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Epistrophe eligans (male)
valter
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Posted on 11-04-2009 05:12
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 It is definitlely not eligansSmile
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neprisikiski wrote:
It is definitlely not eligansSmile


Well... then which species it's?
 
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 resembles nitidicollis for me
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 Nope,
It's still a male Epistrophe eligans, they are very variable in coloration of the abdomen!
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 I agree now
Edited by neprisikiski on 14-04-2009 16:00
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 All Portuguese eligans that I cought so far, belong to this form!
 
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