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Post by cabintom on Nov 17, 2016 17:48:29 GMT
Thank you for your help. I am satisfied you are right about the M fontainei, but still have doubts about the other. I have added M jacksoni and M flavipunctata as further possibilities. I will go on pondering this one. I took a look at the box of Micropentila at ABRI, and it's a mess of several unidentified/undescribed species. I saw a number of specimens that match yours though. Looks like another group in need of revision!
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Post by africaone on Nov 17, 2016 19:22:34 GMT
Wasn't a Steve's project to revise the genus ?
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Post by cabintom on Nov 18, 2016 17:47:03 GMT
Wasn't a Steve's project to revise the genus ? I wouldn't know. He just mentioned that it needed doing.
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Post by mcheki on May 17, 2017 12:04:24 GMT
These two species, Hipparchia tewfiki and Lasiommata felix, are difficult to obtain. These came from Yemen and were collected in the 1990's by a friend of mine. I was lucky to have these from him as there is not much chance of collecting in this region at the moment.
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Post by mcheki on May 25, 2017 12:25:14 GMT
The Hesperiidae (Skippers) in general do not receive much attention but some are particularly attractive. There are also many similarities between those species found in Asia as well as those found in Africa. One group of Hesperiidae found in Africa is the Coeliadinae group. These are larger than average for skippers and are powerful fliers. This group consists of three genera Coeliades, Pyrrhiades and Pyrrhochalcia. To illustrate this group here are two drawers containing the majority of the species found throughout Africa. This collection has been put together from a variety of sources over quite a few years.
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Post by mcheki on May 25, 2017 12:26:26 GMT
This is the second drawer.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 1:33:58 GMT
Thanks for sharing your skippers, it must have been very difficult to find all these species. I've been getting ebay alerts on Hesperiidae for some time now and am constantly disappointed with the slim pickings. Even worse are the large and beautiful South American species, most are protected and very little scientific literature to boot. Some, like this one from your collection, are quite charming with the fat fluffy bodies. They must be a sight to see in the wild.
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Post by cabintom on May 26, 2017 4:01:09 GMT
Here's Coeliades libeon swarming at a damp patch during this year's mass emergence/migration. Taken March 18th @ Mbogi, Ituri. They were not even nearly as many in number as in March of 2014. I have video if anyone is interested.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 6:54:49 GMT
Let's see that libeon throng in action!
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Post by cabintom on May 27, 2017 17:52:37 GMT
Sadly it seems like I've misplaced the microSD card that had the video(s) on it... when/if I find it I'll be sure to post the video then. Sorry folks.
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Post by mcheki on May 29, 2017 16:40:47 GMT
One Euphaedra that is not often seen, is Euphaedra neophron, found east of the Rift Valley in Kenya and Tanzania and extending southwards through Malawi to Natal in South Africa. This occurs in seven subspecies and also some intermediates found on some of the isolated mountains in Tanzania. The photograph shows males of five of these subspecies and one intermediate to give an idea of their variability. The sixth subspecies is E n violacea from north east Tanzania and the seventh subspecies is E n ellenbeckie from north east Kenya and nearby Somalia. In the photo the top left male is E n neophron (this one from Malawi), the top centre is E n littoralis (this one from the Kenya coast) and the top right is the Nguru mountains (in Tanzania) population. The bottom left is E n meruensis (Mbeu Forest, Mt Kenya) with E n kiellandi (Ifaka, Tanzania) in the centre and E n rydoni (endemic to Pemba Island) on the bottom right. The females are similar to the males but generally larger.
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Post by deliasfanatic on May 29, 2017 17:45:15 GMT
Very nice neophron, with some scarce subspecies. I'd like to see your Belenois when you have a chance; I've gradually been setting some and find them quite addictive since they remind me of Delias in a way (mostly not in actual pattern, but in the general appearance and colouration). I set most of mine verso-up, which should surprise no one
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Post by cabintom on May 30, 2017 12:14:16 GMT
I'd like to see mcheki 's collection of Belenois as well. But to get us started here's a female Belenois calypso dentigera Butler, 1888 1/VII/2014 Nebobongo, Haut-Uele (2°27'N, 27°37'E) 790m
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Post by cabintom on May 30, 2017 13:04:30 GMT
A female of the common Belenois creona severina (Stoll, [1781]) 10/V/2014 Bogoro, Ituri (1°23'N, 30°16'E) 1400m
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Post by mcheki on May 30, 2017 16:18:43 GMT
I will post pictures of my drawers soon. I need to take the photos first which will be done in a day or so. These drawers are a work in progress and since most are already full do not contain all the specimens that I have. So some others are in holding/ overflow boxes which contain further specimens from, Madagascar, Uganda, Cameroon and West Africa.
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