Langsdorfia lunifera, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

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Christine Young

Lion

Beautiful! Maybe Langsdorfia sp.? Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Langsdorfia lunifera? Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Agree with the genus for sure!
    
    What are the differences between Langsdorfia franckii and Langsdorfia lunifera? Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      First, thank you both, you are awesome!
      
      @Lisa: you ask the hardest question. I spent 20 minutes comparing them visually and each time I found a difference, another photo blew my theory. The only vague theory remaining is that it looks like Langsdorfia lunifera has the explicit golden speckles at the end of the wings, meaning I see it more clearly and more often on reference photos compared to franckii. Franckii, which on some photos doesn't have it at all, yet on some does have it vaguely.
      
      The added complexity is that it could be related to the individual itself, and I may also be looking at misidentified photos.
      
      Distributions differ slightly between the two but both are poorly reported from Colombia so it's not a conclusive difference.
      
      This is a long way of saying: I don't know :)
      
      What do you think? Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        I couldn't discern any definite differences and was leaning towards L. lunifera - but, I couldn't reach any real conclusion as to species. Posted 6 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        I'm leaning towards it as well, as in a 55-45 balance with no way to rationally back it up :) Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Exactly ;P Posted 6 years ago

aporemski

Green Fly

Looks like Langsdorfia lunifera Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for the input. As you can see above, we were leaning towards that but not entirely sure, you tipped the balance enough for a tentative ID :) Posted 6 years ago