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Post by mothman27 on Oct 5, 2016 14:03:32 GMT
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 5, 2016 14:40:39 GMT
Ha, ha, ha  Sorry for laughing, but that's not a Delias, it is Prioneris thestylis. Here in Thailand we have two species of this genus, P. thestylis and P. philonome. They do look like Delias and maybe someone who knows more about Pieridae than me can explain whether these mimic Delias or resemble them for some other reason. Adam. |
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Post by wollastoni on Oct 6, 2016 7:07:15 GMT
There is a mimicry ring around Delias belladonna species group, which are unpalatable.
Delias belladonna : 
In this ring, you will find several Pieridae (Belenois, Prioneris...) but also some day-flying moths (Cyclosia,...).
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 6, 2016 11:44:29 GMT
I suspected that to be the case, but I wasn't certain about the unpalatability of Delias belladonna so didn't want to state it as 'fact' when I wasn't certain. Thank you for confirming it.
Adam.
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Post by mothman27 on Oct 7, 2016 14:30:18 GMT
Interesting. It was included in a mixed package I recieved recently.
some "real" delias were also included. One I believe to be D. dohertyi knowlei (It's from Biak). The others I will try to figure out later.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Oct 7, 2016 16:20:07 GMT
Feel free to post and we can identify them for you.
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Post by mothman27 on Nov 26, 2016 14:05:07 GMT
Interesting. It was included in a mixed package I recieved recently. some "real" delias were also included. One I believe to be D. dohertyi knowlei (It's from Biak). The others I will try to figure out later. I am fairly certain that is what it is because it is from Biak and nothing on you website seems similar from there. It also says it is a rare species found in very few collections!?! So far I only have 5 delias. |
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Post by deliasfanatic on Nov 26, 2016 14:19:09 GMT
You can post it and we'll confirm the ID. The "very few collections" comment may have been true at one time, but it's fairly easy to obtain nowadays. D. dohertyi also has another ssp (nominate) from Yapen.
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Post by mothman27 on Nov 30, 2016 3:13:56 GMT
From Biak, Sorry for the bad photo but what else could it be?  |
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Post by deliasfanatic on Nov 30, 2016 3:50:05 GMT
Yes, that's it. If the data were incorrect, it could have been ornytion, for example.
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