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Post by nomad on Sept 22, 2015 14:57:13 GMT
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Post by trehopr1 on Sept 23, 2015 4:46:16 GMT
Yes indeed Nomad an interesting read ! Enjoyed it very much. Some of the insights I learned about this Titan of butterflies only enhances the mystic this species continues to hold over just about everything else lepidopteran.
I know of a distant collector friend who in mid-1990's had in his possession 6 (pairs) of Alexandrea. I personally saw them. And all of them were superb examples. It took 3 drawers to house them. Four females in one drawer, two pairs in another drawer, and the other four males in the third drawer. Still have the vision of those drawers imprinted forever in my memory. After all how many times in life do you get to see something like that !
Did'nt know J. Tennant was associated with the BMNH. I actually have 193 butterfly specimens collected by him in my own collection. His name is on the labels. About half come from Morrocco and the other half from various countries in Europe.
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Post by timmsyrj on Sept 23, 2015 17:24:05 GMT
I believe John wrote a reference book on the butterflies of Morocco, I remember seeing him at one of the U.K shows selling these Moroccan specimens, the pins seemed rather large for such small specimens I seem to remember.
Rich
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Post by nomad on Sept 23, 2015 17:44:34 GMT
That's interesting, today John seems to spend quite a lot of time exploring the New Guinea jungles, its smaller islands and the Solomons.
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Post by timmsyrj on Sept 23, 2015 18:00:52 GMT
The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, John Tennant, available on Amazon, just googled it.
Rich
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Post by deliasfanatic on Sept 23, 2015 20:07:16 GMT
The NW Africa book is excellent - and John has also done the books for Solomon Is. and Vanuatu. The PNG "outer island" book is in the works.
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Post by wollastoni on Sept 23, 2015 20:19:05 GMT
Yes John has always been doing a very interesting job !
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Post by nomad on Sept 24, 2015 5:15:57 GMT
I believe John will soon be in the depths of the New Guinea jungles again for a several month period. Wishing him every success and safety in his endeavours.
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