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Post by lordpandarus on Jan 19, 2021 12:39:40 GMT -8
Memphis chareonea indicota female.The male was killed to early with soggy wings, making it impossible to set, but it was beautiful.  |
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Post by lordpandarus on Jan 19, 2021 12:39:58 GMT -8
sorry should have started a different thread for this .
Regarding the smaller blue Memphis species , it's really hard to get good specimens even if sold as A1. I had to buy several of the same species befiore getting decent ones!
One I'd really like to get is Memphis cluvia !
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Post by trehopr1 on Jan 19, 2021 14:09:56 GMT -8
Wow, thanks for the quick pic's of some of those beauties.
Anaea and Memphis are indeed very nice genera which I always liked as well as desired.
You are right about some of the "flagship" Anaea species being very expensive generally. I think around a $100 bucks or better is what most of them fetch in (near) or at A1 condition. Which is why I don't have any of them !
I have a couple of good pictures of specimens which I (could have had) if I had the money at the time. I may not have gotten the specimens but, I have good pic's of them. I will try to post them soon.
Look forward to any other pictures you can find to post and perhaps Adam can make a new thread on this topic separate from the one it is now posted on.
Thank you again for your quick response and nice choices.
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 19, 2021 14:35:05 GMT -8
I feel quite fortunate to have Anaea andria right in my own backyard -  Males of the winter (hibernating) form can be very intensely red, and it's a rather large species, too. It's usually one of the first butterflies I see in the spring. |
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Post by lordpandarus on Jan 19, 2021 19:16:52 GMT -8
Beautiful
I have a 'bucket list' of about 100 species of butterflies worldwide I'd like to add to my collection one day and the biggest number of them is Anaea
Memphis artacaena
Memphis perenna
Memphis cluvia
Memphis lorna
Memphis elina
Memphis laertes(eribotes)
Memphis laura (male and female) especially ssp caucana male with red wing edges
Memphis pasibula
Consul panariste jansoni
Polygraphia suprema
Zaretis callydrias
Zaretis delassisei
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 19, 2021 19:58:52 GMT -8
Beautiful I have a 'bucket list' of about 100 species of butterflies worldwide I'd like to add to my collection one day and the biggest number of them is Anaea Memphis artacaena Memphis perenna Memphis cluvia Memphis lorna Memphis elina Memphis laertes(eribotes) Memphis laura (male and female) especially ssp caucana male with red wing edges Memphis pasibula Consul panariste jansoni Polygraphia suprema Zaretis callydrias Zaretis delassisei The Anaea group has always been a favorite of mine. I really hope that someday, Polygrapha suprema will become a lot more affordable - that one is on my list too. Perhaps someone will start breeding it. At a mere fraction of the price however, Historis odius is a rather similarly coloured Neotropical nymphalid (although it belongs to a different tribe). Among the Anaeini, I think I'd have to say that Polygrapha cyanea is probably my favorite -  and it also has a very interesting pattern on the verso -  |
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