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"Yin and Yang" / Lepidoptera, Erebidae

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Pavel Morozov, 10.10.2007 15:19

Even Chinese sages were inspired by butterflies.
A number of Asian butterfly species would sue for copyright infringement if they could. What it turns out: one of the oldest known symbols was most likely simply stripped from the drawing on the wing of a butterfly that flew into the light.

Spirama (most likely retorta) and its"eye"
North Vietnam

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10.10.2007 15:22, Pavel Morozov

This is followed by other types with a "seed" of one or another "degree of similarity".

Omatophora luminosa
North Vietnam, 04.1994.

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10.10.2007 15:23, Pavel Morozov

Erebus camprimulgus
Malaysia, North Borneo.

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10.10.2007 15:24, Pavel Morozov

Erebus hieroglyphica
Malaysia, North Borneo.

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10.10.2007 15:26, Pavel Morozov

Erebus macrops is a
real giant!
Vietnam.

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10.10.2007 15:27, Pavel Morozov

Butterfly sizes compared to our Catocala fulminea

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14.10.2007 9:28, Bad Den

Are Spirama and Speiredonia synonymous now ?

14.10.2007 9:46, Pavel Morozov

It seems different.
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14.10.2007 11:49, Bad Den

As far as I understand, they also have" yin-yang " on their wings.
http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/cato/spectan.html

14.11.2007 11:23, Pavel Morozov

Erebus ephespheris
China, Ganshi

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11.08.2008 21:37, Андреас

- By the way, punks and other informals buy them very well in frames...(you just need to explain) And on Valentine's Day, you can even drive a car!!! smile.gif

06.12.2011 21:47, Pavel Morozov

Let's refresh the topic.

Erebus albicinctus Kollar 1844
China, Sichuan.
It is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia

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01.03.2015 13:07, NicoSander

Indonesia, west Java, Cimanggu. Help is needed in determining

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01.03.2015 13:47, Pavel Morozov

The lower one is exactly E. ephespheris
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01.03.2015 17:10, Pavel Morozov

and the upper one, though, is similar to the previous E. albicinctus, but some other-bandages, "grassy" spots. Can anyone else tell me?
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25.04.2015 11:27, NicoSander

and the upper one, though, is similar to the previous E. albicinctus, but some other-bandages, "grassy" spots. Can anyone else tell me?


A. Matov defined it as Erebus albiangulata
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