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Post by panzerman on Mar 8, 2011 14:56:11 GMT -8
From Argentina John  Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2011 21:38:04 GMT -8
Nice pair Panzerman. I got my male just at years end of 2010 and he looks more like your female with all the orange. These are really a pretty handsome butterfly. I waited for years until I got mine.
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Post by panzerman on Mar 9, 2011 6:15:37 GMT -8
Thank you, Bill. I agree, you hardly ever see this offered. John  |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 9, 2011 7:14:52 GMT -8
Yes, this is a very difficult species to get hold of. I have a few males, and nearly obtained a female a couple of years ago. I paid for it (from a highly reputable Czech dealer) and despite the parcel being registered it never arrived. The Czech post office claimed it got lost in Thailand, and the Thai PO said it never arrived. This is the only registered parcel I have ever lost (although occasionally unregistered mail goes astray), and as well as the hellanichus female there was a male xanthopleura and some P. helenus from South India inside - ouch!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2011 7:58:39 GMT -8
John, you make me turn green with envy, superb. Adam I almost had the same experience when I sent cash for some T Aureus pairs, the letter turned up 5 weeks late but fortunatly I got my specimens, I was gutted thinking I'd lost it all, hope my soon to be arriving xanthopleura dont get lost. Still you can comfort yourself with a fine 3-1 win for the baggies on saturday!
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Post by panzerman on Mar 9, 2011 10:51:03 GMT -8
I had 2 parcels in past(sent via registered mail) from highly regarded dealers that got lost. One had an AI papilio aristodemus bjorndalae female with 5 red patches inside...double ouch! Most memorable was 3 months ago, I got a parcel with a supberb AI pair of parides coelus from C. Zoeller. When the mailman delvered it...it truly looked like it had kicked around by some postal employee pretending to emulate some soccer star. To my utter surprise, the mounted specimens were perfect, not even antennae damage. This showed me that "expert" triple boxing saved the day!!!!! Thank you Herr Zoeller!
John
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 9, 2011 12:55:09 GMT -8
Boing Boing, Dunc, Boing Boing! Need a few more of those before the season ends though.
Unfortunately the parcel never turned up, and it wasn't returned to sender either. The Czech dealer said he'd never had a registered parcel go missing before either.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2011 20:03:45 GMT -8
Here is my still-rather-new-male from Dec. of 2010. I bought him as a male and have not yet bothered to check the claspers if there are any. These are great bugs no matter the sex. Glad to see others appreciate them as well. Attachments:
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Post by hellanichus on Mar 30, 2011 5:20:20 GMT -8
Greetings everyone. I also have a pair of P hellanichus that are papered. Collecting data is Entre Rios Argentina. I think they are very beautiful species. Attachments:
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 30, 2011 5:37:28 GMT -8
Entre Rios is a large province! Nice looking specimens though.
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Post by hellanichus on Jun 26, 2017 10:15:27 GMT -8
 Greetings everyone, I finally acquired and spread a nice near A1 Hellanichus female. I attached the photo. |
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