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Urania sloanus

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DYNASTES, 19.03.2010 15:00

Recently I became interested in the butterfly Urania sloanus from Jamaica. On some English-language site, I came across information that it is generally considered extinct, since it was last caught in nature in 1894-95. confused.gif

I asked a friend who is also engaged in entomology, and he said that it seems that a few years ago there was an offer to sell it somewhere in Moscow.

I will be glad to have any information about this type at all. mol.gif

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19.03.2010 15:02, DYNASTES

And here is a photo of her.

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19.03.2010 15:09, chebur

As far as I know, there is still no extinct lepidopteran species.(Which always surprised me)
Another thing is that in Jamaica, the issue of protecting rare and endemic butterflies is well posed (a striking example is Homer's Sailboat).

19.03.2010 15:20, DYNASTES

As far as I know, there is still no extinct lepidopteran species.(Which always surprised me)


Yes, and here I am surprised and confused by the statement that this species is extinct. I don't really believe it, though.

Although on the same English-language Wikipedia, in an article dedicated to this species, the fact of the last catch of the species in nature more than 100 years ago has a footnote to the source of information - a certain publication about forage plants of the Urals.

http://research.yale.edu/peabody/jls/pdfs/...(4)296-Lees.pdf Foodplants of the Uraniinae (Uraniinae) and their Systematic, Evolutionary and Ecological Significance]" or [http://research.yale.edu/peabody/jls/htms/1990s/1991-45(4)296-Lees.htm an OCR of the pdf document]. In ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'', vol. 45. Retrieved October 29, 2006

19.03.2010 15:20, vasiliy-feoktistov

Here is all I have on it: a scan from the book "Butterflies & Mots" by David Carter (Dorling Kindersley Limited, London 1992).

This post was edited by vasiliy-feoktistov - 19.03.2010 18: 39

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17.04.2011 15:41, Alexander D

Last week I saw a Urania butterfly on a German-language eBay auction, but of a completely unknown species, similar to Urania Boisduvali.

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