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Post by milan on Mar 20, 2015 12:01:29 GMT -8
Dear friends, does anybody know what a species is this? It is from R.C.A. Thanks for your time Milan Attachments:
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Post by milan on Mar 20, 2015 12:02:23 GMT -8
...it is female.
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Post by cabintom on Mar 20, 2015 19:55:00 GMT -8
I've found Euphaedra notoriously difficult to identify. There are many very similar species... I mean, practically identical species. I looked through all of the photos I've got of different Euphaedra, and did not find one that matched yours. So, all I can do is wish you luck.
Tom
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2015 21:35:36 GMT -8
I looked as well and couldn't find anything, beautiful specimen nonetheless. Thierry?
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Post by milan on Mar 20, 2015 23:29:21 GMT -8
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Post by cabintom on Mar 21, 2015 3:54:49 GMT -8
The shape of the sub-apical band is usually what distinguishes these species from each other. So that's a key feature to look at.
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Post by milan on Mar 21, 2015 8:52:51 GMT -8
So, the question is: is it E. semipreussiana or not...:-)
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Post by cabintom on Mar 21, 2015 19:17:15 GMT -8
It's definitely close to E. semipreussiana, but what I've read says that E. semipreussiana is found in Nigeria & Cameroon, not CAR.
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Post by cabintom on Mar 21, 2015 19:18:03 GMT -8
Also, the sub-apical band is not quite a match. Especially in terms of the white marking in space 3.
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Post by milan on Mar 21, 2015 23:34:19 GMT -8
The sub apical band is very important by my opinion, but is also quite variable and without taking into account also a color and pattern of the both, upper side and underside of the wings, identification is not easy or even impossible. Mainly the underside seems to be very important. Semipreussiana is known from Cameroon and do not known from CAR, but they have about 600 km long border (partially in tropical rainforests) and who know... I bought the specimen directly in CAR along with 500 other Euphaedra specimens and there is high uncertainty of the locality of course... In that collection this one was the only.
You are right that despite many similarities, the specimen has also a few dissimilarities. The sub-apical band is slightly different and the ground color of the underside also differs...
Maybe it is some hybrid or maybe a new species :-))))) (I would be happy), but who can confirm this?
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Post by africanentomology on May 20, 2015 5:48:27 GMT -8
 Hello, here Euphaedra semipreussiana from my collection...... |
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Post by milan on Jun 17, 2015 8:09:29 GMT -8
Nice specimen. Now I am almost sure that it is not sepipreussiana. Thanks for help.
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Post by milan on Mar 16, 2017 11:56:19 GMT -8
I took picture of two very interesting Euphaedra specimens left female, right male. I think 2 separate species. Hybrids? Maybe somebody has suggestion what species they are...  |
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Post by africaone on Mar 16, 2017 23:25:36 GMT -8
yes different species but what are the localities ?
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Post by milan on Mar 17, 2017 0:27:31 GMT -8
They both are from Bangui, RCA. I see there some E. miranda genes, in female. This is the only specimen I have. The male looks like E. preussiana, but preussiana is not known from RCA...What do you think...?
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