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Post by wollastoni on Jan 18, 2016 14:55:15 GMT
Peter, if you want to add them in your drawers, I already have some word files ready to be printed for the Delias genus.
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Post by nomad on Jan 18, 2016 17:42:18 GMT
Thanks Olivier that would be great.
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Post by nomad on Jan 18, 2016 17:50:57 GMT
The beautiful and hard to obtain Delias weiskei weiskei added to my collection. Mount Kaindi near Wau, Papua New Guinea.
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Post by nomad on Jan 22, 2016 10:30:53 GMT
A few specimens of Delias waterstradti waterstradti from the mountains of Halmahera, The rarer females are not unfortunately perfect, but show the variation in the verso ground colour.
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Post by terry2014 on Jan 23, 2016 12:38:16 GMT
I recognize that handwriting Danny. Can you say who's hand writing this is. Terry.
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Post by nomad on Jan 23, 2016 16:32:28 GMT
From my collection, a nice pair of the rare Delias eileenae (Joicey & Talbot) from Mount Mutis, Western Timor. The female, bottom specimen, is rarely seen. This species was discovered by that great collector William Doherty, at Fatunuaba near Dili in Eastern Timor at 2,500 feet in 1892. It seems that Lord Rothschild chose to honour the collector by naming it, Delias dohertyi in 1894 but he was just beaten to it by Oberthur who had just named another Doherty new Delias species dohertyi from Jobi Island. It is a great pity that William Doherty never wrote a book on his travels, for in my opinion, they matched any other collector for sheer adventure and that includes the travels Alfred Russel Wallace.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 23, 2016 18:53:51 GMT
That is an absolutely stunning species. Presumably the upperside is just black and white.
Adam.
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Post by nomad on Jan 23, 2016 19:07:49 GMT
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 24, 2016 12:59:05 GMT
Ah yes, when I see the upperside I can understand how it is related to D. hyparete which of course I know well, as it is local.
Thanks for the link to the species page, it's always interesting to learn a little about the butterflies outside my own speciality. Reading the various threads on ICF does help my education.
Adam.
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Post by nomad on Jan 24, 2016 13:59:28 GMT
The rare Delias callima telefominensis (Yagishita 1993) has recently been elevated to species rank because of its very different female. Delias callima ayamiae (Satuma 1996) is regarded as a synonym of Delias telefominensis. This species have been found in the Central Mountains of New Guinea in the Pass Valley near Wamena in West Papua and in the Telefomin District of Papua and it is at present rarely seen in collections. Recently added to my collection, this specimen well might fit into a recent thread in obtaining A2 specimen for one's collection. Male specimen of Delias telefominensis captured in the Central Mountains at the River Ameagi in the Pass Valley of West Papua.
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 24, 2016 17:17:15 GMT
Splendid Delias callima telefominensis ! I would love to have this A2 specimen in my collection ! Congrats for having found it... before me !
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Post by nomad on Jan 24, 2016 20:34:08 GMT
Thanks Olivier I am very pleased to have it, a nice bright specimen.
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Post by nomad on Jan 30, 2016 15:27:38 GMT
One thing I enjoy about our hobby, is taxonomic differences of different lepidoptera species as regards the different authors. The difficulties of working out where particular closely related species or subspecies belong, is a fascinating part of our hobby and we see this as regards some species in Delias. Recently, I bought a specimen listed as the rare Delias menooensis from West Papua which belongs to the clathrata group. Originally Delias menooensis (Joicey & Talbot 1922) type locality Mount Kunupi, Menoo Valley, Weyland Mountains, was considered a subspecies of Delias mariae (Joicey & Talbot 1916) type locality Wandammen Mountains. Delias menooensis has been elevated to species rank and Delias mariae is thought to be endemic to the Wandammen Mountains. Both species were discovered by the Pratt Brothers. My specimen was not the nominate D. menooensis but a taxon described as Delias mariae boschmai (Roepke 1955) type locality Wissel Lakes, West Papua. Mastrigt later placed boschmai as a subspecies of Delias menooensis but one other Delias specialist regards boschmai as a distinct species with D. sigit (Mastrigt 1990) type locality Ilaga, Central Mountains, as a subspecies of that taxon. Delias sigit was regarded by Henk van Mastrigt as a distinct species in its own right that was closely related to Delias bobaga (Mastrigt 1990). It might well be that all the specimens shown here are three closely related species. Perhaps DNA studies could help? Delias boschmai also has been recorded from the Paniai (Wissel) Lakes, Snow Mountains and the Kamu Valley area of West Papua. Specimens from my collection. Delias boschmai. Moanemani, Kamu Valley. Delias menooensis. Magoda, Weyland Mountains. Delias sigit. Sugapa, Central Mountains.
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 30, 2016 17:46:15 GMT
Congrats for these 3 very rare Delias, especially the boschmai !
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Post by trehopr1 on Jan 30, 2016 21:11:06 GMT
Nomad, I kinda feel like your D. telefominensis specimen is more of an A- and not A2. It's a beautiful fresh looking clean example (seemingly ex-pupa). A super find. I've seen far worse specimens called A2 and certainly deserving of that rank. You have a good eye for picking out very nice and clean examples of delias. Bravo !
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