charaxo
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Post by charaxo on Mar 25, 2016 10:11:48 GMT
Dave, here is a larger image of Heslop's Bebearia arcadius. Now you can see the specimen and data better. Not a perfect specimen but a very beautiful Arcadian
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Post by nomad on Mar 25, 2016 21:35:01 GMT
Michel was there any particular reason for quoting the Bebearia arcadius.
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charaxo
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Country: France
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Post by charaxo on Mar 28, 2016 20:13:05 GMT
Michel was there any particular reason for quoting the Bebearia arcadius. Bebearia arcadius is a not common species localized only in western Africa Sierra Leone, guinea, ivory coast, and Ghana. This specimen was captured guinea there, the female is rare in collection.
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Post by trehopr1 on Mar 29, 2016 6:00:47 GMT
Exquisite species and specimen !
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Post by nomad on Apr 10, 2016 17:06:44 GMT
In the Small exotic collection of Heslop, there is this perfect specimen of a large Colombian Moth that he purchased from a young L.H. Newman, the butterfly farmer. I must admit that those glorious 'eyespots' are like an image of the universe obtained by the hubble telescope. I cannot read the faded label beneath but I guessing the ID will be no problem to some here. You can see that Heslop's specimens are in there original cabinets and that being cork lined, the aged paper is badly in need of being replaced, at least a good hoover is needed, but local museums just do not have time for such things.
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Post by Paul K on Apr 10, 2016 18:32:23 GMT
In the Small exotic collection of Heslop, there is this perfect specimen of a large Colombian Moth that he purchased from a young L.H. Newman, the butterfly farmer. I must admit that those glorious 'eyespots' are like an image of the universe obtained by the hubble telescope. I cannot read the faded label beneath but I guessing the ID will be no problem to some here. You can see that Heslop's specimens are in there original cabinets and that being cork lined, the aged paper is badly in need of being replaced, at least a good hoover is needed, but local museums just do not have time for such things. This moth looks like Erebus macrops and if this is the case it is Southeast Asian and tropical African moth, I have collected one on Koh Tao, Thailand Paul
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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 10, 2016 19:07:45 GMT
It does look like Erebus macrops but the hindwing markings are slightly different. I don't know if there is a very similar species in Colombia but the label underneath reads "Erebus walkeri, which is the name for the African sister species of Erebus macrops. I think it is highly likely that the Colombian origin is erroneous.
Adam.
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Post by cabintom on Apr 10, 2016 19:49:00 GMT
Erebus walkeri love rotting fruit. It's one of the more common species that I find in my trap... had two of them in there this morning.
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Post by Paul K on Apr 11, 2016 0:46:33 GMT
It does look like Erebus macrops but the hindwing markings are slightly different. I don't know if there is a very similar species in Colombia but the label underneath reads " Erebus walkeri, which is the name for the African sister species of Erebus macrops. I think it is highly likely that the Colombian origin is erroneous. Adam. According to Africanmoths.com the hind wing pattern of E.walkeri is much different from the Heslop's specimen. I am pretty much sure that the specimen in question is E.macrops. However there could be some variation in the pattern. Note that the Heslop's specimen was purchased from the breeder , so the data most likely is incorrect. PS. I only found it once in 3 months period also in the fruit bait trap and only A2 specimen, however I kept it as it is very large and beautiful moth.
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Post by cabintom on Apr 11, 2016 4:25:38 GMT
According to Africanmoths.com the hind wing pattern of E.walkeri is much different from the Heslop's specimen. I am pretty much sure that the specimen in question is E.macrops. I just checked my specimens and I'm fairly certain that you are correct.
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Post by nomad on Sept 18, 2016 17:08:54 GMT
Here are some other specimens in Heslop's collection at Bristol that I have recently photographed. There is nothing particularly rare here but beauty is rarely confined to the latter. Charxes etesipe Godart, 1824. Caught by Heslop at Port Harcourt, Owerri Provence, Nigeria in April 1933.
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Post by nomad on Sept 18, 2016 17:13:29 GMT
Charaxes mycerina mycerina Godart, 1824. Caught by Heslop at Port Harcourt, Owerri Provence, Nigeria in April 1933.
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Post by nomad on Sept 18, 2016 17:33:28 GMT
Charaxes tiridates tiridates Cramer, 1777 Theophilus John Freetown Sierra Leone. Caught by Heslop at Port Harcourt, Owerri Provence, Nigeria in April 1933.
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Post by nomad on Sept 18, 2016 17:40:24 GMT
Charaxes bohemani C & R Felder 1858. F.L. Vanderplank worked at the Research Tsetse Department in Tanganyika.
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Post by nomad on Sept 18, 2016 19:17:04 GMT
There seems to have been a problem with the last post. Can you see both the images of Charaxes bohemani? I can at this end.
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