jaume
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Post by jaume on Dec 31, 2013 1:25:17 GMT -8
I posted the pictures of my garamas drawers a long time ago. I post them again. I like very much this species too. Starting from the top: garamas garamas males, garamas garamas males and black females (including also a male from splendida), garamas garamas females including a wonderful form homeroides, garamas abderus, garamas electryon, garamas syedra / faisthuberi / baroni (all in the same drawer) and finally the new ssp moehni. JAUME |
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Post by jaume on Dec 31, 2013 1:37:23 GMT -8
A small mistake in the order:
garamas garamas males
garamas garamas males and 4 black females. Includes also a male splendida
garamas garamas females
garamas electryon
garamas abderus
garamas moehni
garamas baroni, faisthuberi and syedra
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Post by nomad on Dec 31, 2013 6:48:28 GMT -8
Stunning collection  |
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Post by bugboys3 on Jan 1, 2014 17:39:07 GMT -8
Those are spectacular butterflies!
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Post by rumina on Jan 3, 2014 12:13:05 GMT -8
Hello Jaume, opposite to this show does not know what to say. I saw it fly into a butterfly farm, and frankly I'm excited as ever. simply is one of the most beautiful papilionidae of the world.
Congratulations ...... so certain that if you start the year ................. very promising
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Post by lordpandarus on Jan 5, 2014 4:19:07 GMT -8
The red form of electryon female is on top of my butterfly want list...still too expensive and since it appears variable your not sure how much red you'd get unless you buy a mounted specimen
I'd like one like the one on top of the 4th drawer
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Post by jaume on Jan 5, 2014 9:18:07 GMT -8
Lord pandarus, the red electryon on the top of the fourth drawer is from Mexico, not from El Salvador. All the electryon in existence in the market right now are bred and come from El Salvador. But ssp electryon also occurs in Chiapas, Mexico. Specimens from there are rarely offered in the market. And in this case, a red electryon female from Mexico is something extremely rare to see.
In any case the price for the red electryon from El Salvador are not so expensive now. With luck you can get one for not more of 150 euros or so.
JAUME
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Post by bichos on Jan 6, 2014 4:56:45 GMT -8
Just stunning, 7 drawers on garamas, crazy!
I was lucky enough to catch a wild one, very exciting, an A2 though.
The larvae feed on avocado I believe..?
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Post by robert61 on Jan 7, 2014 2:50:50 GMT -8
I have seen a female laying eggs on Avocado in Oaxaca Close to the Papilio esperanza typ locality. I was surprised as a swiss (moth) breeder told me he found the larvae in Mexico in a garden on Cherimoya trees(Annona sp.).... I have a small Cherimoya and will try my lucky once I can obtain again pupae from El Salvador.
Robert
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Post by bobw on Jan 7, 2014 4:56:33 GMT -8
It will also feed on many species of Magnolia.
Bob
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Post by lordpandarus on Jan 10, 2014 12:28:04 GMT -8
Lord pandarus, the red electryon on the top of the fourth drawer is from Mexico, not from El Salvador. All the electryon in existence in the market right now are bred and come from El Salvador. But ssp electryon also occurs in Chiapas, Mexico. Specimens from there are rarely offered in the market. And in this case, a red electryon female from Mexico is something extremely rare to see. In any case the price for the red electryon from El Salvador are not so expensive now. With luck you can get one for not more of 150 euros or so. JAUME Do the females from El Salvador have as bright and extensive red as the mexican ones, or it depends on the individual specimen? |
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Post by jaume on Jan 12, 2014 4:34:13 GMT -8
I don't know. I have seen only another red female electryon from Mexico in my life and she also had the same bright red than mine. I ignore if this means that the mexican specimens are all the same. What I can say is that all the bred red electryon I have seen from El Salvador have a dark red, not bright. However the amount of red depends on the individual specimens.
JAUME
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Post by lordpandarus on Jan 12, 2014 7:56:48 GMT -8
Ah ok . I suspected that but I thought it might be the lighting in photographs
Thanks
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Post by conocedor on Jul 19, 2015 20:39:35 GMT -8
Stunning collection You only need the gynandromorph to complete the series |
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Post by joee30 on Aug 6, 2015 11:49:29 GMT -8
It is an individual thing. I have family in El Salvador, and have seen many, yet not collected P. garamas electryon. The females were always in some high trees, and the only male I collected was battered, but have observed many femmes with some having more red than others. The trees were some species of Annona.
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