papilio tasso

panzerman Nabokov Posts: 670	papilio tasso Feb 25, 2011 15:24:28 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by panzerman on Feb 25, 2011 15:24:28 GMT -8 From Peru, male specimen John Attachments:

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papilio tasso Feb 26, 2011 6:35:00 GMT -8

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Feb 25, 2011 15:24:28 GMT -8 panzerman said:

From Peru, male specimen

John

John,
found that Papilio tasso is, most probably, an hybrid between Papilio torquatus and Papilio himeros (see here: peabody.research.yale.edu/jls/pdfs/1980s/1987/1987-41%282%29108-Johnson.pdf ), I think your specimen is a very nice black aberration of Papilio torquatus, even if quite remniscent of Papilio tasso syntype.

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jaume Full Member Posts: 210	papilio tasso Feb 26, 2011 8:45:28 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jaume on Feb 26, 2011 8:45:28 GMT -8 My papilio tasso. In any case being or not a true species or a torquatus aberration, a rarely seen butterfly. JAUME Attachments:

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