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Post by hewi on Oct 23, 2018 8:59:47 GMT
Papilio natewa n.sp.
TL.: Fiji, Vanua Levu, Natewa Peninsula
W.J. Tennent, V. Chandra & C.J. Müller:
"A remarkable new swallowtail butterfly from Fiji (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)", Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo, 39/2, 10/2018, p. 53-61, Fig. 1-3
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Post by nomad on Oct 23, 2018 13:41:46 GMT
Is this a newly found butterfly on the island or one that was originally determined as belonging to another Papilio species?
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Post by hewi on Oct 23, 2018 13:46:55 GMT
totally new and really beautiful !
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Post by deliasfanatic on Oct 23, 2018 13:48:31 GMT
What species group?
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Post by hewi on Oct 23, 2018 13:58:11 GMT
The position of the new Papilio seems uncertain. I quote the authors: "P. natewa has a unique set of characters, suggesting that placement in its own species group ('section') within Papilio may be appropriate".
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Post by luehdorfia on Oct 23, 2018 14:33:40 GMT
hewi can you post a photo of it? I haven’t gotten my Apollo magazine yet, don’t know why.
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Post by hewi on Oct 23, 2018 14:40:26 GMT
sorry, due to copyright this is not possible
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 23, 2018 14:52:19 GMT
Firstly I must apologise to all ICF members for having to pretend that the photo of a wild specimen of Papilio natewa was a photoshop fake. I knew it was real well over a year ago, and had to keep it a secret until publication. See collector-secret.proboards.com/thread/2475/help-me-identify-papilio for a copy of the original photo of a wild female specimen of this amazing species. Adam.
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Post by nomad on Oct 23, 2018 14:59:23 GMT
How did euptera find the picture on the internet, if it was going to be used in a published paper, why was it put on the web and by who? One does feel a little bit sorry for euptera.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 23, 2018 15:02:32 GMT
Here is the picture, so people don't have to follow the link:
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 23, 2018 15:06:21 GMT
The photo was available on the Operation Wallacea website, and euptera must have seen it there.
Adam.
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Post by nomad on Oct 23, 2018 15:30:40 GMT
A strange situation where a picture of a new butterfly was placed on the web before it was described, never heard of that before. Wonderful discovery, I though Fiji had been quite explored but when John Tennent arrives on an Island who knows what he might find. He is certainly one of the most outstanding butterfly explorers of our time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 16:17:09 GMT
This is a turn up, what a find, I wonder if it will ever be available to collectors?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 23, 2018 16:33:40 GMT
John Tennent was asked to go there to help recently, he didn't actually discover its presence on the Natewa Peninsula as a result of going there.
Adam.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 16:37:05 GMT
When was it first sighted?
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