entomofou
Junior Aurelian
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Country: France
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Post by entomofou on Nov 7, 2018 10:48:29 GMT
I have made a trip in Bénin in 2014, with the help of my friend Alain Coache. I was particularly looking for Cetoniidae, but I have collected some butterflies too. Here are some of them :
Coelonia fulvinotata (Det. J.D. Deschamps)
Hippotion gracilis (Det. J. Haxaire)
Hippotion osiris (Det. J. Haxaire)
Hippotion balsaminae (Det. J. Haxaire)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Det. T. Bouyer)
Miniodes discolor (Det. E. Ruzzier)
I will post other fotos later !
Stéphane
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 7, 2018 12:49:25 GMT
Very nice specimens superbly photographed, but these are all moths not butterflies.
Adam.
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entomofou
Junior Aurelian
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Country: France
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Post by entomofou on Nov 7, 2018 12:52:22 GMT
Butterflies will come soon 😀
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Post by cabintom on Nov 7, 2018 13:42:44 GMT
Very nice specimens superbly photographed, but these are all moths not butterflies. In French they're all "Papillons," though for moths you specify "Papillons de nuit" (ie. "Night Butterfly",) which is often a misnomer.
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Post by africaone on Nov 7, 2018 17:33:21 GMT
Very nice specimens superbly photographed, but these are all moths not butterflies. In French they're all "Papillons," though for moths you specify "Papillons de nuit" (ie. "Night Butterfly",) which is often a misnomer. and don't forget "day flying moth " ...
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 7, 2018 18:16:42 GMT
"and don't forget "day flying moth " ..."
That's why Tom called "Night Butterfly" a misnomer. I am sure he wasn't referring to "Butterflies of the night".
Adam.
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Post by africaone on Nov 8, 2018 6:35:22 GMT
"and don't forget "day flying moth " ..." That's why Tom called "Night Butterfly" a misnomer. I am sure he wasn't referring to "Butterflies of the night". Adam. Despite my English is terrific, I don't believe that Tom's "night butterfly" is synonym of "day flying moth". Day flying moth design moths that fly during the day time as the name suggest (such as Agaristid, Aletis, etc...). I unsderstood that Tom put the finger on the difference between some difference in vocabulary in French and English that led to the misnomer "night butterfly".
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entomofou
Junior Aurelian
Posts: 91
Country: France
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Post by entomofou on Nov 8, 2018 9:13:06 GMT
Belonois calypso
Unfortunately, this forest has been cut down since I visited it... It was one of the richest Bénin's forests in Lepidoptera... Very very sad...
Have a look with this publication of my friend Alain Coache : CLIC HERE
Stéphane
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 8, 2018 12:44:59 GMT
Despite my English is terrific Be careful Thierry, "terrific" means "excellent" You meant "terrible" Unfortunately, this forest has been cut down since I visited it... It was one of the richest Bénin's forests in Lepidoptera... Very very sad... Terrible news indeed. Good that you've been able with Alain to make an entomological report of what lived there before humans destroyed the forest.
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Post by africaone on Nov 8, 2018 16:03:50 GMT
Be careful Thierry, "terrific" means "excellent" You meant "terrible" may be a little bit ironic ?
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Post by jmg on Nov 8, 2018 16:21:46 GMT
In bahasa indonesia, kupu kupu = butterfly and malam = night. Anyway, if you are looking for Saturniidae or Sphingidae, do not ask where are the "kupu kupu malam", otherwise you will be told neighborhood brothels!
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Post by xavm (Xavier) on Nov 9, 2018 10:12:19 GMT
"and don't forget "day flying moth " ..." That's why Tom called "Night Butterfly" a misnomer. I am sure he wasn't referring to "Butterflies of the night". Adam. Adam, If I may confuse a bit more, I published few papers on night-flying butterflies Xavier
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Post by cabintom on Nov 9, 2018 18:06:42 GMT
If I recall correctly, recently the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa decided they'd refer to all leps as "butterflies" regardless of when they fly or if they have clubbed antennae or not. For awhile, in their newsletters, they'd tried out "buttermoths"... which is terrible in my opinion.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Nov 9, 2018 18:32:51 GMT
"Buttermoths"? Someone actually tried that? Hilariously bad...
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Post by Paul K on Nov 9, 2018 19:25:34 GMT
"Buttermoths"? Someone actually tried that? Hilariously bad... I totally agree...buttermoth sounds weird. But I remember when I started to learn English word butterfly sounded funny and with not much sense to me too. What is the relation of butter and fly to the insect we call now butterfly? Or maybe butter was named after butterfly?
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