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Post by dynastes on Jan 23, 2014 6:17:57 GMT -8
Please help ID subspecies of Hypna (Anaea) clytemnestra. No collecting data, may be from Brazil
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Post by leptraps on Jan 23, 2014 7:20:56 GMT -8
The specimen in your photographs is Anaea clytemnestra huebneri. the subspecies occurs in the coastal and eastern areas of Brazil. I have specimens of all four subspecies. I used the "Butterflies of the American tropics: The Genus Anaea by William Phillips Comstock, 1961.
I do not collect all species of South American Lepidoptera. I collect some of the Nymphalids: Hypanartia, Hypolimnas, Junonia, Anartia, Siproeta, Adelpha, Myscelia, Eunica, Dynamine, Catagramia, Mestra, Hamadryas, Marpesia and the family Apaturidae , which includes Anaea, Memphis & Dxocopa. I collect these only because some of them occur in North America (Florida, Texas & Arizona). I have large holdings of Hamadryas, Marpersia, Myscelia and Catagrammaea.
I have an extensive library on new World Lepidoptera: Seitz, Godmann & Salvin, D'Abera, and Comstock. There are others who can identify with a great memory, I require the use of my collection AND library to do so.
As I have grown older and use many traps to collect specimen, my interest has slowly changed to moths. I am currently working on the Winter Moths of North America: Lithophane Eupsilia, Feralia, etc. I design and build traps to collect the things that have my interest. I dentifying North America moths is a challenge. I have all of the MONA fasiciles. However, without MPG I would be lost.
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Post by dynastes on Jan 23, 2014 9:15:46 GMT -8
The specimen in your photographs is Anaea clytemnestra huebneri. the subspecies occurs in the coastal and eastern areas of Brazil. Many thanks
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