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Post by Adam Cotton on May 3, 2018 20:17:15 GMT
... and here is my draw of specimens from Laos: Column 1 - 3 females from Luang Nam Tha, NW Laos, columns 2-3 Thabok (90 km east of Vientiane), column 4 E Laos. Quite a lot of my collection has not yet been spread, so I have only spread females from Luang Nam Tha, for instance. Adam. PS. Form danisepa is not common in Thabok compared to the normal form ( Euploea mulciber mimic), but I spread all of those. The normal form is much more common, maybe 1 in 20 or even less are form danisepa. It is also worth noting that I have never seen the female of form danisepa, it does exist in nature, but it is very rare.
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Post by deliasfanatic on May 3, 2018 20:59:22 GMT
Lovely series, Adam. Interesting that you also lack a female "danisepa" - I think the only one I've seen is plated in D'Abrera. Since my drawer photo was taken, I've obtained several more specimens, including the "danisepa" type of the nominate male from Java, but the only female of that form that I have is the one from Malaysia at the bottom of column 3.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 3, 2018 21:13:11 GMT
I don't have any danisepa-like females at all, you are lucky to have one. I have seen photos of a few from Malaysia, it is a much commoner form there, as the model is also commoner than in Thailand.
I see we both have a single male niasicus. It's not rare in the wild, but rarely available.
Adam.
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Post by deliasfanatic on May 3, 2018 22:48:14 GMT
Is the corresponding form (mendax) of telesicles considered quite rare in Borneo? I'm assuming that it probably is, as I've never seen one for sale. The two males that I have were collected in Brunei in 1957 and are the only ones I've seen, other than book plates.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 4, 2018 11:36:50 GMT
Here are my telesicles; indeed form mendax is much rarer, I only have a single specimen and no females of this subspecies. Adam.
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Post by Paul K on May 7, 2018 2:32:50 GMT
Drawer #10 Family: PieridaeSubfamily: PierinaeGenus: DeliasCol.1 Delias berinda yedanula Fruhstorfer,1910, males, localy very common in spring, high mountains of N.Thailand and Laos. Col.2 ( from bottom ) Delias sanaca perspicua Fruhstorfer,1910, 4 males, localy uncommon occurs together with D.berinda.Delias berinda yedanula, 3 males. Col.3 Delias belladonna hedybia Jordan,1925, males, locally common, high mountains of N.Thailand, Col.4 Delias pasithoe pasithoe (Linnaeus,1767), 6 males, 1 female, common, occurs in lower elevations and mountains of N.Thailand, other subspecies across Thailand and Laos. Delias pasithoe thyra Fruhstorfer,1905, female, E.Thailand and Laos. Col.5 Delias acalis pyramus (Wallace,1867), male, uncommon, N.Thailamd and Laos. Delias patrua shan Talbot,1937, male, rare, high mountains of N.Thailand Delias descombesi descombesi (Boisduval,1836), female, seasonaly common in continental Thailand in all habitats. Col.6 Delias descombesi descombesi (Boisduval,1836), 6 males, 1 female.
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Post by Paul K on May 10, 2018 13:29:19 GMT
Drawer #6 Family: PapilionidaeSubfamily: PapilioninaeTribe: PapilioniniGenus: Papilio
Col.1 Papilio memnon agenor Linnaeus,1758, males, common in primary and secondary growth, also around the villages. Col.2 Papilio memnon agenor Linnaeus,1758, females: f. distantianusCol.3 ( from bottom ) Papilio memnon agenor Linnaeus,1758, females: 1.f. agenor, 2.f. butlerianus, Papilio protenor amaura ( Taiwan ) male, I have include this specimen here as ssp. euprotenor occurs in Thailand but it's protected. Papilio iswara iswara White,1842, male ( or I should say what ever is left from it! ) occurs only in Peninsular Thailand and is rather uncommon. Tribe: Leptocircini Genus: LampropteraCol.4 Lamproptera meges annamiticus (Fruhstorfer,1909), male Lamproptera curius curius (Fabricius,1787), male Col.5 Lamproptera meges virescens (Butler,[1870]) ,male, female, 4 males, female.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 10, 2018 18:38:03 GMT
Papilio memnon is a very interesting species with supposedly non-mimetic males and females that mimic species of Troidini. In fact the male exhibits mimetic flight behaviour when feeding at flowers, but not during normal flight. This makes sense, as feeding is the most dangerous time for them.
