Antanartia borbonica ssp. mauritiana (Mauritius Admiral)

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Mauritius Admiral
(Antanartia borbonica mauritiana)

family: Nymphalidae

endemic subspecies from Mauritius, may now be extinct

source:

www.museum.wa.gov.au/waiss/pages/documents/2006Feb.pdf

[Sebbe]

According to Davis & Barnes (1991) no specimens were seen during four years of fieldwork (1976-1980) and that it must now be on the verge of extinction, if not already gone.

Source

- Davis, P.M.H., & Barnes, M.J.C. (1991): The Butterflies of Mauritius. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 30 (3-4): 145-161.

[koeiyabe]

"Living Things Vanished from the Earth (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1993)

from above to below
with Reunion Starling and Mascarene Parrot
Newton's Parakeet, Red Rail (wrong illustration) or Sauzier's wood Rail, Mauritius Blue Pigeon
Antanartia borbonica mauritiana, Salamis augustina vinsoni, Libythea cinyras

[koeiyabe]

"The Earth Extinct Entomological Chronicles (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1988)

[Sebbe]

Mauritius butterflies revisited: short faunal survey reveals a new record for the Mascarene fauna – Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer)

Another subspecies considered to be extinct is Antanartia borbonica mauritiana. Its survival is more plausible since it is not strictly monophagous as is the preceding species but feeds on several Urticaceae, including an exotic species (Martire & Rochat, 2008). As a fast flying, unpredictable butterfly with a preference for mid-elevations (500–1000 m), it may still occur in places in SW Mauritius which host patches of forest that are hard to access. An individual of the latter species, collected in 1947, was examined in the collection of Jacques Siedlecki, even though Williams (2007) stated that the last specimens were collected in the early 20th century.

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