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Post by nomad on Dec 10, 2012 10:54:29 GMT -8
Richard You are right to treasure those. The alexandrae male looks very large. Very Cool.  Peter. |
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Post by richiejames on Dec 10, 2012 11:03:21 GMT -8
Hi Peter, The male is just over 7" across and here is the female, not the biggest out there, but just to have one.!!! Attachments:
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Post by agriaslover on Dec 11, 2012 8:07:00 GMT -8
Hi collectors, here you see an aberation of a male Ornithoptera paradisea sabinae from Nabire, Irian Jaja, Indonesia. Hope you like it! Attachments:
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Post by nomad on Dec 11, 2012 9:26:57 GMT -8
Yes agriaslover
I do like it very much. Large reduction of the cubital band. I do think aberration in O. paradisea specimens is very rare. I believe that subspecies name may have a special significance to you.
Again thank you for sharing.
Peter.
Dear fellow collectors I know there are many historical specimens of the nominate paradisea. Has anyone images of more recent specimens of this rare taxon they can show.
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Post by agriaslover on Dec 13, 2012 9:01:22 GMT -8
an aberation of Ornithoptera arfakensis male. In the hindwings the golden triangle is nearly missing. Attachments:
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Post by simosg on Dec 13, 2012 10:32:58 GMT -8
Arfakensis? It looks much more like detanii to me with this monochrome green pattern and the shape of the wings. I have a detanii with very similar pattern at the hindwings. Hannes Attachments:
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Post by agriaslover on Dec 13, 2012 10:59:52 GMT -8
Hi Hannes,
excause my mistake please! You are completely right. The lable says clearly TIMIKA. Of course it is detanii.
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Post by simosg on Dec 13, 2012 11:09:44 GMT -8
As you have a good collection of Ornithoptera, do you have the mythical chimaera flavidior?
Hannes
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Post by agriaslover on Dec 13, 2012 11:14:54 GMT -8
no, unfortunately not and I never have seen it in a collection since now.
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Post by simosg on Dec 13, 2012 11:15:40 GMT -8
Do you think it really exists?
Hannes
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Post by agriaslover on Dec 13, 2012 11:26:48 GMT -8
it seems to be exist.....A long time ago Mr.Sclavo from Nice, France showed a photo to me showed a beautiful male. But he wasn't the owner of the specimen at the time. Perhaps now???
The biotop must be very difficult to visit on Huon Peninsula. Michael Hudson told me once that he have to go more than 3 days by foot from the closesest place he could go by car.
So he never went to the biotop.........
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Post by nomad on Dec 13, 2012 11:31:09 GMT -8
Hannes
O. chimaera flavidior certainly does exist. It is very rare but there are specimens in the British Museum labelled Huon pen and Herzog mountains and Rawlinson mountains. Very fine plates of this subspecies can be found in Bernard d' Abrera, Birdwing Butterflies of the World [2003]
I do not know why there are no specimens to be found in private collections.
Peter
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Post by papalidar on Dec 13, 2012 12:05:38 GMT -8
from Huon peninsula: O.c.flavidior female (195mm wingspan) Jacques Attachments:
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Post by simosg on Dec 13, 2012 12:40:17 GMT -8
Welcome to the forum Jaques. Thank you for the picture, it is an impressing specimen, especially with this wingspan. The quality is very good, is this reared?
Hannes
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Post by nomad on Dec 13, 2012 12:42:23 GMT -8
Hi Jacques
Thank you for sharing that image of your very rare female flavidior. Where in the Huon pen does it come from and what was the date.
Peter.
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