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Post by queenbug on Oct 26, 2011 21:45:32 GMT -8
Hi again , Ok Thanos i'm assuming you'll identify this one quickly as well for me . The eurialus i looked up didn't have the marks on the forewings like my pic . thankyou Queenbug Attachments:
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Post by downundermoths on Oct 26, 2011 22:55:37 GMT -8
That looks to me to be one of the many forms of female Charaxes eurialus... I have three and they are all different to each other... and to yours... A lovely interesting species...
Barry
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Post by panzerman on Oct 27, 2011 4:53:20 GMT -8
There are now 3 ssp. of ch. eurialus, the Ambon, Ceram, Obi examples are different in both males, and females....
John
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Post by thanos on Oct 27, 2011 7:10:32 GMT -8
Ops, this time others were faster than me  - I've just seen your post. And they're correct. It's a female form of C.eurialus with very reduced forewing yellow bands. I think that such variants (not only with so reduced,but also with enlarged yellow bands) can occur in all of the 3 or so subspecies of this species -maybe this exact form with the reduced bands is commoner in a single subspecies. I have seen much more females with normal and enlarged yellow bands,so I suppose your form is rarer. Thanos |
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Post by lepidofrance on Oct 27, 2011 11:14:01 GMT -8
 Do somebody knows why Charaxes eurialus is not featured in the d'Abrera's Nymphalidae of the Oriental region ? Described by Cramer, if my memory is good, it's not a so new species ! May be one page is lacking in my sample of the book ? 
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Post by downundermoths on Oct 27, 2011 13:46:54 GMT -8
It was indeed Cramer in 1778
D'Abrera illustrated Charaxes eurialus in his 'Butterflies of the Australian Region'
Barry
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- I've just seen your post. And they're correct. It's a female form of C.eurialus with very reduced forewing yellow bands. I think that such variants (not only with so reduced,but also with enlarged yellow bands) can occur in all of the 3 or so subspecies of this species -maybe this exact form with the reduced bands is commoner in a single subspecies. I have seen much more females with normal and enlarged yellow bands,so I suppose your form is rarer.
