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My research on the Australian azure butterflies – genus Ogyris - has just been published, with the discovery of a new species. 1/4
ALT Ogyris caelestia, image by Michael F. Braby
New bagworms! From northern Australia. Read all about it: researchgate.net/publication…
Hello friends, I don't post here. If you'd like to hear about research updates and musings on bagworms I'll be posting them to the other place. Random life photos on 📸, at ethanbeaver, and i also rate pigeons and doves at yours_pigeon. Hello and goodbye 👋
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How did everyone spend their New Year? For me, I spent 5 hours on top of a cliff near Palm Beach under a single mistletoe waiting for this little brown butterfly. It’s Ogyris abrota, the Dark Purple Azure. All Ogyris are hard to find and harder to photograph so it was worth it!
New paper out on the systematics of the Dark Purple Azure butterflies 🥰
researchgate.net/publication…
They are among the most threatened butterfly species in Australia. The paper is also available open access from Invertebrate Systematics here - publish.csiro.au/IS/IS23032
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This butterfly is setting our hearts aflutter. 🦋
Working with @ourANU, our Australian National Insect Collection researchers have described a new butterfly – Ogyris caelestia or the sapphire azure butterfly.
📷 | Ethan Beaver & Michael Braby
🔗 spr.ly/6012PpMHC
ALT Female Ogyris caelestia perched on the branch of a tree. The butterfly is greyish-brown, with orange and black detailing on the upper side of the wing.
ALT Male Ogyris caelestia perched on the branch of a tree. The butterfly is greyish-brown, with blue and black detailing on the upper side of the wing.
Ethan Beaver retweeted
We saw so many Rippon’s Birdwing butterflies in Sulawesi but as always they were constantly flying. Nearly all my photographs of this species were taken on the wing.
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Hornet Moths/Sesia apiformis, @WythamWoods at 0830 on 30th June.
Found the old-school way, by checking known Poplar trunks in the early morning
The paper, which is the first half of my honours thesis, is an integrated systematic revision of five related butterflies. In addition to the revision, I present the complete life histories, biology and ecology of all members of the group, and clarify historical literature. 3/4
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After ~7 yr of work, it's finally out! We present a molecular phylogeny of butterflies sampling >90% of genera & >2000 spp. Butterflies emerged ~100 million yr ago in North America and first fed on legumes. Thanks to all 87 co-authors from 28 countries! rdcu.be/dcaVU
