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Post by obewan on Sept 9, 2012 7:03:54 GMT -8
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 9, 2012 12:52:12 GMT -8
It's standard rubbish journalism. Subspecies ponceanus is doing very well thank you in its main habitat, northern Bahamas, and in reality the US presence is a standard case of a species at the edge of its range, and probably gets periodically repopulated by strays. Don't worry, it's not going extinct.
Adam.
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Post by Chris Grinter on Sept 9, 2012 14:57:21 GMT -8
I tend to agree with you Adam, I've heard this for years... but I'm lacking data - do you know what the current "consensus" is of these subspecies? Most sites (like Emmel's) don't even mention this butterfly has been recorded in the Bahamas, but do you know where that is published?
I would love to see molecular and stable isotope analysis of these subspecies, and if Florida populations represent intermittent but regular colonization by Antillean bugs. If that is the case then I don't see how protection could be warranted... Is there any evidence to support this hypothesis?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 10, 2012 13:46:44 GMT -8
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