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Post by milan on Mar 3, 2019 0:11:43 GMT -8
Can you please identify for me these Cetonidae from Croatia. I collected them several years ago in Dalmatia. Thanks in advance. Milan
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Post by milan on Sept 5, 2017 10:40:59 GMT -8
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Post by milan on Sept 4, 2017 0:54:21 GMT -8
bottom side and closer view
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Post by milan on Aug 14, 2017 0:02:03 GMT -8
I found this in dead wood -size 1.3 cm. In Slovakia. Could that be an insect? Larvae of some Lycaenidae or any moth?
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Post by milan on May 29, 2017 11:39:05 GMT -8
Yes, it is nice one. Attachments:
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Post by milan on May 28, 2017 2:09:56 GMT -8
Dear Bugboy, I have almost all Hecq works, including about 50-60 papers published in journal Lambilionea, his Euphaedra book (http://www.pemberleybooks.com/product/euphaedra/2600/) published in Lambilionea and finally small booklet Butterflies of the World: Nymphalidae Iii, Euphaedra Paperback (http://www.amazon.in/Butterflies-World-Nymphalidae-Iii-Euphaedra/dp/3931374688). I do not want to comments Hecq work here. Only shortly. He described many good species. That is truth. On the other hand, his works are far away from the “user friendly identification guides”, with very week description of new species and with many new species, which looks more like subspecies or rare aberrations, not as a truth species... Big mess! I would propose to use his booklet Butterflies of the World: Nymphalidae III, Euphaedra. It is good for beginners... Than I have 3 books including description of Eupahedra. The Butterflies of West Africa, Zaire and Gabon. I use also quite often this website. Very good pictures… www.africamuseum.be/collections/browsecollections/naturalsciences/biology/lepidoptera/browse?family=Nymphalidae&genus=EuphaedraI also try to make my own identification keys. Despite of this 40 % of my Euphaedra specimens remains unidentified :-(
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Post by milan on May 25, 2017 12:40:47 GMT -8
That is truth. E. phaethusa is a west species...Maybe Bugboys could confirm the specimen is really from Uganda. If it is really from Uganda, so I do not have any idea what is it. Maybe somebody else may have some suggestion...
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Post by milan on May 23, 2017 8:05:10 GMT -8
Thanks for info. I hopped it is from Ghana. In Liberia EF are maybe more common as in Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire... It is problem to get butterflies from Liberia much more than from Ghana...
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Post by milan on May 23, 2017 7:39:05 GMT -8
I would say E. fascinata female and E. subferruginea male.
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Post by milan on May 23, 2017 7:32:30 GMT -8
I would say E. phaethusa (80%) E. ceres (20%) and E. vicina (90%) fascinata (10%). Attachments:
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Post by milan on May 23, 2017 7:24:03 GMT -8
Euphaedra medon and Euphaedra ceres.
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Post by milan on May 23, 2017 7:19:04 GMT -8
Dear inachisio, do you know locality for your wonderful E. francina? This is now very rare species and your specimens are very nice.
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Post by milan on Mar 28, 2017 3:38:05 GMT -8
I bought male on ebay and female troughs insect.net classified. Both were bought as papered, I spread them alone. Yes, I agree, I would also do not buy more expensive butterflies papered, as nobody know exactly what is in... But I do not have too many very rare specimens in my collection... Euphaedras are now my priority and this species is very nice and very unusual. I do not think this is the rarest euphaedra species but one from hte most beautiful.
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Post by milan on Mar 18, 2017 2:36:29 GMT -8
This is my pair of this nice butterfly.
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Post by milan on Mar 17, 2017 0:27:31 GMT -8
They both are from Bangui, RCA. I see there some E. miranda genes, in female. This is the only specimen I have. The male looks like E. preussiana, but preussiana is not known from RCA...What do you think...?
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