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Post by jensb on Sept 19, 2012 11:02:17 GMT -8
Hello Here some chinese Satyridae 1  2  3  4  5  Sorry for the bad shape from this species but I had them delivered in this quality. Greets jens |
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 19, 2012 11:49:18 GMT -8
As requested in this Forum several times, what is the exact geographical origin of these butterflies ?  China is a huge country, North is siberian, South is tropical ! Telling that these buttefflies are from China means nothing !!  And looking to the South of China : Guangdong (low level) or Tibet (high elevation) ?  Number 1 : is a Callerebia sp. Difficult to say more without seeing the underside and without knowing the geographical origin. May be : Callerebia polyphemus oberthueri Watkins, 1925.  As told here is this Forum, it's quite impossible to identify a Satyrinae without photo of the underside ! |
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 19, 2012 11:58:18 GMT -8
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 19, 2012 12:11:58 GMT -8
Number 4 looks like Loxerebia albipunctata LEECH, 1890.
I cannot be sure without an underside view !
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 19, 2012 12:24:03 GMT -8
Number 3 could be Lethe verma stenopa FRUHSTORFER, male.
Southern China
Better picture and underside view needed !
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 19, 2012 12:26:02 GMT -8
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 19, 2012 12:36:03 GMT -8
Number 2 : very probably Lethe marginalis MOTSCHULSKY, 1860, male. Central & North China |
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Post by dertodesking on Sept 19, 2012 12:37:18 GMT -8
You're right there JMG, Europe = c. 10 million sq. kilometres China = c. 9.6 million sq. kilometres China, a single country, is nearly as large as the whole of Europe... Simon |
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 19, 2012 13:09:37 GMT -8
To identify Satyrinae from the palearctic China, you need absolutly these books : G. C. Bozano (editor) : Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region : - Satyridae part I Lethini : Lasiommata, Pararge, Lopinga, etc - Satyrinae part II Satyrini : Callerebia, Boeberia, and so on - Satyrinae part III Satyrini : Melanargiina, Coenonymphinaand so on Publisher : Omnes Artes, Milano Same collection for Palearctic Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalinae. Where to get these books ? www.lepido-france.fr/2010/02/ou-commander-des-livres-entomologiques/ |
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