daveuk
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Post by daveuk on Mar 14, 2015 20:46:42 GMT
Stichophthalma nourmahal..battered specimen but very rare. Male from Naga hills India-1911
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Post by daveuk on Mar 14, 2015 20:49:48 GMT
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Post by nomad on Mar 14, 2015 20:54:56 GMT
Better to have a less than perfect specimen than none at all. How rare is this species Dave, any news on its status today.
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 15, 2015 12:37:41 GMT
First time I see it !
Congrats Dave !
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Post by daveuk on Mar 15, 2015 17:39:35 GMT
Not sure at all about the current status of this one Peter..it's listed as rare where I have read about it. I have never seen it offered for sale. I got my specimen in a mixed box from Kempton show a few years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 10:22:19 GMT
Lovely Dave, one I don't have, the fun you get at insect fairs in searching out stuff, you can find all sorts of things, I remember finding a box full of cethosia nietneri a couple of years ago, males and females, the guy "just wanted rid of them", I happily obliged, try finding those for sale now, almost impossible.
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Post by timmsyrj on Mar 26, 2015 9:46:23 GMT
Very nice Dave, one I don't have. Have you seen stichophthalma nurinissa ?, there is a link to it one my website links page, very similar to nourmahal but with a lighter boarder, also the stichophthalma neumogeni renqingduojiei from Tibet (picture to the left) have very similar undersides, these three look related, getting lighter as they go north/higher into the Himalayas.
What is the (approx) wingspan on your nourmahal, Dave.
Rich
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Post by daveuk on Apr 7, 2015 18:37:14 GMT
Hi Rich
Sorry not to have replied sooner..would you believe I can't find a ruler anywhere !!..I have two somewhere..When I find them I will take another picture with a ruler along side the specimen which should give you an idea of the wingspan
Dave
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Post by timmsyrj on Aug 19, 2015 18:36:45 GMT
This is just off the boards, and I have to say I'm more than a little excited by it, I've put it in this thread because to me the underside of this screams Stichophthalma nourmahal yet it is from Vietnam though apparently not Sa Pa as previously thought but from Hoang Lien N.P, Than Uyen district, Lai Chau province, Vietnam 1,700m, May 2015. I can find no record of nourmahal coming from Vietnam but it does fly on Hainan Island off the coast of China. Take a look at the links page on my website below there is a link which shows a picture of Stichophthalma from Hainan Island, it looks very similar to the figured Stichophthalma nourmahal s.sp chuni. If it flies on Hainan and North India it's possible it occurs between these areas..  Forewing length is 48mm Rich |
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Post by timmsyrj on Aug 19, 2015 18:38:20 GMT
And the underside..  I welcome your thoughts Rich |
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Post by daveuk on Aug 19, 2015 21:22:42 GMT
Lovely specimen Rich. I think I missed out on one similar to it at the weekend. The underside certainly looks a lot like S nourmahal . Dave |
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Post by trehopr1 on Aug 20, 2015 7:30:07 GMT
Outstanding specimen timmsyrj ! Simply outstanding. Bravo on that find ! I have to hand it to both you and daveuk for really opening my eyes to the wonder that is Stichopthalma. Never in any book have I ever seen so much "fine stuff" as the material that both of you have posted on this forum over the last year. What grand butterflies the "jungle queen" group are. Thanks so much to both of you and keep up the good work !
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Post by timmsyrj on Aug 22, 2015 11:41:02 GMT
Lovely specimen Rich. I think I missed out on one similar to it at the weekend. The underside certainly looks a lot like S nourmahal . Dave That wasn't me last weekend but it was me that won the one this morning so apologies if you bid on it, it looked to me a little larger and lighter so i'm hoping its a female, I've missed a few by the look of it as he's not been listing some as Stichophthalma and my searches haven't picked them up. Rich |
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Post by timmsyrj on Aug 22, 2015 11:58:17 GMT
Many thanks trehopr1, there are some stunning Stichophthalma around at the moment and i ( and probably Dave ) am spoilt for choice, there are also more sellers with them so the choice is better, Thanh is mostly central Vietnam specimens, Dang is in Bao Loc so gets southern stuff mainly and insectstore, dorcusvietnam and vonhongt have more northern specimens of Vietnam, sadly not much coming from China apart from suffusa and neumogeni, never seen nominate howqua from East China or suffusa miyana or fruhstorferi from the south. There's always specimens coming out of Thailand despite them being protected there, but never any true siamensis from the south east where they occur with cambodia which is offered nor any ranohngensis from the south west but godfreyi is offered, maybe one day, hopefully..
Rich
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Post by timmsyrj on Sept 27, 2015 6:23:05 GMT
Dave, sent you a P.M
Rich
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