|
|
Post by aesacus on Aug 5, 2013 14:07:16 GMT -8
I have no idea what species this is. Vietnam, Ha Giang, maj 2013  |
|
|
|
Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 5, 2013 14:22:12 GMT -8
It is probably a natural hybrid, and I would guess that one of the parents is Papilio protenor.
It is certainly a wierd specimen.
Adam.
|
|
|
|
Post by aesacus on Aug 5, 2013 23:44:42 GMT -8
Thanks Adam
Krzysztof
|
|
|
|
Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 6, 2013 7:15:19 GMT -8
Krzysztof,
At a guess the other parent is probably Papilio polytes, and I would expect that polytes was probably the male. The main reason I suggest that polytes male was involved is because generally speaking for a hybrid mating to actually produce larvae the species with larger eggs (assuming protenor is the other parent) must be the female. If the male of the species with larger eggs mates with a female of a species with smaller eggs the embryos that develop will try to grow too large for the egg that they are inside, and all will die as a consequence.
Adam.
|
|
