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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 2, 2017 21:06:29 GMT
Thank you Peter and Olivier for all the wonderful shots and the time it took to get them. Simply marvelous material throughout -- as always. Nice varied coverage as well. Quite a few very special things there among the photographs.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 6:40:06 GMT
The sheer weight of world rarities on offer is staggering, all in one place, no internet bidding and you can see first hand what you are getting, win win situation.
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Post by nomad on Oct 5, 2017 9:00:04 GMT
I noticed this pair which I believe are Papilio machaon in Vladimir's box of splendid rare Parnassius. The species in this box were not labelled, can anyone suggest what this taxon is priced at 1000 euros!! I did not crop the image down further as you will get a thumbnail.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 9:49:16 GMT
Adam will probably know, but they look similar to this sikkimensis (hookeri) only the orange spots look larger, there are so many machaon ssp that you need an expert sometimes, luckily we have one.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 5, 2017 11:50:58 GMT
Yes, these appear to be ladakensis although underside photos (not possible, I know) and data would help to confirm this. This is the high altitude short tailed machaon from NW Himalayas across to the Pamir range.
Dunc's hookeri (sikkimensis is a junior homonym and thus not the valid name for this taxon) is quite different, although both have short tails and occur at high altitude, hookeri is found from central Himalayas eastwards to NW Yunnan. It is likely that hookeri could actually belong to a separate species to true machaon. Note that they are easily distinguished from ladakensis by the double black chevron above the red eye spot on the anal angle of the hindwing. In ladakensis there is only a single black chevron, like European machaon.
Adam.
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Post by nomad on Oct 5, 2017 12:24:40 GMT
is mentioned above the pair Okay thank you. I do not see a price above the P. machaon. We are very lucky indeed to have Adam, a World Papilionidae expert here.
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