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Post by africaone on Sept 22, 2016 12:15:11 GMT
what do you think aboiut this (It is from Katanga, RDC, PN Upemba)
can it be cotrelli ?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 22, 2016 15:14:30 GMT
The subspecies is called cottrelli van Son, 1966, with type locality "Kamaila Forest Reserve, Chisamba", which according to Ackery et al., 1995 is in South-central Zambia. This place is not far north of Lusaka.
Ackery et al., 1995 place DRC specimens under ssp. ophidicephalus with range "Eastern Kenya, Tanzania, including the extreme west, northern Zambia, and rarely Zaire."
Upemba National Park is in southern DRC west of northern Zambia, so presumably this specimen is referable to the nominate subspecies.
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frica has some truly wonderful species, here are a few of my favourites.
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Post by africaone on Sept 22, 2016 18:44:08 GMT
The subspecies is called cottrelli van Son, 1966, with type locality "Kamaila Forest Reserve, Chisamba", which according to Ackery et al., 1995 is in South-central Zambia. This place is not far north of Lusaka. Ackery et al., 1995 place DRC specimens under ssp. ophidicephalus with range "Eastern Kenya, Tanzania, including the extreme west, northern Zambia, and rarely Zaire." Upemba National Park is in southern DRC west of northern Zambia, so presumably this specimen is referable to the nominate subspecies. Adam. South RDc is more closely allied to Zambia , anyway the ssp must be judged regarding the imagos (I haven't see any cortrelli yet) more than locality espacially in this case as Katanga is often badly interpreted in biogeogrphic analysis. Even katanga itself can be divided in more than one biogeographic entity.
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Post by nomad on Sept 23, 2016 8:58:08 GMT
Nice bugs dunc. I think my favourite is Kallima jacksoni, such a beauty. What do we know about it. For instance, what do the larvae feed on? How rare is it? What sort of habitat is it found in? How are specimens caught? Who discovered it? Has anybody here seen it in Africa or knows of someone who has? I am sure there are enough African butterfly affectionados here to answer these questions.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Sept 23, 2016 13:14:56 GMT
It's not easy to find unless you know the fellow who gets them It's long been known from S. Sudan, from where it's impossible to get specimens nowadays, but it was discovered in N. Uganda more recently. That's where the modern specimens come from; I don't know anything about its habits or early stages.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 14:23:24 GMT
"It's not easy to find unless you know the fellow who gets them"
Lol, yes my friend, thanks for that one, I have 2 more males and a female on the boards, all set today, pictures to follow when they come off in a month.
I seem to remember if memory serves (it often doesn't) that a male late last year went on ebay for $497, I've not seen one for sale since so wherever it does occur it must be extremely local or more would be on the market, stunning butterfly, very little info on google about it which is surprising given it's beauty.
I know that D'Abrera had an argument with one fellow collector over it's classification big time, I believe it is now named Mallika jacksoni.
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Post by Paul K on Sept 23, 2016 14:31:35 GMT
Nice bugs dunc. I think my favourite is Kallima jacksoni, such a beauty. What do we know about it. For instance, what do the larvae feed on? How rare is it? What sort of habitat is it found in? How are specimens caught? Who discovered it? Has anybody here seen it in Africa or knows of someone who has? I am sure there are enough African butterfly affectionados here to answer these questions. I just caught one A1 specimen of Kallima inachus siamensis today in my bait trap near Khao Yai National Park. In Thailand there are only three spiecies of Kallima, K.inachus is uncommon ( I have seen only 2 butterflies so far ) and other two Kallima limborgi and Kallima knyvetti are rather rare. The species are inhabit deep undergrowth of tropical forests. It is very difficult to find, spot an example due to its perfect leaf like camoflash while in rest, unless one will come to enjoy some rotten banana in the trap. Paul
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