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Post by nomad on Feb 13, 2018 21:28:37 GMT
Thaumantis klugius males Borneo. 19th century Bristol Museum coll. labelled T. Lucipor
Must be amazing to see in the wild. Surely one of the world's most beautiful butterflies.
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Post by jmg on Feb 14, 2018 0:06:41 GMT
An other Thaumantis from Borneo, but not that beauty ! Thaumantis odana cyclops, Röber. Poring (Sabah), July 31st, 2011. Photo : jmg
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 14, 2018 2:48:40 GMT
Wow, what a stunner... Cannot imagine there are many of this species in collections given that locale. I don't think anything much comes out of Borneo these days. It still seems pretty Stone Age and in-hospitable to me. This is a really nice genus and one that I think is poorly represented in most private collections. When it comes to the Amathusiids the Stichopthalma seem to get all the notoriety .
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Post by Paul K on Feb 14, 2018 3:31:34 GMT
I don't think anything much comes out of Borneo these days. It still seems pretty Stone Age and in-hospitable to me . You would be surprised to see villagers in the most remote locations using “Stone Age tools” for farming and at the same time browsing internet on the newest smartphones 😜
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Post by Paul K on Feb 14, 2018 7:16:04 GMT
Beautiful species, I’ve never find them so far in Thailand but they both occur in peninsular south part. Hopefuly one day...
Paul
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Post by luehdorfia on Feb 14, 2018 9:03:17 GMT
I saw some last year in March on the island of Hainan in the Jianfenglin Park, one of the last more or less untouched dry forest area, I even had my net with me but it was completely impossible to catch them. I almost broke my leg, it was a steep mountain with some not so steep slopes but all forest even with bamboo, and the junge glorys were flying very fast, in a dancing like fashion about 50cm to 80cm above the ground, always switching directions, I run behind them down the slopes in the forest but never got one. They are super shiny, it almost looks like a morpho the iridescent blue, I was totally surprised to see something like it.
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Post by nomad on Feb 14, 2018 11:58:56 GMT
Thaumantis diores Sikkim. 19th century. Labelled T. Ramedo Thaumantis diores Burma Thaumantis diores ?
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Post by nomad on Feb 14, 2018 12:03:29 GMT
Thaumantis odana. south-east Borneo. Stephen Barton coll. 1898. Bristol Museum coll.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 14, 2018 12:59:04 GMT
I saw some last year in March on the island of Hainan in the Jianfenglin Park, one of the last more or less untouched dry forest area, I even had my net with me but it was completely impossible to catch them. I almost broke my leg, it was a steep mountain with some not so steep slopes but all forest even with bamboo, and the junge glorys were flying very fast, in a dancing like fashion about 50cm to 80cm above the ground, always switching directions, I run behind them down the slopes in the forest but never got one. They are super shiny, it almost looks like a morpho the iridescent blue, I was totally surprised to see something like it. You will never catch them with a net, you need a fruit bait trap with fermenting pineapple or banana. Just hang it up in the area where they live, with the bottom a bit above the ground and leave it there for a few hours. The trap is best placed in the shade, and make sure there are no leaves or other items touching the trap otherwise ants will crawl up onto it. Adam.
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Post by Paul K on Feb 14, 2018 13:33:57 GMT
I saw some last year in March on the island of Hainan in the Jianfenglin Park, one of the last more or less untouched dry forest area, I even had my net with me but it was completely impossible to catch them. I almost broke my leg, it was a steep mountain with some not so steep slopes but all forest even with bamboo, and the junge glorys were flying very fast, in a dancing like fashion about 50cm to 80cm above the ground, always switching directions, I run behind them down the slopes in the forest but never got one. They are super shiny, it almost looks like a morpho the iridescent blue, I was totally surprised to see something like it. 😂😂😂, most of Asian Morphinae are like that, very hard to catch them in the deep forest, unless one rest on the path right in front of you the chances are slim. I tried to catch Thauria aliris in Ko Samui deep forest for an hour while he was playing with me back and forth until I gave up. Very true Adam, fruit bait traps are the only way. Paul
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Post by luehdorfia on Feb 15, 2018 22:24:13 GMT
Thanks Adam and Paul for enlightening me, that absolutely makes sense. I was already questioning myself back then if I am too slow or too stupid to use the net. They don’t fly extremely fast but so nimble and smart dancing through the trees, my chinese friends were just laughing, so I had everyone to have a go, and nobody could get close or get them somehow. I will tryt traps with fruit baits next time! Looking forward to that!
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