aenetus virescens, final.

[clinton9]

Hi members,
This is last topic of five topics.



Male with white hindwings.



Male with white patterns.
This may be springtime form.



Male with yellowish orange spot on forewing.



Colour variates of males, from true blue (top), through blue-green, normal green, yellow green, to true yellow.

[compsulyx]

Hi,

Wow, such variations are fantastic, especially the yellow form. Here in New Caledonia our Aenetus cohici do not shows such variations, just nice variations on males sometimes. I just found some spotted males on altitude spots, just a few times, and this is the only location known where we can find them....Normal forms are green and blue, the females are always green and orange, just shows small variations on small dots on HW.
Have a look on this article I wrote a few time ago, you will see the pictures with variations :

www7.inra.fr/opie-insectes/pdf/i159salesne.pdf

Best.
Thierry

[clinton9]

Hi Thierry,
Thankyou for article, I had been looked for photos of undersides of aenetus cohici, but no luck.

Very few photos of aenetus cohici in www.google.com, usually uppersides.

Can you send me photos of aenetus cohici both undersides and uppersides, both sexes and all variates, please

Both New Zealand and New Caledonia were part of Zealandiae, 60 million years ago before it sunk, left New Caledonia and New Zealand apart, with aenetus virescens in New Zealand and aenetus cohici in New Caledonia.
Before Zealandiae sunk, these aenetus moths were common in forest in Zealandiae, with northern moths were green and orange, like aenetus cohici while southernmost moths were green and white patterned, like springtime variate of aenetus virescens.

Long-tailed cuckoos and shining cuckoos still migrating between New Zealand and New Caledonia today.

I been to New Caledonia Jan 1991.

Cheers

Clinton.

[papilio28570]

Nice series of photos.