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Post by sloanus on Oct 26, 2014 21:08:01 GMT -8
This specimen listing on an Ebay auction was written as Eurytides oberthuri ? Since the seller used a question mark after the species name in the auction, he was apparently not certain if the species identification was correct. Can anyone help to positively identify this specimen. Any help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks.  Richard Herwitt California U.S. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 21:28:03 GMT -8
I think its best you post this in the bug identification treat  |
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Post by bichos on Oct 27, 2014 2:27:19 GMT -8
I think its best you post this in the bug identification treat Thread* |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 3:30:30 GMT -8
I think its best you post this in the bug identification treat Thread* Sorry for my bad spelling hehe |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 27, 2014 6:05:37 GMT -8
Well, it does look very similar to "Eurytides oberthueri", which is probably a natural hybrid, rather than a true species. Does the eBay seller list locality data?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 7:35:38 GMT -8
Adam, discription is
From mexico, comes with full collecting data
From old private collection
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Post by teinopalpus on Oct 27, 2014 23:47:38 GMT -8
oberthueri is considered by some authors as hybrid between : agesilaus neosilaus × philolaus philolaus and these ssp. occurs also in east Mexico. Also both agesilaus and philolaus are reared and pupaes are readily available in some pupae sellers. So nobody can be sure if some skilled breeder did not try to artificially or naturally cross these 2 species. As in case of "species" Papilio nandina which appeared in good numbers about year ago. If it is from old collection it can be natural hybrid.
... and some people still believe it is full species ...
Jan
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