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Post by robert61 on Jun 16, 2011 6:26:06 GMT -8
I used to collect I.podalirinus years ago in Eastern Tibet together with the rar Polyura posidonius.Actually the places around are dry as Adam says, but the valleys I found them had always a water stream and the males came to the sand to drink water.I have seen up to 10(ofcourse I could not catch more then 2-3 per day ) a day ,but most flying between the fields with many flowering bushes looking like lilac(Syringa) with pink flowers.I never could stay even a week in this places because the chinese police always made trouble to tourists, even that we had permits to stay there . These dry places had many very interesting Satyridae species, some ssp new to science and in one of these very dry valleys you could see hundrets of butterflies flying(many species)In some years 1-2 Aporia species occured by thousands and thousands. In N-Yunnan I got a place for them from italian friends,but in the first week of june I couldnt see one I.podalirinus(maybe a late year) and got the first Polyura posidonius, so these 2 species seem to like always the same places. Robert
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Post by robert61 on Apr 7, 2011 8:34:30 GMT -8
the "aberrant-female" is not realy a aberration, it´s just a form with more larger orange spots and an older female, that has been already bleached from the sun, I found this also in the mainland ssp regulary after the sun has been shining over several days ..........that makes it looking like an aberration. Same you can find in Parnassius apollo,the older they get,the red dots(ocellis ) turn into more orange and then even yellow Robert
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Post by robert61 on Mar 20, 2011 12:33:50 GMT -8
a very fresh atrides female ;D Robert Attachments:
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Post by robert61 on Feb 22, 2011 5:53:30 GMT -8
]Robert Westphal "The Insectcollector" on British West Indies(Grand Cayman) Attachments:
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Post by robert61 on Feb 14, 2011 8:44:42 GMT -8
John has a nice pair Archon bostanchii ;D...... it´s still in Germany Robert Attachments:
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Post by robert61 on Feb 9, 2011 8:35:36 GMT -8
Hi Bob I dont have the natural foodplant (it didnt even smell like a Rutacae-Citrus) and looked more like a Fraxinus,the leaves have the shape of a Ash tree like in Europe(ofcourse it must have been a Rutacae) Some books write that they lay eggs on the young leaves of Citrus(Orange) ,that would be not a problem for me, I have 3 orange trees(now occupied with some caterpillars of Papilio andraemon ssp.tailori ;D ) But it would be worth a try, I know the pairing is the smallest problem, its the temperature now that would be the problem to stimulate a female to lay eggs. Robert
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Post by robert61 on Feb 9, 2011 6:32:01 GMT -8
that would be great if these are females I have 5 pupae and if one pair comes out at the same time I will try to mate them, but thats very difficult I guess,specialy now that its quiete cold in Europe, to get a female laying eggs. Robert
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Post by robert61 on Feb 8, 2011 12:52:29 GMT -8
pupaes of Papilio thersites(or P.melonius) from wild collected caterpillars..... hope to know this soon Robert
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