Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co., Texas

Grkovich, Alex agrkovich at tmpeng.com
Tue May 18 12:50:38 EDT 2010


Richard,

Charles Bordelon took a male in S Texas a couple years ago...

Alex

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From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Worth
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:51 AM
To: entomike at gmail.com
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Subject: Re: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co., Texas

Rich via Mike and others,
Not sure about TX records.  I have heard about various Florida accounts and myself, saw a male mimic sitting on the sand at the water line near Miami Beach in the summer, either in 1976 or 1981, my memory fails me and didn't collect it for lack of a net!   Unmistakable indeed, especially when, like in other species, the light hits the UV patch areas just right and they glow purple.  This vision is indelibly burned into my brain.  Have heard these can ride the air currents from Africa. TX is even farther west so I would think "blown" specimens would be even more rare.
All the best,  Richard


Richard Worth

Entomologist / Lepidopterist

Plant Division

Oregon Dept. of Agriculture

635 Capitol St. NE

Salem, OR  97301

503-986-6461

503-871-7108: cell

rworth at oda.state.or.us

http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml

So many moths, so little time...

On May 17, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Mike Quinn wrote:

FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rich Kostecke <rkost73 at yahoo.com<mailto:rkost73 at yahoo.com>>
Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co.
To: TX-BUTTERFLY at listserv.uh.edu<mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY at listserv.uh.edu>

I have posted a pic of the Mimic on my Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/kostecke/4615563222/.  Not necessarily the most artistic shot, but good enough for ID purposes.  Certainly looks like a male Mimic to me.  Congrats to David Cimprich for recognizing that it was something really different and unusual and for getting at least a few pics for documentation.

Rich

Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
The Nature Conservancy
P.O. Box 5190, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-0190
Phone:  254-288-2088  Fax: 254-288-5039
E-mail: rkost73 at yahoo.com<mailto:rkost73 at yahoo.com> or rkostecke at tnc.org<mailto:rkostecke at tnc.org>



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From: Rich Kostecke <rkost73 at yahoo.com<mailto:rkost73 at yahoo.com>>
To: TX-butterfly <tx-butterfly at listserv.uh.edu<mailto:tx-butterfly at listserv.uh.edu>>
Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 6:34:37 PM
Subject: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co.

I received a call from a colleague, David Cimprich,  to report that he observed and photographed what appears to be a male Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood (Coryell Co.) this afternoon.  I don't have access to the pictures yet, but should by early next week.  Anyway, this seems like a pretty obvious and unmistakable butterfly, but are there any other possibilities that need to be considered?  He said it was about the size of a Gulf Fritillary more or less.

It looks like TX has at least one other record of this species from the Lower Rio Grande Valley (Cameron Co.), or are there others?

I assume this individual would be a vagrant from the Caribbean?  Or, is this a species that gets captive-bred and released much?

Thanks,

Rich

Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
The Nature Conservancy
P.O. Box 5190, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-0190
Phone:  254-288-2088  Fax: 254-288-5039
E-mail: rkost73 at yahoo.com<mailto:rkost73 at yahoo.com> or rkostecke at tnc.org<mailto:rkostecke at tnc.org>

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