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Post by panzerman on Feb 6, 2011 9:10:27 GMT -8
ssp. rex, regulana, commixtus, ulugurana, mimeticus, schultzei, abysinnicus, franciscae... John  Attachments:
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Post by simosg on Feb 6, 2011 12:02:46 GMT -8
Fantastic drawer! What ssp. is the female at the bottom with the large red patches?
Hannes
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Post by dertodesking on Feb 6, 2011 12:56:35 GMT -8
John, Absolutely FANTASTIC...  I am working on my rex ssp. at the minute so this got me drooling. Want to donate to a good home? ;D Simon |
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Post by panzerman on Feb 6, 2011 13:03:30 GMT -8
Actually, they have a nice home here in my basement  Rex, have always been one of my favorite papilionidae species, right up there with indra, ulysses, polyctor, dardanus... The red female....ssp. Uluguruana from Uluguruu Mts., Tanzania. John |
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Post by africaone on Feb 6, 2011 15:22:03 GMT -8
John, what is uluguruana ? Who described it and when ?
Thierry
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Post by panzerman on Feb 6, 2011 16:03:39 GMT -8
Thierry: I heard from second hand sources that this nssp. was described by Turlin and Lequeux. It certainly is distinct from other rex ssp.
John
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Post by africaone on Feb 6, 2011 22:58:48 GMT -8
Turlin told a year ago that he thought this is not a true ssp and he supposed (like me, as he didn't know a such description) that a such name was created by "sellers" as a saling artefact.
May be someone else intend to describe it or described it ?
note that in this case, the name should be uluguruensis.
Thierry
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2011 6:48:51 GMT -8
once again John superb, keep em coming.
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Post by simosg on Feb 11, 2011 9:57:55 GMT -8
It seems to me that there are not many P. rex on the market the last time. Does anybody know a dealer?
Hannes
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Post by panzerman on Feb 11, 2011 14:50:37 GMT -8
Hannes: You are correct. Only papilio rex rex, rex mimeticus, rex commixtus are readily availiable. Sometimes one see ssp. abysinnicus. But ssp. regulana is rarely seen. Schultzei hardly ever, while franciscae is super rare. The new race from Uluguru Mts., are sometimes on market. John |
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Post by simosg on Feb 11, 2011 23:10:19 GMT -8
Yes, but even mimeticus, commixtus and the nominate seem to be not many on the market these days. When I saw your drawer I was remembered that I have to fill some space in my P. rex drawer, but I couldn't find any stuff.
The ssp. schultzei and franciscae are indeed so rare, that even the scammers don't have any. ;D
Hannes
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Post by timmsyrj on Feb 12, 2011 1:21:04 GMT -8
Nice one Hannes ;D ;D ;D
Rich
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Post by panzerman on Feb 12, 2011 18:30:13 GMT -8
Funny thing is that ssp. schultzei actually flies in Cameroun! I have had scammers from Cameroun reply to my ads looking for parnassius charltonius sakai, telling me that he caught 50 pairs of this ssp. in the jungle!!!!!!!! Not too BRIGHT.... John  |
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Rex, have always been one of my favorite papilionidae species, right up there with indra, ulysses, polyctor, dardanus...
