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Post by isidro on Oct 7, 2018 9:26:12 GMT
Sucking fruit in a butterfly house in Netherlands. Impossible to get it with wings open... Any help in ID please? Thanks!  |
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Post by mygos on Oct 7, 2018 11:32:15 GMT
May be Anaea sp. ?
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Post by deliasfanatic on Oct 7, 2018 12:58:54 GMT
It's a species of Memphis (often still placed within Anaea); I don't think it's possible to determine the species since so many are similar on the underside.
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Post by isidro on Oct 7, 2018 14:25:35 GMT
Oh, thanks to both! Would not be possible to ID it just by knowing which species are used for butterfly houses?
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Post by deliasfanatic on Oct 7, 2018 17:31:18 GMT
It would narrow it down if you know the country of origin (many specimens in butterfly houses come from Costa Rica, for example), but probably not with this specimen since the undersides are so similar (yet variable) in many related species.
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Post by isidro on Oct 8, 2018 11:55:41 GMT
What a shame! The origin of the butterflies here are probably from breeders outside original distribution, but almost all of the butterflies here are American (Caligo, Morpho, Heliconius, Siproeta, Phoebis, Myscelia, Hypna, Consul...) but is the typical assemblage of butterfly houses.
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Post by isidro on Jun 11, 2019 17:24:40 GMT
Now I'm pretty sure that is a Fountainea and very look alike Fountainea nobilis. Toughts?
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Post by deliasfanatic on Jun 11, 2019 20:22:46 GMT
It's unlikely to be F. nobilis. The latter came from only one source in El Salvador, bred for collectors and sold at high prices. That breeder's brother in the US, who was the marketer for his specimens, died recently and I don't know whether further specimens will be available.
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Post by jshuey on Jun 12, 2019 17:00:40 GMT
Now I'm pretty sure that is a Fountainea and very look alike Fountainea nobilis. Toughts? Agreed on the Fountainea part - but I would go with Fountainea eurypyle - a common species throughout much of Central America and likely to be in an export mix of pupae to butterfly houses. j |
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Post by isidro on Jun 13, 2019 17:24:53 GMT
Big thanks! I will let it tagged as Fountainea eurypyle then  |
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