robert61
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Country: GERMANY
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Post by robert61 on Oct 21, 2014 5:30:29 GMT -8
lets start with some nice and interesting Castnia Amauta hodeii kruegeri pair(Ecudaodr, Esmeraldas) Athis hechtiae male(Mexico) Athis thysanete female(Mexico) Athis miastagma male (Mexico) Athis flavimaculata female (Mexico) Synpalamides escalantei female (Mexico) Zegara personata personata pair White form(Ecuador,Esmeraldas) Amauta ambatensis pair (Ecuado,Esmeraldas) Robert |
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CASTNIA
Oct 22, 2014 1:30:35 GMT -8
Post by johnnyboy on Oct 22, 2014 1:30:35 GMT -8
Robert,
Beautiful specimens from a fantastic group, I'm really envious!
Johnny
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CASTNIA
Oct 23, 2014 4:07:14 GMT -8
Post by bobw on Oct 23, 2014 4:07:14 GMT -8
Nice photos Robert. When I have some time in a couple of weeks I'll post some myself.
Incidentally, the bottom pair is not A. ambatensis although it is frequently misidentified as such; ambatensis is a blue one similar to papilionaris and is still only known from the type. This is a pair of A. cacica angusta.
Bob
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CASTNIA
Oct 23, 2014 11:15:36 GMT -8
Post by takahe on Oct 23, 2014 11:15:36 GMT -8
I love this group, and they are so rarely for sale at least in the USA. I always assumed they are in areas where it is difficult or illegal to collect. I wonder if anyone has Divana diva or Castnia invaria (icarus) they could post pictures of.
Bradleigh
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CASTNIA
Oct 23, 2014 12:21:04 GMT -8
Post by agriaslover on Oct 23, 2014 12:21:04 GMT -8
Bradleigh, have a look here:
Castnia invaria you will find in German ebay 2 ssp and Divana diva too and many other Castnias.
Ebay name of the 2 sellers : borboleta555 and insects-more-com. All Castnias with photo!
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CASTNIA
Oct 24, 2014 13:04:27 GMT -8
Post by takahe on Oct 24, 2014 13:04:27 GMT -8
Yes many overseas, but unfortunatly I am in the USA and do not have a permit to import. Beautiful pictures though, and it's rare to even see photographs of these, expecially invaria.
eBay is the place to look - I did get a very nice Athis clitarcha from a USA seller not too long ago.
Bradleigh
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CASTNIA
Oct 25, 2014 10:41:22 GMT -8
Post by wollastoni on Oct 25, 2014 10:41:22 GMT -8
The Castnia pages of Collector's Secret is one of the most visitated page, indeed there are more and more Castniidae for sale on Ebay. Robert Westphal also has many rare Castnia for sale. |
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CASTNIA
Oct 26, 2014 7:12:02 GMT -8
Post by agriaslover on Oct 26, 2014 7:12:02 GMT -8
Hi Olivier,
the problem is that on collectors secret page "Castnia" you can find only the Castnias are offered in US Ebay.The others from expl. Europa you cannot see.......So you see only a part, not more. Perhaps you can organize this problem better in future? So to find something special its better to give in in ebay Castnia or nickname of the seller
and you find the Castnias and other insects from every ebay- country!
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Post by wollastoni on Oct 26, 2014 9:15:58 GMT -8
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