ID tanzanian swllowtail Papilio 's gender

timoinsects
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ID tanzanian swllowtail Papilio 's gender Apr 12, 2011 0:56:03 GMT -8

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Post by timoinsects on Apr 12, 2011 0:56:03 GMT -8

i have made an records of their names before but don't know where the pictures gone,i lost the data of their names.
so took a photo again for ID especially gender. males?females?

photo 1 is the compariation a small one with a larger one.
photo 2 is the compariation between this smallest one with others that they all similar size.

all same gender,males???

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i collect tropical beetles(lucanidae,cetonidae,cerambycidae,prionidae,dynastidae,buprestidae,tenebrionidae etc.),and one-beetle groups like grasshoppers,phasmids,cokroachs.etc.

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	i collect tropical beetles(lucanidae,cetonidae,cerambycidae,prionidae,dynastidae,buprestidae,tenebrionidae etc.),and one-beetle groups like grasshoppers,phasmids,cokroachs.etc.

africaone Darwin Posts: 1,248 Country: Belgium	ID tanzanian swllowtail Papilio 's gender Apr 12, 2011 1:21:29 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by africaone on Apr 12, 2011 1:21:29 GMT -8 papilio ophidicephalus males for the 2 outside the papers Thierry
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lepidofrance
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ID tanzanian swllowtail Papilio 's gender Apr 12, 2011 1:30:48 GMT -8

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Post by lepidofrance on Apr 12, 2011 1:30:48 GMT -8

looks like : Emperor Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio ophidicephalus)

Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür 1878

I caught one or two samples in Momella (North of Tanzania) in a forest area. Never saw this species in savana area. According this page :

www.biodiversityexplorer.org/butterflies/papilionidae/papilio_ophidicephalus.htm

female are larger than male.

Hoping it would help.

JMG

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ID tanzanian swllowtail Papilio 's gender Apr 12, 2011 2:55:59 GMT -8

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Post by bobw on Apr 12, 2011 2:55:59 GMT -8

Papilios are very easy to sex. Just check the tip of the abdomen - the claspers are very obvious in males and it's clear that the females don't have them.

It's not the easiest angle to see from but the two you picture look like males.

Bob

ID tanzanian swllowtail Papilio 's gender

Post by timoinsects on Apr 12, 2011 0:56:03 GMT -8

Post by timoinsects on Apr 12, 2011 0:56:41 GMT -8

Post by africaone on Apr 12, 2011 1:21:29 GMT -8

Post by lepidofrance on Apr 12, 2011 1:30:48 GMT -8

Post by bobw on Apr 12, 2011 2:55:59 GMT -8