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Post by obiwankenobi55555 on Oct 27, 2014 1:58:41 GMT -8
Hello, Picture is taken from one museum, there was no any labels but I think specimens are from southeast Asia, only I know is that they are 100 years old. Can someone recognize them? They are not my point of collecting. Thanks Attachments:
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Post by mantisboy on Oct 27, 2014 3:38:01 GMT -8
Well, I don't know the species, but the top one is a moth that mimics the swallowtail butterfly.
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Post by mokky on Oct 27, 2014 4:19:29 GMT -8
I am not the specialist on these group but I can give you the tentative identification. Need second opinion by experts.
Top: Epicopeia polydora Westwood, 1841
Bottom: Papilio bootes Westwood, 1842
Both may be collected from India. Can you show me the collecting labels?
mokky
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 27, 2014 5:51:11 GMT -8
I am not the specialist on these group but I can give you the tentative identification. Need second opinion by experts. Top: Epicopeia polydora Westwood, 1841 Bottom: Papilio bootes Westwood, 1842 Both may be collected from India. Can you show me the collecting labels? mokky I agree with Mokky on both identifications, and the Papilio bootes looks like the nominate subspecies, from Meghalaya, NE India. Adam. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 27, 2014 5:57:13 GMT -8
Well, I don't know the species, but the top one is a moth that mimics the swallowtail butterfly. Yes, and no. The moth is indeed a mimic of Papilionidae, but Papilio bootes is also a mimic, not the model. The model for these is Byasa polyeuctes, and interestingly Papilio bootes is the only species of genus Papilio that has a red body. All the other mimetic species have a black body, sometimes with a red streak along the anal edge of the hindwing (eg. P. alcmenor) or red patches near the base of the wings (eg. P. memnon), but no red actually on the body itself. Adam. |
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Post by obiwankenobi55555 on Oct 27, 2014 7:00:29 GMT -8
Thank you very much to all of you!
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