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Adelpha
Apr 23, 2015 10:16:04 GMT -8
Post by jshuey on Apr 23, 2015 10:16:04 GMT -8
Mohamed has me thinking about Adelpha, so I wathched a stupid backyard video from Guatemala and spotted this bug  This is not something I've seen in ajacent Belize (at least that I remember - there are too many Adelpha and they all look alike!) It is in the serpa group group of species for sure. Possibly Adelpha paraena massilia or perhaps a new subsspecies of Adelpha radiata Or perhaps Adelpha paroeca paroeca? What do you think? The video is totally lame but can be found at "http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1woi16_butterflies-from-guatemala-a-dark-sister_animals" John |
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Adelpha
Apr 24, 2015 12:02:39 GMT -8
Post by modjojojo on Apr 24, 2015 12:02:39 GMT -8
Hi John,
for me it seems to be A. paroeca pseudodonysa Salazar, 2000 described from two specimens from Colombia. Although it matches wery well the specimen epresented in the wonderful work of K. Willmot, this one has larger white bands, but this seems variable in all the serpa group (as it is in nominal A. paroeca).
According to Willmot, it is a very rare species, only known at this time (2003) from type locality. It is surprisong to find it in Guatemala, after it crossed all Central America without being captured !
I hope this will help.
Of course all the thanks are to K. Willmot and his work on this genus.
Mohamed
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Adelpha
Apr 24, 2015 12:45:48 GMT -8
Post by modjojojo on Apr 24, 2015 12:45:48 GMT -8
Hi John, or simply A. paroeca paroeca ! Yes definetly it is (maybe) my last answer  The specimen is intermédiate between these two subspecies, but as said Willmott, the width of the white bands is quite variable... And localisation speaks it self : easier to be nominal ssp than subspecies pseudodonysa when it is in Guatemala! Mohamed |
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Adelpha
Apr 25, 2015 6:13:36 GMT -8
Post by jshuey on Apr 25, 2015 6:13:36 GMT -8
Hi John, or simply A. paroeca paroeca ! Yes definetly it is (maybe) my last answer The specimen is intermédiate between these two subspecies, but as said Willmott, the width of the white bands is quite variable... And localisation speaks it self : easier to be nominal ssp than subspecies pseudodonysa when it is in Guatemala! Mohamed It's probably Adelpha paroeca paroeca - which seems like an amazing thing to randomly video tape in someone's backyard. j |
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Adelpha
Apr 26, 2015 0:03:57 GMT -8
Post by africaone on Apr 26, 2015 0:03:57 GMT -8
Hi John, or simply A. paroeca paroeca ! Yes definetly it is (maybe) my last answer The specimen is intermédiate between these two subspecies, but as said Willmott, the width of the white bands is quite variable... And localisation speaks it self : easier to be nominal ssp than subspecies pseudodonysa when it is in Guatemala! Mohamed It's probably Adelpha paroeca paroeca - which seems like an amazing thing to randomly video tape in someone's backyard. j juts for the story, an African Euriphene (Nymphalidae) has been filmed in a Ghanean forest (randomly  ). It was a new species that has been described from the video images (this species wasn't catched and as fas as i know, has never been rediscosvered) |
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Or perhaps Adelpha paroeca paroeca? What do you think?
). It was a new species that has been described from the video images (this species wasn't catched and as fas as i know, has never been rediscosvered)