Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Butterfly
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 28-05-2009 15:44
#1
App 4cm long. Pictured in Tanzania
Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-05-2009 18:48
#2
Charaxes
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 28-05-2009 20:49
#3
Thanks Tony.
What would your best guess at a species be?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-05-2009 23:35
#4
Somewhere near
jasius, but I'm not sure which species. I'll check some books tomorrow, if I get a chance!
Posted by Gordon on 29-05-2009 07:18
#5
In my Butterflies of Tanzania the closest thing would be a male
Ch. druceanus, but it is not that, sadly
jasius is not illustrated. In Butterflies of Kenya Larsen has photos of the uppers of 3 species he separates out of the
jasius group, but none of them fit either, that white still makes it nearer to druceanus. Sorry that is not much help.
Gordon
Edited by Gordon on 29-05-2009 07:28
Posted by Gordon on 29-05-2009 07:33
#6
Ahh, but in Butterflies of South Africa by Ivor Migdoll there is a photo of the underside of a male
Ch. brutus natalensis that looks very much like your photo.
Gordon
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 29-05-2009 20:40
#7
Thanks Tony and Gordon.
Great help you guys provide:)