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Post by gauthier on Sept 11, 2012 21:47:18 GMT -8
Hello I just notice that Papilio elephenor has been found in Assam, at the Bhutan border in 2010. Here is the picture credited to Kushal Choudhury, its rediscover. I think this is the first Himalayan locality for this species, previews one was Maghalaya, Mizoram, Naga Hills and Burma. [source] Kushal Choudhury. 2010. - Rediscovery of two rare butterflies Papilio elephenor Doubleday, 1845 and Shijimia moorei Leech, 1889 from proposed Ripu-Chirang Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India. JoTT Note 2(4): 831-834. Attachments:
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 12, 2012 6:48:19 GMT -8
The type locality of elephenor is Sylhet, currently in northern Bangladesh just south of the Khasi Hills. This species is confined to lowland forest in the foothills of the Brahmaputra River valley and valleys connected to it by relatively low elevation. Consequently P. elephenor does not occur in Burma, as it is unable to cross the mountains on the border with India. There are also old records in the same general area as the new record, namely in the foothills of Darjeeling. It was mostly recorded in the lower slopes of the Naga Hills west of Kohima and in the western foothills of the Manipur hills.
Adam.
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Post by palikan on Sept 18, 2012 23:01:35 GMT -8
wow, it's a female???
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Post by africaone on Sept 19, 2012 0:00:24 GMT -8
a female ? ... on the mud ? (+ tip abdomen seems to have triangular plates)
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 19, 2012 0:36:33 GMT -8
No, definitely a male. As Thierry pointed out, females do not normally mud-puddle, although there are exceptions. Adam. |
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Post by gauthier on Sept 19, 2012 5:51:42 GMT -8
Female of Papilio aristophontes mud-puddle. I often saw that!
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Post by africaone on Sept 19, 2012 6:18:57 GMT -8
was this really mudpuddling or just a female coming there and flying near the soil trying to suck something (usually in the morning hours) or by curiosity ? I have seen such behaviour but it was never like the male behaviour (generally during the hot hours of the day and late in the afternoon).
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Post by gauthier on Sept 19, 2012 9:48:40 GMT -8
You're maybe right, weather was generaly cloudly, and it was generaly after a rain when the ground smell.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 19, 2012 14:32:56 GMT -8
Female Papilionidae do mud-puddle occasionally, especially ones that have just hatched from the pupa and want a drink of fresh water. They do not congregate with the males at urine/salts/faeces, only at plain water. Here in SE Asia it is quite a rare event to see a female Papilio at mud or sandy stream banks. On the other hand, some Pierid females are often found in some numbers mud-puddling at urine mixed in with males, especially Catopsilia pomona and Appias species.
It is possible that the climate where P. aristophontes flies encourages the females to drink water. It is also possible that female Papilios regularly drink water at mud elsewhere but only rarely around here, and never with the males.
Adam.
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Post by crino on Oct 25, 2014 13:39:25 GMT -8
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Post by mokky on Oct 26, 2014 3:35:07 GMT -8
As Mr. Adam points, this species seems to be confined to Brahmaputra River valley. Once it was said that this butterfly had been collected from Thai, Laos or northern Vietnam however no confirmed record has been obtained up to now. In the old days, this butterfly was collected from lowland jungle in Assam. Recent records are also from lowland forest. Therefore this species should be found from lowland rainforest. mokky
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 26, 2014 6:41:57 GMT -8
As Mr. Adam points, this species seems to be confined to Brahmaputra River valley. Once it was said that this butterfly had been collected from Thai, Laos or northern Vietnam however no confirmed record has been obtained up to now. In the old days, this butterfly was collected from lowland jungle in Assam. Recent records are also from lowland forest. Therefore this species should be found from lowland rainforest. mokky Yes, those old 'records' from Indochina are almost certainly misidentifications of Papilio dialis. Adam. |
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Post by jaume on Oct 31, 2014 13:36:50 GMT -8
Anydody has a picture of a female elephenor?
JAUME
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Post by mokky on Oct 31, 2014 23:27:01 GMT -8
Anydody has a picture of a female elephenor? JAUME Dear JAUME As far as I know, onle one female specimen of this species is preserved in Japan. This specimen was collected by the late Dr. Igarashi Suguru (1924-2008). Now his vast collection is housed in UMUT. (University Museum, University of Tokyo) The photo is available from the following link. umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DDoubutu/igarashi/jp/cabinet.php?Number=1267&targetSpecimenNo=IGA-Pa1267-031&skip=0&max=200I heard that there is also one female specimen in BMNH. Does anyone have the image of it? Or is there another specimen in the world? mokky |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 1, 2014 0:27:22 GMT -8
I have photos of 9 males in the NHM, including the type, but didn't photograph a female there.
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