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Post by Melanie on Jun 24, 2009 17:59:30 GMT
extinct butterfly. Only known by a single pair from the Seychelles collected in 1890.
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Post by Sebbe on Jul 31, 2014 19:12:36 GMT
According to the Field Guide to Butterflies of Seychelles: Their Natural History and Conservation (published in July 2014), this subspecies is still only known from a single male and female collected before 1880 (this pair was not collected in 1890), allegedly from Mahé; there is illustrations of both the male and female in this book.
The validity of this subspecies is open to question though, as there is a possibility that it was introduced to the Seychelles.
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Post by koeiyabe on Nov 28, 2015 19:22:08 GMT
 "Living Things Vanished from the Earth (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1993) with Phalanta philiberti, Princeps (Papilio) phorbanta nana, and Macroglossum alluaudi (from left) and Elephant Bird. |
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Post by koeiyabe on Dec 5, 2015 1:06:59 GMT
  "Lost Animals (in Japanese)" by WWF Japan (1996) |
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Post by koeiyabe on Dec 19, 2015 17:16:17 GMT
"The Earth Extinct Entomological Chronicles (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1988)  |
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Post by surroundx on Jan 25, 2016 13:33:10 GMT
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Post by Melanie on Feb 12, 2016 3:27:26 GMT
Papilio phorbanta nana is a Seychelles endemic subspecies known only from a single male and female captured before 1880. This subspecies differs from the nominate subspecies from Réunion by being approximately half the size of P. phorbanta phorbanta . The Seychelles individuals were most likely introduced via the establishment of Citris species from Réunion in the 1700’s (Legrand 1959). James M. Lawrence: A short note on the biogeography of the rarely observed Seychelles butterflies In Phelsuma 23, 2015, p 2 (free download here: islandbiodiversity.com/Phelsuma23.htm) |
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