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Post by cabintom on Feb 15, 2017 15:38:13 GMT
I have been fortunate to obtain some specimens of Hypolimnas bolina that came from Madagascar. The data for all three reads “Antananarivo, Madagascar. July 2016.” I have never seen these offered before despite them occurring in Madagascar. I understand that the subspecies found on this large island is H bolina jacintha (Drury, 1773). There were only these three females available so I am unable to show the male. I am also unaware if the female is polymorphic within this breeding population on Madagascar. Now that's cool!
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Post by jshuey on Feb 15, 2017 16:55:51 GMT
I visited Dr. Olaf Mielke's house in Curitiba, Brasil once. It is a very tropical but "suburban-looking back yard", but right over the 8-foot brick wall was a small park that supports native forest. I can't remember exactly how many species he had from his real back yard - but it was over 300.
Compare that with the ~12 species I see in my own little swath of yard located in small-town, Indiana.
John
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Post by Ed on Feb 16, 2017 13:39:38 GMT
In my backyard(in China) Ive only encountered: Arcte coerula Histia fullicornis Symbrenthia lilaea Lenthe(various different species) Colias fieldi Pieris rapae Pieris canidia Pieris melete Limentis sulpitia Zemeros flegyas Jasmides bochus Neptis(various species) Lampides boticius Melantis? Papilio polyetes Papilio protenedor Papilio bianor Graphium saperdon pseudozizeeria maha Everes lacturnus Jasmides bochus Neope muirheadii Mycalesis (varius species) Ypthima argus Charaxes bernardus Apatura ilia Vanessa indica Eurema hecabe Kaniska canace Polygonia c-aureum
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Post by mothman27 on Feb 18, 2017 4:49:37 GMT
I have collected 32 species of butterflies, not including skippers, in my yard. 33 now Pieridae Pieris rapae Colias philodice Colias eurytheme Pyrisitia lisa Phoebis sennae Papilioniidae Papilio troilus Papilio cresephontes Papilio polyxenes Battus philenor Papilio glaucus Lycaniidae Everes comyntas Celastrina argiolus Celastrina neglecta Daniidae Danaus plexippus Satyrinae Megisto cymelo Enodia anthedon Satyrodes appalachia Nymphalidae Speyeria cybele Vanessa atalanta Vanessa cardui Vanessa virginiensis Junonia coenia Polygonia progne Polygonia comma Polygonia interrogationis Phyciodes tharos Phyciodes cocyta Nymphalis antiopa Limenitis archippus Limenitis arthemis Asterocampa celtis Asterocampa clyton Libytheana carinenta
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:19:58 GMT
We are not exactly the world hotbed for entomology here in South Yorkshire but we do get some nice backyard butterflies now and again
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:22:11 GMT
This one will be out in 6 weeks
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:25:03 GMT
Attachment DeletedP C Album has spread at an incredible rate over the last 25 years and gone from being super rare to being seen almost anywhere now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:28:07 GMT
Attachment DeletedG Rhamni is always a welcome spring sight here in South Yorkshire, especially the males.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:32:26 GMT
Attachment DeletedHated by gardeners but loved by me, P Brassicae in a beautiful species when fresh and is well worth breeding from a gravid female in captivity, I managed to rescue the super rare ab at the bottom from my late friends setting board before the dermestids got to it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:36:47 GMT
P Napi is a very common and variable butterfly and a very worthwhile one to breed, the spring form is especially beautiful
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:42:23 GMT
Attachment DeletedThe ringlet butterfly Aphantopus hyperantus is one of those butterflies that is either very common or very rare depending where you live, I am lucky to have it in great numbers where I live and there is one small field where I can guarantee to see one or two of the eyeless form arete every year.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:46:12 GMT
Attachment DeletedT he spring form female of the Common Blue Polyommatus icarus are particularly lovely compared to the uniform brown summer forms.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:50:40 GMT
Attachment DeletedThe males are lovely too, I'm glad that I got all these species before I hung my net up for good as I only breed from females now, it's not good for the health to wield a net in the UK any more.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 13:31:44 GMT
Label for the Pieris Brassicae ab. C F Rivers did some well known breeding experiments of brassicae in the 1950's which is where this specimen came from, easy to research on google.
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Post by Ed on Feb 19, 2017 2:27:07 GMT
I used to live in southern Indiana and I never encountered Battus polydamas, I thought they were mainly a southern species?
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