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Post by satyrinae on Apr 4, 2015 16:45:24 GMT
A beautfiul story Peter. Well written. The question now is "Has anyone caught these varieties recently from the wild?" It would be interesting to know if this genetic form is still around or not.
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Post by satyrinae on Apr 2, 2015 17:37:17 GMT
Dear fellow lepidoptera enthusiasts, Yesterday (1st April 2015) marked the 3rd anniversary since I officially launched my website about the Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic. I have to admit that I never expected that this group of "dull-looking" butterflies would attract such a high interest and I believe that the map below speaks out loud for itself. Unfortunately, this year my free time was rather limited as I spent most of it with my wife and daughter and the updates to my website were minimal but at least monthly. This year, hopefully it will even be worse as this month we are expecting our second child and I think that until we settle down, I will not be able to do any frequent updates. My sincere apologies for this. I have a lot of material both in terms of specimens and also literature which I would like to share with you and I have many ideas which I haven't even began to work upon but as you might expect, running such a website requires a lot of resources, especially time and money and as I always say...first things first and our children are my priority right now. Since the launch of this website, more than 3,500 users from 93 different countries visited my website running more than 5,600 sessions and I am grateful to each and everyone of you who visited this website during these last 3 years. When I first launched the site, my goal was always to spread the awareness that even though a butterfly might not look as beautiful such as an Ornithoptera, Morpho or Agrias for example (and without lacking any respect to these magnificent genera), the subfamily Satyrinae can still offer some wonderful patterns and most importantly there are still gaps in the knowledge about the life cycles of a lot of species/subspecies. Slowly, I believe that this website is managing to reach its original goal of spreading awareness however as I said, there is still a lot which can be done and as long as God lends me the health and resources, I am willing to pursue this life-time project of providing all the information of all Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic free of charge to everyone. Hopefully, my work serves as a basis for professional scientists and amateur enthusiasts like me to better understand the beautiful world of the Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic and to protect these natural wonders from their biggest threats, us homo sapiens. Finally, I believe that the main success factors behind this project is the support I get from all of you who use my website as a reference for your research and which I frequently encounter on other websites and literature and from my supportive wife who gives me the space to pursue my hobby . THANKS. Best Regards Jonathan www.satyrinae.yolasite.com/
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Post by satyrinae on Feb 24, 2015 18:26:31 GMT
When I went to French Guiana in 2007, we hired a camper from a certain Jean Bernard from Tonnegrande. He had a website somewhere but I lost his details. Maybe a quick google search will find the details. The prices were very moderate.
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Post by satyrinae on Feb 9, 2015 20:12:16 GMT
Agree, thank you Rod for sharing those rarities ! I know that Bernard Turlin has written or is writing a revision of the black Charaxes group. Would be interesting to have his point of view on amanda. I also know that barcoding on this group would not solve everything. Radovan, I know that you are working mainly on paleartic species where it is "possible" to find a lot of specimens to describe a species. Due to the density of tropical jungles, due to the canopy factor, it is far more difficult unfortunately to find a lot of material of many tropical species. For example, many Delias species or ssp are known by less than 10 specimens, and they were worth being described though. I agree with you completely. Pseudochazara mamurra amymone was described from 5 specimens (if I recall correctly) in 1976 by Brown from Greece and no other specimen were ever collected before 2012 from Albania. So yes, a species/subspecies can be created from few specimens.
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Post by satyrinae on Jan 8, 2015 20:41:55 GMT
Hi people, What is the best way to overwinter Satyrinae larvae please? I tried to put the larvae in plastic boxes on dry leaves but they seem to dry out. I put a few drops of water and mould immediately begins to form. I tried to experiment with Melanargia galathea larvae but it seems I failed even with the easiest of the species :-( Thanks Jonathan www.satyrinae.yolasite.com/
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Post by satyrinae on Dec 19, 2014 18:29:34 GMT
Actually this is not a rare species but it is rare in collections because it flies in Algeria and West Tunisia only (on the border with Algeria) and from the news we all know what is at stake if someone is caught by the militants. So the species is not easily available, hence it's rarity. My specimen comes from Algeria and dates back to 1992, when Algeria was still a safe place for tourists. Enjoy my Hipparchia ellena. Attachment Deleted
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Post by satyrinae on Dec 19, 2014 18:15:00 GMT
Nice! How about Hipparchia neomiris, Hipparchia aristaeusArgynnis elisa, Aglais ichnusa or Maniola nurag?? There is a ton of species I would like to breed Hi radusho, You can find the Hipparchia from mid-July onwards, with the females emerging more towards the end of July. They are common, especially on certain locations on the Gennargentu Maniola nurag flies slightly before.
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