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Post by wollastoni on Jan 13, 2012 5:25:13 GMT -8
Great to see Meek's alexandrae!
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Post by africaone on Jan 13, 2012 5:41:28 GMT -8
the male looks so fresh !  |
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Post by Christina33 on Jan 18, 2012 18:45:00 GMT -8
Thanks for all the information guys. I have been able to find so much information now that I have the name of this guy. It's ashame that these creatures can't be bred in other places because everyone should get a chance to have one in their collection. It's amazing how strict they are with these. If a person owns one they aren't allowed to sell it to another collector? Or do these rules apply to new ones being brought into circulation?
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Post by Khalid Fadil on Jan 18, 2012 22:28:13 GMT -8
Take my words, Christina... What you've got there is a gift from GOD Himself. Keep it and don't ever let anyone have it. Its yours and always will be. Not everybody gets a chance at owning these rare birds...
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Post by morpho45 on Jan 26, 2012 4:19:56 GMT -8
Sorry, this may be my paranoia usually (but not the jealousy I can assure you), but I honestly can not believe the origin of this rarety ... Frankly, it seems you credible story of inheritance from a distant ancestor??
Too good to be true!
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Post by africaone on Jan 26, 2012 4:29:59 GMT -8
 it is well known that some collectors replaced their legitime old specimens with new fresh ones  not a secret !
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Post by morpho45 on Jan 26, 2012 4:31:39 GMT -8
no more comment...
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Post by Christina33 on Jan 31, 2012 11:49:39 GMT -8
Well I never said a "distant" relative, I said my grandma. My dads mother isn't that distant. Where she got it I will unfortunatly never know. How does one go about investigating where the orgin of something that is handed down to them comes from? Like I said i'm new to the butterfly collecting thing so I don't know much about it. If your going to call a person a liar you should at least make sure you read all the posts completly before doing so. Before I found out what it was through the people on this site it was just another butterfly I was researching to find out if I should sell it or keep in my tiny collection. Maybe next time i'm given something from a grandparent that has passed away I should interriogate the other grandparent on it's orgins before accepting.
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Post by nusferatus369 on Feb 1, 2012 15:48:34 GMT -8
if your new do not expose the specimen on sun light. The butterflies will lose all is nice color.
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Post by what on Feb 2, 2012 11:23:21 GMT -8
Out of curiosity, is there any collection data with your butterfly?
If not, you might want to put this away in a safe place and just leave it be. I cannot imagine how you would go about "legitimizing" the specimen if it is lacking that information...
With the Lacey Act here in the USA plus all the various CITES laws/regulations, Im not sure it would be worth the risk to even try.
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Post by admin on Feb 2, 2012 12:18:03 GMT -8
if your new do not expose the specimen on sun light. The butterflies will lose all is nice color. Dittos on that. And don't drop it! These old dried specimens are very brittle and can shatter easily, even from a hard bump. |
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Post by Christina33 on Feb 2, 2012 17:08:00 GMT -8
Well guys I really do thank you all for you help and the information you have given me. I was so excited when I found out what this butterfly was and now I just feel like i'm aweful for not knowing the original orgins of this guy. I am thinking butterfly collecting may not be for me. I started out looking at different pics of butterflies to try to find all the names of the ones I have and there are tons I still have yet to find but after seeing some responses I don't think I really want to know anything more about them.
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Post by nusferatus369 on Feb 2, 2012 19:07:17 GMT -8
if you want doing identification by your self buy that good book for identification. world butterflies Bernard d'Abrera the paper version is 26.99 on bio quip. Is good start for beginner.
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