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Post by nomad on Feb 7, 2015 20:30:54 GMT
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Post by cabintom on Feb 8, 2015 22:02:49 GMT
It must be amazing to see these flying...
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Post by krupten on Feb 9, 2015 1:35:03 GMT
I know that Eric and Tom did a paper on this species life history some time ago and illustrated the larvae and pupae. The Larvae are a Hernandiaceae feeder - much like G. codrus here south east asia and with only Lamproptera on Illigera - are the only Papilionidae on that family from memory. Adam you will have to help me out here - my old mind is suffering from Atrophy and far too much aluminium content. Cheers
There is nothing inhibiting the BREEDING IN CAPTIVITY of this - or other CITES 1 material with the exception of bureaucracy. A pity - for most species could therefore be legally available on the open market. Even if one kept the prices at their black market price it would produce revenues by which reintroduction programs could be implemented without a financial burden to the local taxpayers and even to a small extent provide employment for some locals. It is indeed a pity that such endeavors can be quashed by the academia as being COMMERCIAL ventures without academic benefit. Boggles me to be honest. Cheers Greg
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 9, 2015 9:18:05 GMT
For Tom who wanted to see it flying, a short video :
Video taken by "rigdoncurrie" (youtube nickname) in Jamaican Cockpit country in April, 2002
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Post by cabintom on Feb 9, 2015 12:37:33 GMT
It's much more nimble than I would have guessed!
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Post by krupten on Feb 9, 2015 14:21:10 GMT
wonderful video Olivier - merci mon ami.
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 9, 2015 15:00:49 GMT
Indeed it is a very nimble, agile species. It makes me think about another big Papilio I have met : the papuan Papilio euchenor. Those big Papilio are very agile and fast, they don't have the slow/heavy flight of Ornithoptera.
To my mind, video are very important, especially for those rare species that might face extinction. We have many butterfly photographs (including me) but not enough butterfly video makers.
To speak about a genus I know rather well, Delias. Delias is a huge genus (maybe the biggest one for rhopalocera), but behaviours of the big Asian species and the mountaineous Papuan species are totally different. Some mud-puddle, some don't. Some fly in canopy, some at the ground level. Some fly during all day, some not. Some live only in virgin forest along natural streams, some fly in the concrete jungle of Bangkok. Video can help a lot to learn about butterflies.
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Post by nomad on Feb 9, 2015 19:21:44 GMT
Wonderful video.
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Post by telliottmbamsc on Feb 16, 2015 12:41:00 GMT
Great Video.
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