mooks
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Post by mooks on Apr 4, 2016 20:32:52 GMT
Your setting of butterflies is superb m8
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Post by nomad on Apr 6, 2016 17:27:43 GMT
Stunning specimens.
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charaxo
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Post by charaxo on Apr 10, 2016 14:27:23 GMT
Stunning specimens. In the South of Grande-Comore is two small islands anjouan and mohéli or flies charaxes nicati canu, 1991 on both islands and charaxes viossati canu, 1991 on anjouan only. charaxes nicati ♂ charaxes viossati ♂
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charaxo
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Post by charaxo on Apr 10, 2016 15:27:47 GMT
Your setting of butterflies is superb m8 In the northwest of the Comoro Archipelago situated on the Tanzanian coast three islands among which Zanzibar the biggest, in the North of that this is the island of pemba and the smallest mafia being in the South of Zanzibar. Have counts several species of charaxes among which ssp charaxes pollux piersoni (Collins 1990). On pemba is an endemic charaxes pembanus (jordan 1925) on mafia ssp charaxes jahlusa mafiae (turlin&lequeux 1992) charaxes pollux piersoni charaxes pembanus caellestissima form charaxes jahlusa mafiae
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Post by nomad on Apr 10, 2016 15:59:26 GMT
Marvellous array of rare Charaxes.
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mooks
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Post by mooks on Apr 10, 2016 19:48:06 GMT
Stunning !!
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Post by trehopr1 on Apr 10, 2016 23:04:24 GMT
Have been very much enjoying your posts and specimens Charaxo ! Your knowledge of the various species + subspecies along with their geographical ranges is very impressive. You most certainly get my vote as one of our forums leading specialists on this group. Keep the great posts coming.....
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charaxo
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Post by charaxo on Apr 11, 2016 11:48:00 GMT
Have been very much enjoying your posts and specimens Charaxo ! Your knowledge of the various species + subspecies along with their geographical ranges is very impressive. You most certainly get my vote as one of our forums leading specialists on this group. Keep the great posts coming..... The wonderful and mysterious island of socotra situated in the northwest of the Indian Ocean is 200 km of coast Somalian live in two species endemic of charaxes there. The charaxes balfouri(butler1881) and the charaxes velox(ogilvie-grant 1899) rare in collection. charaxes velox
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charaxo
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Post by charaxo on Apr 11, 2016 13:19:57 GMT
Marvellous array of rare Charaxes. on the Arabian Peninsula Oman has in the area of dhofar flies endemic Charaxes Bertrami(riley 1931) and subspecies Charaxes Hansali arabica(riley 1931) charaxes bertrami ♂ charaxes hansali arabica♀
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Post by charaxo on Apr 11, 2016 14:48:09 GMT
in Ethiopia there are about 25 species and subspecies of Charaxes but there is a which I am particularly attached is the Charaxes galawadiwosi(plantrou&rougeot 1979) with a female with a polymorphism with 12 different forms, some really very rare charaxes galawadiwosi♂ different forms♀
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 11, 2016 16:51:32 GMT
Wow, so many female forms !!! Must be very interesting to understand why, the % and repartition of those forms, is it linked to mimetism , to habitat, are they recessive or dominant and so on ?
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charaxo
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Post by charaxo on Apr 11, 2016 20:19:33 GMT
Wow, so many female forms !!! Must be very interesting to understand why, the % and repartition of those forms, is it linked to mimetism , to habitat, are they recessive or dominant and so on ? thank you wollastoni. You have a very attractive representation in entomologia africana 8eme year, volume 2, in September, 2003 by Eric Vingerhoedt and also butterflies of the world part 34 b.turlin,2011 nymphalidae XIX charaxes V PLATE 13/14 I shall return later on other examples of a species of western Africa or the forms are has the infinity.
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Post by mygos on Apr 24, 2016 10:07:13 GMT
Have been very much enjoying your posts and specimens Charaxo ! Your knowledge of the various species + subspecies along with their geographical ranges is very impressive. You most certainly get my vote as one of our forums leading specialists on this group. Keep the great posts coming..... The wonderful and mysterious island of socotra situated in the northwest of the Indian Ocean is 200 km of coast Somalian live in two species endemic of charaxes there. The charaxes balfouri(butler1881) and the charaxes velox(ogilvie-grant 1899) rare in collection. charaxes velox Seen this weekend at Grand Palais exhibition : 2 plates from Forbes book "The natural history of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri", 1903 ! A+, Michel
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charaxo
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Post by charaxo on Apr 25, 2016 7:23:52 GMT
salut Michel,très intéressant ce bouquin! merci de cette attention A+,Michel
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mooks
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Post by mooks on Apr 27, 2016 13:16:21 GMT
Hi guys here's my first attempt at setting butterflies as l am used to large saturnidae. This is Charaxes Achaemenes female from Zimbabwe.
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