Form distantianus is a mimic of Losaria coon, note the abdomen has yellow sides which mimics the abdomen of Losaria. Only tailed forms have this colour abdomens, all the other forms have a black abdomen. The bottom distantianus female is rather unusual with a band of postdiscal spots and no cell spot, unlike the normal ones above. Form agenor gets rarer the further south you go, being a mimic of Atrophaneura varuna zaleucus and is the commonest form in mainland Thailand. Form butlerianus is a mimic of A. varuna varuna in the Malay peninsula (including south Thailand) and ssp. astorion in India. It is much more common in those localities than in mainland SE Asia.
Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 10, 2018 19:06:30 GMT
Papilio iswara is indeed uncommon and restricted to the peninsular part of Thailand, although it has been found as far north as Petchaburi at the top of the peninsula, not very far south west of Bangkok. It is a huge species, with an enormous female (over 5 inches across when spread). I remember the first time I saw this butterfly flying at the 19th mile in Cameron Highlands (in 1979) where it was not uncommon along streams in the forest.
Papilio protenor is at the extreme southern end of its range in Thailand, thus is rather rare here, only occurring at a few localities in the west (Mae Hong Son, Kanchanaburi and Petchaburi), but it is actually rather common at Kaeng Krachan National Park. It was included in the list of species protected in Thailand because it was only known from a single specimen until relatively recently. Further north in India, Burma and China it is very common, and is also found in Laos and Vietnam. The Japanese subspecies demetrius is tailed, and is also a common butterfly.
Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 10, 2018 19:19:54 GMT
Lamproptera are very interesting butterflies, looking like dragonflies in flight. L. curius tends to be more commonly found in the mountains than meges but can also be found at low altitude. Both of these feed on Illigera species, family Hernandiaceae. Interestingly L. curius males have white androconial hair tufts in the anal edge of the hindwing (visible in the right side of the specimen in the photo) whereas meges completely lacks androconia.
It is worth noting also that the bands of live meges are actually blue, but they turn green after some time in a collection.
Adam.
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Post by Paul K on May 10, 2018 20:14:18 GMT
Unusual female of f.distantianus I collected in Ban Takrai near Mukdahan in the village garden. I wonder if you Adam get those from time to time at your research farm.
Paul
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 10, 2018 20:34:24 GMT
No, I don't remember seeing one like that either in my farm or nature. They always have at least a small spot inside the cell as well as spots outside it.
Adam.
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Post by Paul K on May 10, 2018 22:13:50 GMT
No, I don't remember seeing one like that either in my farm or nature. They always have at least a small spot inside the cell as well as spots outside it. Adam. That is interesting, maybe one of the kind 😎 Paul
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Post by Paul K on May 13, 2018 1:36:44 GMT
Drawer #7 Family: PapilionidaeSubfamily: PapilioninaeTribe: LeptocirciniGenus: GraphiumCol.1 (from bottom) Graphium nomius swinhoei (Moore,1878), male, female, 4 males, seasonally very common in most of habitats, lowland species. Col.2 Graphium nomius swinhoei (Moore,1878), males Col.3 Graphium aristeus hermocrates (Felder & Felder,1865), males, locally very common in right season but fewer habitats than G.nomius, lowland sp. Col.4 Graphium antiphates pompilius (Fabricius,1787), 4 males, common in the valleys in the right season but with much less numbers as previous. Graphium antiphates itamputi, male, west Malaysia. Col.5 Graphium agetes agetes (Westwood,1843), male, locally not uncommon in the short flight season in high elevation mountains. Col.6 Graphium eurous inthanon Katayama,1986, males, rare, very local species found only in high mountains of N.Thaliand and N.Laos Col.7 Graphium cloanthus cloanthus (Westwood,1841), males, uncommon, high mountains of N.Thailand and N.Laos. Graphium weiskei, male, from Indonesia. One of my very few specimens purchased in the past.
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Post by Paul K on May 13, 2018 3:04:28 GMT
Drawer #8 Family: PapilionidaeSubfamily: PapilioninaeTribe: LeptocirciniGenus: GraphiumCol.1 Graphium doson evemonides (Honrath,1884), males, common species inhabits Peninsular Thailand Col.2 (from bottom) Graphium doson axion (Felder & Felder,1864), 4 males, common species in mainland Indochina. Graphium doson evemonides (Honrath,1884), 3 females Col.3 Graphium eurypylus acheron (Moore,1885), males, locally common in Laos. Col.4 Graphium chironides chironides (Honrath,1884), seasonaly common in mountainous regions of Indochina. Col.5 Graphium arycles sphinx (Fruhstorfer,1899), 4 Males, locally common in Eastern Thailand and Laos found in low elevations. Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Linnaeus,1758), 2 females, common species in low elevations found in all Indochina. Col.6 Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Linnaeus,1758), 4 males, 2 females Col.7 Graphium sarpedon sarpedon (Linnaeus,1758), male, female, 4 males, common in all Indochina.
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