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Post by lucanidae25 on Sept 6, 2011 23:13:23 GMT -8
Yes, now I can see it looks like a rhodopneuma female.
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Post by oehlkew on Sept 7, 2011 1:53:42 GMT -8
Thanks Thierry,
I have posted your verso image of the female Actias rhodopneuma with very slight digital repairs to WLSS and will also
add it to my previous posting on this site with Raymond's original submission, rotated for better comparison with your image.
I have added Chapa and Cao Bang to Vietnam listings for Actias rhodopneuma and had earlier listings for Ha Giang and Kom Tum in Vietnam.
I am also going to add Actias ningpoana to WLSS listing for Vietnam, as I am fairly confident the Thai expert's determination
(via Adam Cotton) of that species is correct, and the range extension into northeastern Vietnam is quite reasonable. Thanks to Raymond for sharing these images and to all who offered input.
Bill Oehlke
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 7, 2011 10:23:03 GMT -8
Bill,
I relayed your (and others') opinion that the 1st specimen is a female rhodopneuma to the Thai, and today he said that it could very well be. He laments the inability to see the upperside.
Indeed it is not a surprise that ningpoana could be found in NE Vietnam, especially as the locality Cao Bang is in the mountain range contiguous with eastern Guangxi. Other Lepidoptera from Guangxi/Guangdong are found in that part of Vietnam too (eg. Byasa confusus mansonensis).
Adam.
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Post by lucanidae25 on Sept 7, 2011 17:26:49 GMT -8
Ohhh!!! I only know Actias dubernardi taken in Ha Giang, not Actias rhodopneuma. Damn it!!!! my dream of finding a new sp is crashed now.  |
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Post by africaone on Sept 8, 2011 2:23:28 GMT -8
"my dream of finding a new sp is crashed now. " not crashed but quite problematic.  I got mine very early  ! now I think it is quite late ! may be on an unexploired island  |
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! now I think it is quite late ! may be on an unexploired island 