Post by oehlkew on Oct 10, 2012 19:43:20 GMT -8
Thanos,
It is hard to distinguish between pernyi and roylii.
Roylii tends to be larger, and these are big moths.
I initially went with roylii because of location, but pernyi has probably been introduced in many areas outside its normal range
because of silk. The females could be roylii or pernyi. It has been a long time since I reared pernyi, but I think I remember the
"different" ventral markings being much different from other
Antheraea species. I think lampei, roylii and its subspecies and
pernyi must be very closely related.
Bill Oehlke.
PS I was earlier today looking at an image of a live female Antheraea from Sri Lanka and it is very hard to tell the difference between paphia and mylitta, both of which might fly there.
It is hard to distinguish between pernyi and roylii.
Roylii tends to be larger, and these are big moths.
I initially went with roylii because of location, but pernyi has probably been introduced in many areas outside its normal range
because of silk. The females could be roylii or pernyi. It has been a long time since I reared pernyi, but I think I remember the
"different" ventral markings being much different from other
Antheraea species. I think lampei, roylii and its subspecies and
pernyi must be very closely related.
Bill Oehlke.
PS I was earlier today looking at an image of a live female Antheraea from Sri Lanka and it is very hard to tell the difference between paphia and mylitta, both of which might fly there.
