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Post by oliversch on Jan 11, 2013 9:25:36 GMT -8
melanic form of O. croesus toeantei from Morotei Isl. Attachments:
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Post by timmsyrj on Jan 11, 2013 10:30:52 GMT -8
some very nice specimens on this thread although Oliver you seem to have an awful lot of deformaties in your Ornithoptera, i'll quite gladly exchange them for normal looking specimens...  ;D Rich |
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Post by nomad on Jan 11, 2013 10:31:35 GMT -8
 Oliversch lovely croesus forms. What a stunning butterfly this is. I can remember when I first bought this species many years ago when it first became widely available on the market. Those first specimens took my breath away its beauty is so great. I think I would have had the same reaction as Wallace if I had discovered the butterfly. nomad
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Post by oliversch on Jan 11, 2013 13:24:30 GMT -8
O. priamus urvillianus Gynandromoprph Attachments:
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Post by nomad on Jan 12, 2013 2:48:04 GMT -8
O. priamus urvillianus Gynandromoprph Never seen anything quite like that, must be very rare, perhaps one of a kind. I think Wallace would have and many others would like to own one of those. Brings to mind, agriaslovers mosaic Gynandromorph, probably also unique. nomad |
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Post by nomad on Jan 12, 2013 10:50:22 GMT -8
I have just remembered A. S. Meek took a took a urvillianus Gynandromorph in the Solomon Islands on Guadalcanal [1901]. He says "I captured a female urvilliana with black not brown fore-wings showing distinct traces of the blue male. It is a thing I had been looking for for many years, and this was the nearest approach to both sexes in the one insect that I have ever seen". This specimen should be in the British Museum. nomad
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Post by fred2802 on Jan 12, 2013 14:19:11 GMT -8
Assymetrical urvillianus with additional spot and larger hindewing ! Attachments:
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Post by fred2802 on Jan 12, 2013 14:23:00 GMT -8
Extremely bright form urvillianus and more surprisingly comming from the region where they are the darkest (Maramasike)
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Post by fred2802 on Jan 12, 2013 14:26:45 GMT -8
Typical urvillianus from Maramasike for comparisson with previous one. Attachments:
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Post by fred2802 on Jan 12, 2013 14:33:12 GMT -8
victoriae victoriae with no goldspots on hindewings ! Attachments:
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Post by fred2802 on Jan 12, 2013 14:36:28 GMT -8
victoriae isabellae female with many blue scales ! Attachments:
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Post by nomad on Jan 13, 2013 1:26:33 GMT -8
Thank you for posting fred 2802. some unusual Ornithoptera specimens there. Very nice. nomad
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Post by oliversch on Jan 13, 2013 13:20:24 GMT -8
O. victoriae victoriae from Guadalcanal with red apex Attachments:
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 14, 2013 5:33:37 GMT -8
fred < this bright form urvillianus is stunning !
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Post by oliversch on Jan 16, 2013 14:48:03 GMT -8
O. paradisea demeter from Lake Kutubu, PNG Attachments:
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Oliversch lovely croesus forms. What a stunning butterfly this is. I can remember when I first bought this species many years ago when it first became widely available on the market. Those first specimens took my breath away its beauty is so great. I think I would have had the same reaction as Wallace if I had discovered the butterfly.
