jaume
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Post by jaume on Jan 15, 2011 4:46:44 GMT -8
Described not a long time ago and local in central western Mexico, papilio androgeus occidentalis. Below specimen is the normal androgeus epidaurus. Both ssp. clearly different. JAUME Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Jan 15, 2011 6:47:50 GMT -8
Definately different, amazing!
Love to see the female!
John
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Post by timmsyrj on Jan 18, 2011 10:30:24 GMT -8
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Post by panzerman on Jan 18, 2011 13:50:48 GMT -8
Female is really nice, can hardly wait to get M+F of this nssp.!
John
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 19, 2011 23:34:10 GMT -8
Note that the name occidentalis Brown & Faulkner, 1984 is a junior homonym of Papilio occidentalis Martin, 1915 and thus is unavailable. Apart from that, Brown & Faulkner described a population of Papilio astyalus from Baja California, not Papilio androgeus, so the name occidentalis cannot be applied to this butterfly for 2 reasons. In 1992 Brown & Faulkner renamed Papilio astyalus from Baja California as ssp. bajaensis.
That is the reason why the Butterflies of America website just calls this population the "W Mexican segregate", since it doesn't actually have a valid subspecies name.
Adam.
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Post by oliversch on Oct 22, 2014 11:45:51 GMT -8
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 22, 2014 12:03:02 GMT -8
Thanks Oliver, indeed when I posted that the taxon reyesorum had not yet been described. BoA doesn't seem to have caught on yet, they are still calling it the "W Mexican segregate".
Adam.
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jaume
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Post by jaume on Oct 23, 2014 8:42:37 GMT -8
Thanks for the correct ssp. name Oliver. I post picture of the female. Really large, almost 120 mm. JAUME  |
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