mooks
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Post by mooks on May 8, 2016 14:59:26 GMT
Hi all was wondering if anyone has a Cymothoe collection l have only just started one . Only got a few but any one with specimens would like to see them. Cheers
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Post by mygos on May 8, 2016 16:35:46 GMT
Hi Mooks, I use to have a very fine collection of Cymothoe which is now housed at A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya with Steve COLLINS ! Would love to see yours A+, Michel
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mooks
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Post by mooks on May 8, 2016 18:50:04 GMT
Hiya well to be honest l only have six specimens l only started a month ago there on the boards still. Just wanted to see other collections. The red cymothoe are simply stunning be amazing to see them in there natural habitats
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 8, 2016 19:08:09 GMT
Try searching the forum for Cymothoe, there are quite a number of threads from last year with photos of them included.
Adam.
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Post by cabintom on May 8, 2016 20:08:32 GMT
I use to have a very fine collection of Cymothoe I think you're understating things... maybe I'm wrong, but the impression I've got is that it was/is the world's finest collection of Cymothoe.
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steve
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Post by steve on May 9, 2016 0:01:56 GMT
Hi Michel, is the ABRI still open in Nairobi ? My daughter lives there and when I looked it up last year when we went to see her, it appeared to have closed!
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Post by cabintom on May 9, 2016 3:51:31 GMT
Hi Michel, is the ABRI still open in Nairobi ? My daughter lives there and when I looked it up last year when we went to see her, it appeared to have closed! The public butterfly house that was being advertised is closed. The collection and the rest of the scientific endeavours are still going strong.
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Post by mygos on May 9, 2016 6:28:09 GMT
I use to have a very fine collection of Cymothoe I think you're understating things... maybe I'm wrong, but the impression I've got is that it was/is the world's finest collection of Cymothoe. Thank you Tom, now with Steve specimens, it definitelly is steve : as Tom said, the public building is closed, but the ABRI collection is open on appointment. PM me if you want Steve Collins email ! A+, Michel
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Post by africaone on May 9, 2016 12:27:29 GMT
This genus is really splendid. I have to say that the best specialist I encountered is Jean-Louis Amiet in Cameroon from which I learned how to breed them and who bred nearly all the Camerounian species including some of the rarest . He published on the subect the most interesting papers (his aim is the relationship between some groups of butterflies and related groups of foodplants). I had the great pleasure, with what I learned from him, to breed Cymothoe preussi that is probably one of the most attractive Cymothoe and to breed for the first time Cymothoe harmilla, an uncommon species. Among the African Limenitidini, it is probably the most delicate and splendid genus. The best general collections are private such as ABRI or Oremans and some local ones are really amazing. A systematic revision (in need) was started recently but like many others, it seems to not continue (? ) despite many species need description or to be revised.
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Post by mcheki on May 10, 2016 16:04:12 GMT
Hi all was wondering if anyone has a Cymothoe collection l have only just started one . Only got a few but any one with specimens would like to see them. Cheers I have a small collection of Cymothoe in several drawers and will post some of these. The drawers are for reference purposes and some specimens are beside the columns due to lack of space, but I hope it is self explanatory. Please anyone noticing identification errors please point these out. Here is the first drawer (I have not mastered the way to post larger pictures yet)
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Post by mcheki on May 10, 2016 16:05:35 GMT
Here is the second drawer
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Post by mcheki on May 10, 2016 16:08:19 GMT
This is the third one:-
There are more in the collection and several overflow drawers should you wish me to add these later.
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Post by africaone on May 10, 2016 16:26:46 GMT
Here is the second drawer
egesta and confusa are actually two different species
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mooks
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Post by mooks on May 10, 2016 17:02:23 GMT
Very nice hope one day l might have such a amazing collection. Just wanted to try something new as saturnidae take up so much room in store boxes. Wanted something smaller to collect.
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Post by mcheki on May 11, 2016 16:05:42 GMT
Here is the second drawer
egesta and confusa are actually two different species Thank you, africaone, for mentioning this difference, I have been aware of this change in taxonomy but unfortunately must have neglected to change the drawer labels. My checklist entry with distribution range is as below:--
Egesta group egesta Sierra Leone to w Nigeria and w Cameroon. confusa se Cameroon, Gabon to w Uganda and nw Tanzania.(sp: in Gabon book) orphnina orphnina Congo Rep. ( = suavis. Ssp in Catalogue and Larsen) suavis e Nigeria to Zaire.
As has been said many times before a revision of Cymohoe would be of great value.
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