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Post by Fernando on Aug 6, 2011 9:39:12 GMT -8
Dear people, Could you please help me identifying this gorgeous Papilionidae from Oaxaca, Mexico? Sorry if the picture isn't very good, but I couldn't get any closer to it. Attachments:
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 6, 2011 11:49:09 GMT -8
It is indeed gorgeous, a male of Eurytides (Protesilaus) macrosilaus ssp. penthesilaus.
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Post by Fernando on Aug 6, 2011 16:22:40 GMT -8
Spot on! Thanks for the id Adam  Best regards. |
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Post by papilio28570 on Aug 6, 2011 21:56:57 GMT -8
What a great picture! Very nice.
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Post by bichos on Aug 7, 2011 6:52:19 GMT -8
Green legs WOW! Fernando don't apologise the picture is GREAT, I hope you caught it too  |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 7, 2011 9:43:58 GMT -8
Fernando,
Can you tell us the place and date you took the photo please?
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Post by Fernando on Aug 7, 2011 13:19:15 GMT -8
Green legs WOW! Fernando don't apologise the picture is GREAT, I hope you caught it too Sorry, I didn't catch it. We were looking just for Saturniidae and Sphingidae  Fernando, Can you tell us the place and date you took the photo please? Adam. Adam, Place is San Gabriel Mixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (coordinates are roughly 16º 05' 26" N / 97º 03' 44" W). Date was july 27th, 2011. |
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Post by bichos on Aug 10, 2011 17:24:49 GMT -8
Here it is in the exoskelleton! Attachments:
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Post by bichos on Aug 10, 2011 17:25:54 GMT -8
Note the lack of green on the legs and body, shame it fades so much  Attachments:
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Post by nomihoudai on Aug 11, 2011 0:18:16 GMT -8
Many colors of many species do fade after they are dead. Especially the eyes in every speces.
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Post by Fernando on Aug 12, 2011 6:22:02 GMT -8
Thanks for your replies. Here's another one, which we found dead on a road. Could you help me with the id please?  The place is almost the same. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 12, 2011 6:41:18 GMT -8
It is Papilio pilumnus. Pity the tails are almost all broken, as this species has elongate tips to veins 2 and 3 on the hindwings that look like mini-tails, but it looks very good for a roadkill.
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Post by Fernando on Aug 12, 2011 7:22:15 GMT -8
Thanks again Adam. Seems like Papilionidae are your thing |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 12, 2011 9:22:01 GMT -8
Pleasure to help. You could say that!
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Post by bichos on Oct 7, 2011 4:46:36 GMT -8
It is Papilio pilumnus. Pity the tails are almost all broken, as this species has elongate tips to veins 2 and 3 on the hindwings that look like mini-tails, but it looks very good for a roadkill. Adam. I would've said P. multicaudata, (NOT arguing it) they must be closely related though |
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