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Post by wolf on Feb 14, 2013 6:20:34 GMT -8
Are both these Lamproptera meges? From Mindoro, Philippines. Attachments:
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Post by wolf on Feb 14, 2013 6:21:00 GMT -8
From Palawan, Philippines. Attachments:
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Post by lepidofrance on Feb 14, 2013 7:44:03 GMT -8
According Tsukada, L. curius don't fly in Mindoro : it's L. meges decius C. & R. Felder (1862). Both L. curius et L. meges fly in Palawan. This sample seems  to be L. meges pessimus Fruhstorfer (1909). |
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Post by wolf on Feb 14, 2013 7:55:14 GMT -8
I agree it looks like meges. Thanks for confirmation.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 14, 2013 8:45:04 GMT -8
L. curius can be distinguished from meges by looking at the discal bands of the forewing. In L. curius (the inner band is normally white as opposed to green in meges, but this can fade in older specimens) there is a narrow clear area between the inner white discal band and the black discal band outside it. In meges there is no clear area separating these two bands.
Adam.
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Post by wolf on Feb 14, 2013 9:36:02 GMT -8
Thanks again Adam for clarification  |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 14, 2013 10:57:10 GMT -8
Here's a pic of the curius forewing showing the narrow clear area between the white and black bands, absent in meges. Adam Attachments:
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 15, 2013 4:40:51 GMT -8
A wonderful species in the wild !
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to be L. meges pessimus Fruhstorfer (1909). 
