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Post by nomad on Feb 20, 2016 15:50:50 GMT
One of the most beautiful of the Delias is the large Delias schoenbergi Rothschild 1895 from the Solomon Islands. Both the underside and uppers are most beautiful, with the later having soft pink flushed hindwing margins. The nominate race shown here with four specimens from my collection, was discovered by the German entomologist Carl Ribbe in Bougainville. Ribbe who sent his specimens to Rothschild asked that new species would be named after his fellow German entomologist D. Wolf von Schonbergi. Rothschild originally named this species Schonbergi but later changed it to its present spelling when he named a new subspecies found by A.S. Meek. Top males, bottom females.
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 27, 2016 17:08:14 GMT
This entomologist is D. Wolf von Schönberg, hence the species name schoenbergi
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Post by nomad on Feb 27, 2016 17:52:24 GMT
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 27, 2016 18:12:31 GMT
No he named it "schönbergi" with an "umlaut" : ö
And "ö" equals "oe" in German. I guess umlaut and accents are forbidden in the Code, Adam please confirm, and thus Rothschild must have corrected it as "schoenbergi"
If umlaut are accepted, then "schönbergi" is the real name, but it will never be "schonbergi" (BTW pronounciation is rather different)
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 27, 2016 20:21:11 GMT
The ICZN Code clearly states that names with an umlaut based on a German word published before 1985 must be corrected by adding an e after the vowel that the umlaut is above (Article 32.5.2.1). Note that if the word is in another language than German the umlaut is omitted without adding an e.
Examples. nuñezi is corrected to nunezi, and mjøbergi to mjobergi, but mülleri (published before 1985) is corrected to muelleri.
Adam.
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Post by nomad on Feb 27, 2016 20:40:48 GMT
It is surprising then that when Rothschild and the great German taxonomist Jordan named in 1901 a new subspecies of this butterfly they called it Delias schonbergi isabellae . Not until 1904 when Rothschild named the subspecies choiseuli did he add the missing e. Thus an international code must have been put in place by then or the Greats realized their mistake?
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Post by albertofracasso on Feb 28, 2016 10:48:03 GMT
It is surprising then that when Rothschild and the great German taxonomist Jordan named in 1901 a new subspecies of this butterfly they called it Delias schonbergi isabellae . Not until 1904 when Rothschild named the subspecies choiseuli did he add the missing e. Thus an international code must have been put in place by then or the Greats realized their mistake?
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Post by albertofracasso on Feb 28, 2016 10:52:56 GMT
on the top : D. schoenbergi isabellae from Isabel ( Solomon ) male bottom : D. schoenbergi schoenbergi from Bougainville
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Post by albertofracasso on Feb 28, 2016 10:55:51 GMT
on the top : D. schoenbergi isabellae female bottom : D.schoenbergi schoenbergi from Bougainville Attachments:
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Post by nomad on Feb 28, 2016 11:02:39 GMT
Very nice specimens albertofracasso. I am guessing that you too find this a beautiful Delias species. Both isabellae and choiseuli were discovered by A.S. Meek.
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 28, 2016 14:14:55 GMT
Bellissime ! Thanks Alberto for sharing !
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Post by mosca1 on Mar 2, 2016 6:26:00 GMT
The holy grail of schoenbergi - ssp choiseuli. I may be the only person to have collected this ssp since Meek? Laurie
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Post by mosca1 on Mar 2, 2016 6:27:15 GMT
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Post by mosca1 on Mar 2, 2016 6:27:53 GMT
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 2, 2016 8:36:19 GMT
WOW and they look so fresh, congrats Laurie !!! Could you tell us more about their habitat and behaviour ? Were natives friendly or did you catch these treasures avoiding bullets and arrows ?
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