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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2012 7:48:58 GMT -8
Can anyone I.D me these butterflies and moths from paraguay. I have just recieved a parcel with many butterfly and moth species (too many to photograph) and please forgive me, but i know nothing at all about them. The bottom right butterfly has really vibrant blue/purple colour inside. thanks in advance pete Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2012 10:14:41 GMT -8
got the two yellow swallow tails (Heraclides astyalus)
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Post by bobw on Oct 12, 2012 1:04:10 GMT -8
Bottom middle is Archaeoprepona demophon xyniatus.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2012 6:29:05 GMT -8
thanx bob, much appreciated
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Post by thanos on Oct 12, 2012 6:31:25 GMT -8
Middle centre: Hamadryas amphinome (Nymphalidae).
Bottom left: Thysania zenobia (Noctuidae).
Bottom right: Eryphanis sp. (Brassolidae). As you said is has rich blue uppersides, it's male.
Top left, and middle right, are the same: males of Catonephele numilia (Nymphalidae).
middle left: Phaloe cruenta (Arctiidae).
Thanos
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Post by lepidofrance on Oct 12, 2012 8:59:18 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2012 9:21:19 GMT -8
thank you so much for the information. as i say i don't know anything about them. There are many large hawk moths also, but i will just sell them as unknown sp.
best wishes
peter
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Post by thanos on Oct 12, 2012 10:10:23 GMT -8
The Eryphanis is finally automedon (which occurs in Paraguay, too), not reevesii.. Check especially the submarginal and postdiscal lines and shades on the underside forewing..(In reevesii the inner scalloped submarginal line is very close to the black postdiscal line, while in automedon these lines are in some distance. Plus some more differences in the postdiscal shades).
Thanos
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Post by lepidofrance on Oct 12, 2012 11:00:52 GMT -8
"The Eryphanis is finally automedon (which occurs in Paraguay, too), not reevesii." Look at this screen copy from the excellent website : www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Nymphalidae.htmMay be they don't know either geography either lepidoptera systematic ! Please, enlarge the attached file ! By the way, the faunaparaguay website I quoted is not a french or chinese website, but paraguayan .... On my side, I never collected in Paraguay, so I have not personal point of view on the matter. Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Oct 12, 2012 11:36:24 GMT -8
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Post by lepidofrance on Oct 13, 2012 6:39:17 GMT -8
Dear Thanos, Thanks for the pdf "revision of genus Eryphanis" : very interesting. Since automedon flies in Paraguay, you're right, this is E. automedon male. The comparison with reevesii shows it clearly (distance between the lines on FW UPS). Nevertheless, in this paraguayan sample, the three dark spots (apical area FW UPS) are large in size, like in reveesii. Knowing that the revision of the genus Eryphanis took place 2008, surprising the Butterflies of America site has not been updated on this point.  Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2012 10:40:29 GMT -8
I've taken a more closer picture, hope this helps Attachments:
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Post by lepidofrance on Oct 13, 2012 14:29:01 GMT -8
Thanks for the closier photo !
No doubt : it's Eryphanis automedon, before given for Surinam (LT) and North of South America and nowadays recognized in Southern Brazil and Paraguay.
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