Papilio joannae

[Larry Robinson]

Many years ago, in my younger days, the early 80's, I collected with
Richard Heitzman and in particular he took me to the topo site for
Papilio joanae and together we collected fertile females for his
rearing experiments.  His commitment to objectivity in this matter was
admireable.
 
I recall returning from one such adventure to find that a wind storm
had blown down several trees in his yard in Independence, Missouri.
Before he would take care of the hole in the house he first made sure
his live specimens were cared for and nectared them so they would
survive.
 
Richard spent quite a bit of time conducting breeding experiments with
specimens he had collected in the Ozarks and felt confident in his
naming.  It will be interesting to see how history treats his
contribution.
 
Larry Robinson
Olathe, KS
 
 
 
 
 
On 23 Jan 2001 22:46:22 -0800, gatrelle at tils-ttr.org (Ron Gatrelle)
wrote:
 
>Anyone interested in a discussion of Papilio joanae (Missouri Ozark Black
>Swallowtail)? Why has it been blacklisted from much of butterfly
>literature? My discussions with the late Richard Heitzman (who
>discovered/described this) is that he felt it was most closely related to P
>bairdii or as some see it P. machaon bairdii. I know of no published
>scientific paper in which joanae has been officially sunk into the machaon
>complex of subspecies. It can be found in Heitzman's 1987 Butterflies and
>Moths of Missouri.
>
>Ron
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