1897. Specimen four in image two, has the data, Vizzavona, Corsica, captured by R.S. Standen, June 1893. Presented 1896 by J.J. Walker, RN.
Payne was born at Minchinhampton in the Gloucestershire Cotswold hills in 1871. He went to Clifton College in Bristol where he became friends with the future naturalist explorer Alexander Frederick Richmond “Sandy” Wollaston. After returning from Corsica in the summer of 1897, Playne accompanied Wollaston on a second Ornithological expedition through the swamps and forests of Finland. During their travels through Finland, Playne and Wollaston made a collection of insects that were also presented to the Oxford Museum. The duo had also explored Finland in the previous Summer.
Graduating from Oxford, Herbert Payne returned to teach at Clifton College where Wollaston's father George had been a Master.
References.
Playne H.C. (1897) Ornithological Notes from Corsica. The Zoologist., series 4 Vol V1.
Wollaston Mary (1933). Letters and Diaries of A.F.R. Wollaston.
Herbert Playne whose passion was for Ornithology had been on a solo walking and bird watching holiday to Corsica. He walked from Ajaccio over the high mountains to the east coast of the Island and back into the mountains to Corte in the centre of the island. At Corte he found batches of larvae of A. ichnusa that emerged at Oxford where he was attending University. He then presented them to the Oxford Museum, where I was able to view them 119 years later.
Below specimens of Aglais ichnusa with the data, Corsica 1897, larvae found in 2 batches near Corte, April 19 1897 and presented by H.C. Playne. Emerged Oxford May/June 1897. Specimen four in image two, has the data, Vizzavona, Corsica, captured by R.S. Standen, June 1893. Presented 1896 by J.J. Walker, RN.
Payne was born at Minchinhampton in the Gloucestershire Cotswold hills in 1871. He went to Clifton College in Bristol where he became friends with the future naturalist explorer Alexander Frederick Richmond “Sandy” Wollaston. After returning from Corsica in the summer of 1897, Playne accompanied Wollaston on a second Ornithological expedition through the swamps and forests of Finland. During their travels through Finland, Playne and Wollaston made a collection of insects that were also presented to the Oxford Museum. The duo had also explored Finland in the previous Summer.
Graduating from Oxford, Herbert Payne returned to teach at Clifton College where Wollaston's father George had been a Master.
References.
Playne H.C. (1897) Ornithological Notes from Corsica. The Zoologist., series 4 Vol V1.
Wollaston Mary (1933). Letters and Diaries of A.F.R. Wollaston.