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Kunena Site Syndication http://www.lepsoc.org.za/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:28:48 +0200 Kunena 1.5.4 http://www.lepsoc.org.za/components/com_kunena/template/default_ex/images/english/emoticons/rss.gif http://www.lepsoc.org.za/ Kunena Site Syndication http://www.lepsoc.org.za/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,461/catid,4/func,view/id,206/limit,6/limitstart,6/#225 Hi Justin Looking at these again closely I realise a couple of mis-ID's crept in. These Colotis are absolute little swines to ID sometimes. Plus, it's often impossible to pin them down to one 'form' because there are so many intermediates between what are essentially seasonal extremes. Collectors like to categorise and name things and this led to a vast number of (mainly spurious IMHO) infrasubspecific names. So don't stress too much about naming forms of pierids - they have absolutely no taxonomic significance! So to start... Did (2) have black spots on the upper side? If it did, it's definitely a C.auxo . Looking at the dark 'L' marking on the underside hindwing, now I think it looks like a Colotis antevippe gavisa probably nr f. zera . Spialia are very difficult to ID from upper sides - I called the S.d.ferax in (9) because of the very regular look to the HW discal white band, which tends to follow the shape of the underside banding. This insect also tends to have a very regular (i.e., the spots are evenly spaced with no strong banding) look to the upper side forewing spotting. And the S.spio in (12) has the white basal spot on the forewing upper side costa (wing leading edge). This can be variable and this butterfly is sometimes very hard to tell apart from S.mafa , which tends to have a pale stripe on the costa not a discrete spot. Again you really need the underside to be absolutely certain! (13) is definitely not Colotis ione - it's a female Colotis danae annae , the discrete, dark edged nature of the hindwing underside band of spots points it out. Cheers Steve Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:09:29 +0200 http://www.lepsoc.org.za/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,461/catid,5/func,view/id,214/#222 Thanks Justin & Steve, appreciate your comments. Yes Justin, you'll have to come visit. We may not have Gold-banded Foresters or Black Mamba Swordtails; but we have plenty of great stuff. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:28:19 +0200 http://www.lepsoc.org.za/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,461/catid,5/func,view/id,215/#217 Apolgies, my mind was still a litte "foggy" this morning Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:37:01 +0200