coopera
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Post by coopera on Mar 17, 2015 10:51:04 GMT
I have seen an increasing number of examples of Interspecies Copulation in Lepidoptera due to popular interest on a number of websites and find it a very interesting subject myself. Here are a few examples that have been shared by some wildlife enthusiasts for my developing website from flickr: These two images show Maniola Jurtina and Aglais Urticae, taken in the wild in June 2014 © Jo Maunder bit.ly/1GdjF6t  A pairing between Maniola Jurtina (f) and Aphantopus hyperantus (m), photographed in the wild by Ken Dolbear  Interspecies pairing between Phalera bucephala and Smerinthus ocellatus, these two individuals were reared by a friend of mine and were found paired together after emerging the same day.  Does anyone else have some examples of interspecies copulation from around the world, either in the wild or captive bred? |
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coopera
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Post by coopera on Mar 17, 2015 14:39:15 GMT
C. tullia female x C. pamphilus male. Hand paired in captivity, in a nature these two species can not meet because of different flight periods and different prefered habitats. The eggs were fertile, but all the larvae died very early That's a very interesting pair and interesting also that the eggs were fertile and hatched into larvae, is it at all possible for the larvae of C. tullia x C. pamphilus to be reared through to pupae using further attempts? |
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Post by cabintom on Mar 17, 2015 16:15:54 GMT
I have witnessed Danaus chrysippus and Danaus dorippus copulating in the wild.
Some people don't consider them to be separate species though, but instead consider dorippus to be a subspecies... it's all rather confusing.
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coopera
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Post by coopera on Mar 17, 2015 19:12:12 GMT
Thankyou for sharing those images, it would certainly be an interesting experiment to try again in the future.
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coopera
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Post by coopera on Mar 17, 2015 21:44:51 GMT
well it is not so simple...both species are present in different periods in nature. So during one season you need to get the eggs and breed one of those two species, overwinter it and then try to make a good timing for females hatching in captivity (for that you need to wake the larvae up from the "sleep" at the right time) at the exact time when males of the other species occurs in the wild. Yes, certainly sounds like a challenge! Well done to you for doing it the once, I find it fascinating. Do you know of any other record of this interspecies pairing and if so, for what period did the eggs and larvae survive? |
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 17, 2015 21:53:27 GMT
Very interesting topic !
Naturalist have witnessed such behaviours also among birds and mammals.
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coopera
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Post by coopera on Mar 18, 2015 9:18:36 GMT
Best of luck with them, I'd be interested to know how you get on!
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Post by jensb on Mar 21, 2015 9:43:57 GMT
About hybrids in butterflies i haven't heared except for papilios. In the papilio world I have seen some nice hybrids. between saturniidae or sphingidae I have seen multiple examples. Here is a gallery where there can be found multiple hybrids www.entomologenportal.de/g84-Hybriden-Falter-Raupen-ect.htmlgreets jens |
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Post by coopera on Mar 23, 2015 7:23:13 GMT
About hybrids in butterflies i haven't heared except for papilios. In the papilio world I have seen some nice hybrids. between saturniidae or sphingidae I have seen multiple examples. Here is a gallery where there can be found multiple hybrids www.entomologenportal.de/g84-Hybriden-Falter-Raupen-ect.htmlgreets jens A lovely gallery of images Jens and some very nice hybrids! |
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