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Post by nomad on Feb 1, 2015 18:00:23 GMT
I have been wondering, how many extinct World Butterflies species are there. I know of some, what's your list.
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 1, 2015 18:05:09 GMT
Interesting subject.
For real species, not subspecies, there isn't so many.
- Colias ponteni - Urania sloanus (to be confirmed) - Papilio lampsacus (to be confirmed too)
About ssp. there are plenty extincted. Some recurrent forms too like Zerynthia rumina f. honorathi
Sad.
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Post by nomad on Feb 1, 2015 18:05:38 GMT
I have seen the Wikipedia page but they even list O. paradisea paradisea, they are slightly ahead of their time on that one.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Feb 1, 2015 18:06:29 GMT
Eurytides iphitas
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Post by nomad on Feb 1, 2015 18:06:47 GMT
Yes, even the loss of a subspecies is notable.
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Post by nomad on Feb 1, 2015 18:08:11 GMT
Have you any specimens of that one.
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Post by nomad on Feb 1, 2015 18:09:45 GMT
Colias ponteni may be debatable, you never know it might be refound some day?
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Post by nomad on Feb 1, 2015 18:15:19 GMT
There is I believe , the United States Blue Glaucopsyche xerces and Wiki mention two South African Lycaenidae- Deloneura immaculata and Lepidochrysops hypopolia?
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 1, 2015 18:18:17 GMT
Colias ponteni has been searched for decades and is not a tropical species like the others (tropical species can easily hide themselves in hard-to-penetrate forests or in the canopy. I personnaly doubt C. ponteni has been overlooked.
Danny < I would be glad to see a picture of Eurytides iphitas
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Post by deliasfanatic on Feb 1, 2015 18:37:53 GMT
Have you any specimens of that one. Yes, I have a 1937 specimen. It went extinct around 1940. e iphitas by D B, on Flickr
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Post by deliasfanatic on Feb 1, 2015 18:47:23 GMT
There is I believe , the United States Blue Glaucopsyche xerces and Wiki mention two South African Lycaenidae- Deloneura immaculata and Lepidochrysops hypopolia? Recently, I've seen G. xerces listed as a ssp of G. lygdamus. There are also a few other US subspecies extinct, all from California: Speyeria adiaste atossa Parnassius clodius strohbeeni Cercyonis sthenele sthenele I believe there are a few more Speyeria subspecies from California that are presumed extinct; they were found in restricted locations that are now all under concrete. I'm aware of another with ssp status, Battus polydamas antiquus. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1906 from an antique plate (18th Century), from the small Caribbean island of Antigua. No specimens have ever been seen, and it's therefore known only from the illustration.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 1, 2015 18:47:30 GMT
Have you any specimens of that one. I would be very surprised indeed if Danny does. The last record was 1937, so there aren't any modern specimens at all. Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 1, 2015 18:48:10 GMT
Wow, you do have one!
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 1, 2015 18:50:24 GMT
Can we see the underside and labels please?
Adam.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Feb 1, 2015 18:52:23 GMT
I'll photograph those and post later, Adam; this was a photo that I already had ready-to-go.
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