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Post by jatishwor on Oct 24, 2012 2:40:05 GMT -8
Pasha. Herona marathus (Doubleday, 1848) is a Butterfly found on Orange orchards. Indian Wildlife Protected Act 1972 listed this species in Schedule II. A rare species. [http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15589108]
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Post by lordpandarus on Oct 25, 2012 16:17:25 GMT -8
I don't have a specimen in my collection. so it must be hard to get
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Post by irisscientist on Oct 26, 2012 8:43:59 GMT -8
I must admit that it took me while to find some representatives of the Herona subfamily, but with a little bit of effort I eventually managed to find 4 specimens of marathus and also one sumatrana specimen. Specimens are out there....you obviously just need to ask the right people!
Gerd Bentz (www.insects.de) told me he had 5 males (Jan 2012), but as I only took 3 from him, he might well still have 2 males for sale? From what I remember these specimens were also very cheap, so they can't really be that rare!
Mark
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Post by lordpandarus on Oct 27, 2012 2:21:29 GMT -8
Id expect them to be cheap. It's just that I've not seen them in auctions, or is it special enough to go out of my way looking for it
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