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Post by michaelcarr on Nov 9, 2017 3:41:45 GMT -8
  
A very nice pair of summer and winter form
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 9, 2017 8:57:34 GMT -8
Nowadays this is not considered to belong to Papilio bianor, it is a subspecies of Papilio dehaanii which was shown to be a separate species to true Papilio bianor both on DNA and from breeding experiments.
I have cross bred Papilio bianor from Laos with Japanese P. dehaanii and found that the hybrids are sterile, confirming previous results of other researchers.
Adam.
PS. Lovely specimens!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 9:37:36 GMT -8
I used to be in touch with a Japanese guy called Yukiya Mitsuta, no idea what happened to him, I got superb ex pupae pairs of the spring and summer forms of hachijonis and in my opinion it is one of the worlds most beautiful swallowtails.
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