Very interesting. Have you tried this between phylogenetically-distant (relatively) species ?
Kishen On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 7:46 PM, MAX OVERTON <[email protected]> wrote: > > > New Zealand has a red admiral *Bassaris gonerilla *and also the Australian > yellow admiral *Bassaris itea*. You occasionally find hybrids in New > Zealand and I managed to breed 7 hybrids myself and successfully backcrossed > them to parent reds and yellows, getting intermediates. > > Max > > > > Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overton http://www.maxoverton.com > Novels by Max Overton and Jim Darley www.sequesteredbooks.com > > The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in > Babylon); MO > The Glass House Trilogy (Glass House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass); MO & > AO > The Scarab Series (Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamen, Ay, Horemheb); MO > The Demon Series (Rakshasa, Djinn) MO > A Cry of Shadows, MO > The Devil is in the Details, AO > Trapdoor, AO > Tapestry, AO > Portal, AO > A Gift for Roo, AO & MO > Glass Continuum, MO > Ascension, MO > Sequestered, MO & JD > > Works in Progress: A Small Game Hunter in Jamaica; Succubus (Book 3 of the > Demon series), Scarab - Descendant > > > > Also check out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ > > > > *This message was created using recycled letters from deleted emails* > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:31:43 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] any inter cast marriage/mating reported for > butterflies ? > > > > > Wow, thats interesting :) thanks for the info > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Kishen Das <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > I have seen males of Hypolimnas bolina and Hypolimnas misippus, trying to > courtship for very long time. > Have also seen males of Hypolimnas misippus trying to mount on each other > on numerous occassions. > My good friend Abhijna Desai has photographed mating between Castalius > rosimon and Talicada nyseus. > Not sure whether that was between males or opposite sexes. > Attaching the same. > Never seen this kind of behavior in Tirumala spp. and Euploea spp. for last > 12 years. > Kishen > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 5:55 AM, ajith u <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > I just got curious .. > was wondering if there is any inter cast marriage/mating reported for > butterflies. > Like mating of Blue tigers and Dark Blue tigers etc.. Though in animals > Donkeys and horses used to mate.. > > Thanks, > Ajith > > > -- > ######################## > Ajith > Bangalore. > +919900477887 > > Photo album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/uajith_set1 > > > ######################## > > > > > > -- > ######################## > Ajith > Bangalore. > +919900477887 > > Photo album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/uajith_set1 > > > ######################## > > > > -- Enjoy
