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Post by trehopr1 on Sept 16, 2018 6:26:49 GMT
Thank you Deliasfanatic for that type series thread. Wow, what an incredible subspecies ! Those huge sub-marginal spots almost look white in appearance.
Thank you as well Mothman27 for providing that photo on such short notice. Appreciate your imput...
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Post by trehopr1 on Aug 19, 2019 18:24:57 GMT
Here we have a wonderful (female) example of the species which I only recently picked up in a Southern Illinois clover field. Most of the Papilio encountered that day were of the similar looking "dark phase" (P. glaucus) females. These were a bit tougher to find as their numbers were far fewer. However, the ones I did see were all fresh hatches. I thought I would show a resplendent specimen of a female of the species since I neglected to do so in my original post ! On another note, I would point out that the tails on this species differ slightly in their appearance as compared to Papilio glaucus. They are only slightly shorter in length but, they are much broader or "fatter" than that of glaucus. Much like many of the S.E.Asian species of papilio. Also, as mentioned in my other thread on P.glaucus one has to literally investigate EVERY large black butterfly one sees in a field of clover. When both species are present they are not easy to discern apart unless your eye catches that "hint" of green present in this species.
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