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Post by yorky on Oct 11, 2020 4:40:07 GMT -8
The mythically rare yellow emperor Euapatura mirza from northern Iraq Attachments:
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Post by yorky on Oct 11, 2020 4:42:54 GMT -8
Another male Attachments:
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Post by wollastoni on Oct 11, 2020 4:48:34 GMT -8
A vey nice species indeed ! And hard to find.
A British collector I know has self-caught several pairs in Eastern Turkey. It was very impressive to see them.
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Post by yorky on Oct 11, 2020 5:21:17 GMT -8
I remember Claude saying what prices these would cost nowadays, I'm glad I'm not just starting out. I think the problem with obtaining this species is it's location, not a place I would recommend visiting for an entomological holiday.
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 11, 2020 5:40:11 GMT -8
It's a nice species and the price goes up and down with the political turmoil in the region. I don't know what they fetch now but I think people are more willing again to pay good for them.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 11, 2020 5:58:09 GMT -8
What does the underside of this species look like?
Adam.
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 11, 2020 6:08:55 GMT -8
Like any Apatura with the yellow bands coming through. From my time in Germany I knew the describor of this species in person. Günter Ebert. When I remember it correctly it is from 1971. A sample of the species was brought to him by a local entomologist and it was unlike anything he had seen before.
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Post by yorky on Oct 11, 2020 6:14:04 GMT -8
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Post by wollastoni on Oct 11, 2020 6:50:06 GMT -8
Very nice picture.
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Post by radusho on Oct 17, 2020 2:54:10 GMT -8
they can be still purchased for reasonable prices. I saw A1 males recently for 120€ per piece, females A1- for 200€
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