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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 6, 2013 0:40:03 GMT -8
Congratulations! An amazing species (within an all black butterfly genus). When I remember correctly I saw them in Munich while going through every drawer of their collection. Of course this cannot be compared to the joy of seeing it in the wild. Did it fly high above the ground ? Of the few Euploea that I caught I had trouble getting some as they flew so high.
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Post by wollastoni on Dec 6, 2013 1:33:40 GMT -8
Congrats Laurie.
You are our modern AS Meek !!!
I truly admire your adventures and discoveries.
Claude, it is strange, most of Euploea I caught were easy to catch, they flight slowly, are nectaring a lot on accessible flowers, a very calm behaviour due to their unpalatable body.
I have met about 20 species of them, my best encounter was Euploea tripunctata, a wonderful lep.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 6, 2013 1:51:41 GMT -8
Maybe it did then depend on daytime. I also got many flying slowly on accessible places but at other times they would just spend their time sailing high above the ground. It may also be due to the salmonella infection but I am sure they were laughing at me as I couldn't reach them, lol.
Euploea leucostictos leucostictos was the first tropical species I ever caught in the wild.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2013 1:56:56 GMT -8
Amazing find, stunning and rare species.
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Post by nomad on Dec 6, 2013 10:25:35 GMT -8
Congrats Laurie. You are our modern AS Meek !!! Or a modern Albert Eichhorn who collected in New Britain  A wonderful find and very rare beauty. A nice image, the lovely lilac flush shows to full affect in the B D' Abrera book ' Butterflies of the Australian Region ' [ page 191 ]. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2013 11:17:34 GMT -8
What an amazing butterfly! I'm surprised your hands were steady enough to take a picture-must have been very exciting.
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Post by lordpandarus on Dec 7, 2013 19:54:39 GMT -8
Very cool!
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