mokky
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Post by mokky on Nov 22, 2012 22:19:45 GMT -8
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 23, 2012 1:14:19 GMT -8
I caught a very similar specimen in Laos near the Vietnam border a few years ago. These aberrations are caused by the freshly developed pupa being exposed to a sudden drop in temperature. In the case of Graphium sarpedon the green patches are actually devoid of scales, but in the aberration the areas that are normally green are covered in black scales. It is interesting, as you state in your blog, that the spot at the tip of the forewing and the submarginal spots of the hindwing are still present. Adam. Attachments:
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 23, 2012 1:23:46 GMT -8
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Post by mokky on Nov 23, 2012 6:38:31 GMT -8
Dear Adam Cotton
Glad to see the same abberant form in your collection. Your data label is detailed!
I know several other specimens of this abberant in Japan. Do you think it is possible to make this form artifically?
mokky
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Post by mokky on Nov 23, 2012 6:40:46 GMT -8
Dear wollastoni
The abberant form of the female of Delias wilemani is great. I have never seen such a specimen.
Thank you for sharing.
mokky
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 23, 2012 7:08:00 GMT -8
mokky < thanks for your words. It's a rarity indeed, never heard of another aberrant wilemani female in collection.
About G. sarpedon black aberration, yes it should be feasible to obtain this form artificially as we do in Europe with Aglais io. Just have a try and let us know ! The fact that Adam caught a natural one makes me think it must not be so hard to obtain some artificially.
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Post by boogtwo on Nov 23, 2012 11:08:25 GMT -8
Dear Adam Cotton Glad to see the same abberant form in your collection. Your data label is detailed! I know several other specimens of this abberant in Japan. Do you think it is possible to make this form artifically? mokky Mokky, Never with this species, but I have created abberants in many species while trying to understand what the circumstances in nature would have to be to cause them naturally. The key I found was it depends on when in the development of the pupal stage of a species the change in environmental conditions needs to occur. It can be a very short window that it has to occur within. |
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Post by mokky on Nov 24, 2012 17:25:57 GMT -8
Thank you wollastoni, boogtwo and radusho for your comments. In Japan some people try to make the abberation aritificially. In the cases of some Lycaenidae, this trial is successful. But I have never heard the case in Graphium sarpedon. Now this species is one of the most common butterflies in central to southern Japan. We can get numerous materials even in the nearby park. I will try next year.  mokky |
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 25, 2012 8:11:06 GMT -8
Yes, I caught my first sarpedon when I was 10 years old in the center of Tokyo, in my uncle's garden. It is very common in Tokyo's parks and gardens.
For a French kid, Graphium sarpedon was like a rare treasure !
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Post by Christof on Nov 25, 2012 10:41:49 GMT -8
Yes, I caught my first sarpedon when I was 10 years old in the center of Tokyo, in my uncle's garden. It is very common in Tokyo's parks and gardens. For a French kid, Graphium sarpedon was like a rare treasure ! Whoa, your uncle has a garden in Tokyo? |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 25, 2012 11:12:27 GMT -8
More likely Olivier's uncle HAD a garden in Tokyo, it was 20 years ago.
Adam.
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 25, 2012 12:12:23 GMT -8
Yes he had.
In the "French quarter", a beautiful neighbourhood with many houses with gardens in the center of Tokyo. He was Commercial Director for Michelin there. He's now retired.
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