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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 8:40:34 GMT
I'm just back from Colombia (Puerto Narino in Amazonas and Otanche area in Boyaca) : many nice butterflies encounters ! Our local guide was Fredy Montero. See the page : collector-secret.proboards.com/thread/1635/researching-butterflies-colombiaPanacea prola prola (E. Doubleday, [1848] and Pterourus neyi neyi (Niepelt, 1909) or more probably Pterourus zagreus batesi T. Racheli & L. Racheli, 1996, female. September 30 - Puerto Nariño (Amazonas) – Trail to San Martín de Amacayacu – 3°46’54.74’’S/70°21’23.65’’O – 99 m asl
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 8:49:20 GMT
Morpho cypris cypris male flying in the canopy : October, 10 - Río Cobre, Vereda Pizarra (Otanche, Boyacá) – 5°44’28.71’’N/74°13’03.33’’O – 650 m asl
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 9:01:46 GMT
Heraclides garleppi ssp. September 30 - Puerto Nariño (Amazonas) – Path to San Martín de Amacayacu – 3°46’54.74’’S/70°21’23.65’’O – 99 m asl
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 9:07:15 GMT
Heraclides thoas nealces (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) October 9 - Río Cobre, Vereda Pizarra (Otanche, Boyacá) – 5°44’13.27’’N/74°13’04.75’’O – 651 m
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Post by teinopalpus on Oct 20, 2017 9:23:54 GMT
It was surely great trip. And here ... European winter is coming. Anyway pictured specimen on first photo is not Pterourus neyi neyi, but Pterourus zagreus batesi.
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 9:23:58 GMT
Morpho sulkowskyi sulkowskyi Kollar, 1850 October 4th - Reserva Natural de Rogitama, West of Arcabuco (Boyacá) – 5°47’38.70’’N/73°27’27.11’’O – 2472 m asl
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 13:32:15 GMT
Consul panariste panariste (Hewitson, 1856) October, 11th – Vereda La Cunchalita (Otanche, Boyacá) – 5°44’57.22’’N/74°14’44.19’’O – 1000 m
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 20, 2017 13:34:10 GMT
Looks like a fantastic trip ! Good to hear you had a good guide with you. Did he arrange a place (or base of operations) for you during your stay? Or did you move around with him to places he knew of that were reputable? Also, did you have to get permits to leave the country with your collected material?
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 13:47:25 GMT
About the guide : as said, see the page : collector-secret.proboards.com/thread/1635/researching-butterflies-colombia The guide is a colombian lepidopterist. He knows very well the whole country and best spots to watch butterflies. He knows also where to go and roads to avoid because insecurity (narcos, coca fields and so on). He manages the car rental and small lodges booking. He brings rotten fruits and rotten fish to attrack butterflies : so, it's easier to take good pictures ! Photo : Fredy, our guide, showing Morpho theseus - October, 13th - Cañón del río Minero, between Pauna and San Pablo de Borbur (Boyacá) – 5°38’24.26’’N/74°03’02.99’’O – 455 m asl
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 13:49:51 GMT
Morpho helenor ssp. ( telamon ?), female. October, 13th - Cañón del río Minero, between Pauna and San Pablo de Borbur (Boyacá) – 5°38’24.26’’N/74°03’02.99’’O – 455 m asl
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 20, 2017 13:55:34 GMT
Were you able to leave with any specimens you did secure? If permits are needed did you have to get them or did your guide get them for you?
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 15:15:35 GMT
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Post by jmg on Nov 1, 2017 10:18:12 GMT
Actually, the photo of Morpho helenor ssp. ( telamon ?), female. October, 13th - Cañón del río Minero, shows Morpho helenor peleides, female. New photo : Photo taken in a small peasant farm butterflies (especially dedicated to Morpho cypris), October 12 in the region of Otanche: we can see a couple of Morpho helenor peleides Kollar, 1850, and hand-held (left) for comparison, Morpho granadensis granadensis (Felder & Felder, 1867). These three butterflies are alive! The peasant thought, until our arrival, that all were " Morpho peleides". Since several years, Blandin and Lamas have demonstrated that Morpho peleides is a subspecies of Morpho helenor. Similarly, they established that Morpho granadensis is not a subspecies of Morpho deidamia. In this breeding we were able to admire a superb female Morpho cypris cypris Weswood, 1851 (orange form), used for breeding. In the wild, we observed only one female cypris, perched at the top of a tree more than 30 m high above a stream. In the same area (around Otanche, Boyaca), cypris males were common (last October). I add that this peasant proposes females cypris, blue cyanites form at rates that, even local, would have forced me to difficult negotiations with my banker!
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Post by jmg on Nov 1, 2017 10:29:49 GMT
New picture : two Diaethria, October, 12th – Vereda La Cunchalita (Otanche, Boyacá) – 5°44’57.22’’N/74°14’44.19’’O – 1000 m unless I'm mistaken : left : Diaethria clymena colombiana (Viette, 1958) right : Diaethria euclides phlogea (Salvin & Godman, 1868) To facilitate the meeting and photographic shooting, the foliage was previously sprayed with rotten fish juice.
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Post by jmg on Nov 1, 2017 10:38:53 GMT
Usually, Hesperiidae are less colorful! Haemactis sanguinalis (Westwood, 1852), always encountered very close a stream.
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