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Post by ash on May 19, 2014 20:26:42 GMT -8
Hi, Like the similar topic on favourite Ornithoptera, this one is for posting your favourite specimens of Papilio subgenus Achillides, the unrivalled and beautiful gloss swallowtails. I thought I would start it off with two pairs, spring and summer generation, of the beautiful Papilio hermeli from Mindoro in the Philipinnes. All specimens courtesy of David Cassat (Indowings on ebay). Hope you like them! Ash Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted |
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Post by lordpandarus on May 20, 2014 20:09:31 GMT -8
Spring form female P. hermeli is hard to beat
Also P. krishna thawgara
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Post by hewi on May 21, 2014 3:55:58 GMT -8
my most beloved Papilios from the Achillides-group had been since my childhood days: Papilio buddha - Papilio blumei - Papilio krishnaPics of P. krishna will follow Manfred Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 5:47:11 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 5:50:26 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 5:55:38 GMT -8
 papilio montrouzieri will always be special to me as I had to wait so long to get it. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 21, 2014 8:36:02 GMT -8
Here's a special specimen that was recently sent to me for safekeeping. I will donate it to the NHM, London when I next visit the UK.  Adam. |
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Post by Zacatak on May 21, 2014 16:13:29 GMT -8
i have to agree with dunc on this one, papilio montrouzieri is quite special. the blue of the male is so iridescent compared to other ulysses, its miniture size too. i last saw it when i visited New Caledonia a few years ago. in 2 months im going back to see it again, a sight flying that has always stayed fixed in my memory.
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Post by ash on May 21, 2014 19:04:17 GMT -8
Here's a special specimen that was recently sent to me for safekeeping. I will donate it to the NHM, London when I next visit the UK. Adam. I've seen that specimen somewhere before Adam  Manfred - superb set of Papilio buddha! I have never seen a specimen of this butterfly in the flesh. Lovely specimens all round. Keep them coming. Ash |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 0:55:32 GMT -8
 I think this one is Papilio bianor okinawaensis, but I could be wrong. |
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Post by lepidofrance on May 22, 2014 5:35:25 GMT -8
Some common but giant Achillides from Sulawesi (I caught them mainly around Puncak Palopo, Perdingan Lindu Palolo, Parangloe and Bantimurung) : P. peranthus insulicola and P. blumei (2 ssp.). Among the other butterflies, most of them (not all ! the drawers have to be reorganized) are also from Sulawesi. Poor pictures made with the iPad (sorry !)   Second photo : last column on the right : P. perantus peranthus from Bali (Ubud vicinity). See the much smaller size than with P. peranthus insulicola from Sulawesi (= the "Island of giant butterflies", especially for Papilionidae).  Perdingan Lindu Palolo : Central Sulawesi Pouncak Palopo, Bantimurung, Parangloe : Southern province of Sulawesi, beginning by the North of the prov., Taman Parangloe being the most in the South. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 22, 2014 5:45:51 GMT -8
View AttachmentI think this one is Papilio bianor okinawaensis, but I could be wrong. No it's not Papilio bianor okinawensis which comes from Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki etc). Probably it is Papilio dehaanii ryukyuensis, as I assume they come from Okinawa Island. They doo look like that subspecies. It is rather confusing that okinawensis does not actually come from the island of Okinawa itself. Adam. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 22, 2014 5:57:24 GMT -8
I've seen that specimen somewhere before Adam Yes, you may well have done. David decided he couldn't keep it safely, so he sent it to me. Adam. |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 7:34:22 GMT -8
cheers Adam, yes VERY confusing, that's why I thought they were okinawensis.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 7:39:59 GMT -8
  papilio maackii tutanus from Japan is pretty good. |
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