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Post by hellanichus on Jan 24, 2013 7:42:36 GMT -8
Greetings everyone. Does anyone know where I can obtain a nice pair of Papilio Hellanichus? Also, what could I expect to pay for a nice A1 pair?
Thank You
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 24, 2013 7:55:05 GMT -8
Greetings hellanichus, welcome to Insectnet. Try "The Neotropical Lepidoptera Shop" (one of the Insectnet listed suppliers) neotropicalleps.com/ neotrop.leps@googlemail.com. He sometimes has specimens. In answer to your second question - Big money?? Note that you should write hellanichus with a small h. Only genus names start with a capital letter, species names should always be written with a small letter. Adam. |
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Post by hellanichus on Jan 24, 2013 10:43:08 GMT -8
Adam, thanks for the reply to my post. What did you mean Big money? I am not sure what you mean.
Thank You,
hellanichus
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Post by irisscientist on Jan 24, 2013 11:16:54 GMT -8
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Post by teinopalpus on Jan 24, 2013 11:26:51 GMT -8
Hi, Adam gave you link where you can see price of sold specimens of hellanichus. Also Robert have A1- male / A1 sold / - www.theinsectcollector.com/acatalog/info-11517.htmlAnd one UK Ebay offer also present / female, not A1 specimen / In Europe sometimes appears older specimens from times when this species was better available. But true A1 specimens are really rare and expensive / at least for me ;D /. Jan |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 24, 2013 11:35:54 GMT -8
"Big money" is an expression meaning expensive, as in 'mucho dinero'.
Jan is right, A1 specimens especially females are very hard to obtain.
Adam.
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Post by colin12303 on Jan 24, 2013 11:59:57 GMT -8
Try contacting the dealer Nigel South ebay name:- nigelwillsouth
He has collected them in Argentina.
I actually went to the spot last March and never even saw one.
I know he did have some nice wild caught ones for sale.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 24, 2013 12:28:50 GMT -8
Colin,
I think they fly in December, rather than March, which may explain why you didn't find any.
Adam.
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Post by colin12303 on Jan 24, 2013 13:44:04 GMT -8
Yes.I was there at that time of year to try to get some rare saturnid moths.Didn't get those either.
Lots of other swallowtail butterflies mainly lycophron.
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Post by hellanichus on Jan 24, 2013 15:00:01 GMT -8
Hello, thanks so much for all of the replies and very useful information. It is greatly appreciated.  |
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Post by hellanichus on Jan 24, 2013 15:25:53 GMT -8
Greetings, can someone ID this pretty specimen? See attached photo.  |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 25, 2013 7:32:05 GMT -8
Greetings, can someone ID this pretty specimen? See attached photo. There is no photo attached. I guess you forgot to re-attach it when you edited the post, and the photo consequently vanished. Adam. |
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Post by hellanichus on Jan 25, 2013 10:34:09 GMT -8
Hi, I will fix this tonight when I am at home. I do not have the photo available at work. I originally added the file in the attachment section. Then I did a preview and did not see my photo.
Thanks
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Post by hellanichus on Jan 25, 2013 14:31:53 GMT -8
Here is the attachment. Can someone ID this? Thanks Attachments:
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Post by lordpandarus on Jan 25, 2013 16:23:16 GMT -8
Looks like Papilio hellanichus to me. Maybe with less red dots than usual
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