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Post by panzerman on Jan 27, 2011 15:26:37 GMT -8
From Grande Comoro Is. John  Attachments:
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 27, 2011 23:11:54 GMT -8
Absolutely perfect specimen of this hard to obtain subspecies.
Note the name is humbloti, not humbolti. I assume it is derived from a French name.
Adam.
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Post by africaone on Jan 28, 2011 0:11:02 GMT -8
does exist any recent work on this group ?
I have serious doubt that many "names " included in dardanus such as humbloti are just ssp. It seems more likely that many of them represent species.
Thierry
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 28, 2011 0:52:32 GMT -8
Yes Leon Humblot was a French naturalist from MHNP, an orchid specialist, he arrived in Comoros in 1883 and played a major role in the French colonization of these islands. A little bit like Sean Connery in "The Man who would be King" ... You can see picture of him there : etudescoloniales.canalblog.com/archives/2009/03/11/12921036.html |
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Post by panzerman on Jan 28, 2011 18:43:55 GMT -8
Adam, Thierry, Olivier: Thanks for the valuable info! Sadly  I still need a FEMALE! John |
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I still need a FEMALE!