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Post by wollastoni on Nov 15, 2013 12:35:01 GMT -8
SiChuan can be correct, but certainly not from ChengDu which is a 14 million habitant city.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 16, 2013 1:04:26 GMT -8
My specimens also come from the Batang area, actually south of the town. Byasa daemonius was flying in the same place at the same time, 21-24 May 2006.
Adam.
PS. Olivier, I doubt there are many species of butterflies in the vicinity of Chengdu city itself. However the word 'Chengdu' is also an alternative spelling of Qamdo.
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Post by jensb on Nov 16, 2013 16:13:56 GMT -8
Hello guys,
Here some pictures of iphiclides from austria.
These where found next to a supermarket on buddleia
Greets jens
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 1:14:32 GMT -8
podalirius is beautiful seen flying in the wild, in my top 3 of all time species that I have come across but coming from northern England and not being well enough to travel much my list is small compared to most.
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Post by exoticimports on Nov 20, 2013 8:51:17 GMT -8
I nearly fell out of my chair. I had no idea that these were worth this much! I forgot if I have one or two...might go down to zero!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 10:35:41 GMT -8
Money aside, it is a very distinctive and beautiful species with a small range, a special one to me.
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Post by homard on Nov 21, 2013 4:10:12 GMT -8
When I was 6-year boy, I had a poster of butterflies and moths, even before of my first butterfly book. They were depicted somewhat with the element of artist's fantasy (as it happens often). The Iphiclides podalius there was nearly exactly like the real I.podalirinus!!!  Needless to say that the artist never seen or heard of it... |
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 28, 2013 20:31:16 GMT -8
I thought I had one, and turns out I have two. These were part of a lot from a collection out of Germany I procured some 20 years ago. They don't fit into my reference collection, but they were part of the lot, so I got them, like it or not. Frankly, they've drove me nuts forever because they take up space in a drawer in which they don't belong, but I have no where else to put them. The upper specimen has half an antenna missing, the lower specimen both antenna are gone. The data label you see is what came with them, claiming they were caught in Korsika (Corsica, in English.) That would make sense since the lot I procured had other material from Corsica as well. Now, I know next to nothing of this genus, might these be feisthamelii? Attachment Deleted |
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Post by lamprima2 on Dec 28, 2013 20:54:38 GMT -8
Rather strange attitude toward a dead insect.
If they've drove you nuts, just put them in a garbage can.
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 28, 2013 21:34:22 GMT -8
Rather strange attitude toward a dead insect. If they've drove you nuts, just put them in a garbage can. Are you old enough to be drinking so late? Let's take a vote, who says I trash them? Over the years I've accumulated lots of material. Initially, it was locally caught or purchased from Ianni, Butterfly Company, etc. At one point I decided I was setting my limit at 100 Cornell drawers, and I've kept to that. I sold off all my morphos because they ate up space and I didn't have a research use for them. Ditto Troides. Excess material, particularly that commercially purchased, I've let go. But I've also let go thousands of specimens for research. My material is in BMNH (it will ALWAYS be BMNH), Carnegie, Smithsonian, Quito Catholic University collection, US National Museum collection, and in the collections of top discerning entomologists. Maybe some day some museum or top collector might want these. So it would be stupid to destroy them, wouldn't it? Or am I wrong, should I toss them in the bin and free up space without the PITA of Ebay or museum paperwork or shipping? |
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Post by lamprima2 on Dec 28, 2013 22:13:01 GMT -8
Yes I am old enough, son
Sorry about your morphos. What "BMNH" stands for?
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Post by mygos on Dec 29, 2013 1:01:42 GMT -8
"BMNH" stands for British Museum of Natural History !
A+, Michel
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Post by Adam Cotton on Dec 29, 2013 1:27:10 GMT -8
I thought I had one, and turns out I have two. These were part of a lot from a collection out of Germany I procured some 20 years ago. They don't fit into my reference collection, but they were part of the lot, so I got them, like it or not. Frankly, they've drove me nuts forever because they take up space in a drawer in which they don't belong, but I have no where else to put them. The upper specimen has half an antenna missing, the lower specimen both antenna are gone. The data label you see is what came with them, claiming they were caught in Korsika (Corsica, in English.) That would make sense since the lot I procured had other material from Corsica as well. Now, I know next to nothing of this genus, might these be feisthamelii? These are Iphiclides podalirius podalirius, and yes it does occur in Corsica. Adam. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Dec 29, 2013 1:33:24 GMT -8
Maybe some day some museum or top collector might want these. So it would be stupid to destroy them, wouldn't it? Or am I wrong, should I toss them in the bin and free up space without the PITA of Ebay or museum paperwork or shipping? No, don't throw them in the bin, I would be glad to take them, as I am sure would many people on Insectnet, even though they have antennae missing. Adam. |
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Post by o0osteve on Dec 31, 2013 5:21:57 GMT -8
This is Iphiclides podalirius feisthamelii This one is from Morocco. The wings are much whiter than podalirius  |
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Needless to say that the artist never seen or 
