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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 5:14:53 GMT -8
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Post by mothman27 on May 17, 2017 12:48:49 GMT -8
Very amazing color. I have never heard of the species before.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 0:34:20 GMT -8
It comes up for sale sometimes but only rarely and the prices border on lunacy.
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Post by lordpandarus on May 19, 2017 20:20:06 GMT -8
Very amazing color. I have never heard of the species before. Really? It's a "legendary" butterfly Here's mine. I managed to get a good quality male at a decent price on ebay a few years ago (about 60euro)...nobody else bid. In average indoors lighting it's not that intense blue unless you shine a strong light on it. no flash and flash   |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2017 1:44:39 GMT -8
Lovely specimen Lord P, the amount of blue varies on all my males.
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Post by lordpandarus on May 20, 2017 18:35:11 GMT -8
there seems to be 2 forms of the male. One larger with more pointed wings and a smaller one
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 0:21:43 GMT -8
Indeed there is which is strange as all mine come from the same locality.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 21, 2017 4:12:06 GMT -8
Thai Kallima species can also have similar variation in wingshape.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 4:17:00 GMT -8
I have some images of philarchus and horsefieldi to upload when I can find them.
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Post by mcheki on May 21, 2017 7:20:34 GMT -8
there seems to be 2 forms of the male. One larger with more pointed wings and a smaller one This is probably because one is the dry season form and the other the wet season form. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 10:08:15 GMT -8
Which is which?
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Post by mcheki on May 22, 2017 8:14:06 GMT -8
Please note that Kallima jacksoni is now in the genus Mallika Collins and Larsen, 1991 and now known as Mallika jacksoni (Sharpe, 1896).
I do not have both wet and dry season forms of Mallika jacksoni to demonstrate the wing shape differences but I can attach a photo showing two similar species, they both belong to the genus Precis which is closely related to the Salamis. The top row is Precis cuama. The left specimen comes from Zambia and represents the wet season form, the right specimen is a dry season form from Zimbabwe.
The bottom row is Precis eurodoce from Madagascar with the wet season form on the left and the dry season form on the right.
In some cases the forms have names but one is nearly always the nominate. I am assuming that in Mallika the wet/ dry differences follow the same pattern.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2017 9:04:52 GMT -8
Hmmm so curved forewing tips could be the dry season form, you learn something new all the time in this hobby
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 2:09:33 GMT -8
 Closer view of a male |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 3:48:37 GMT -8
 A few more |
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