Thx Les. Been confused by the terms. Do these "veins" vary much in different spp.?
Thx Les. Been confused by the terms. Do these "veins" vary much in different spp.?
Aaron Soh
With regards to the veins, unfortunately, both the vein pattern and the number of veins very from Genus to Genus. However, the pics show how the numbering works, so they can be used for any species. C&P4 gives the venation characteristics for many Genera.
Adding to the keys:
Courtesy of Wikipedia
Cheers!
Great job, Sunny!
Chee Ming, Sum
A great reference for everyone to refer to when describing butterflies! Fantastic consolidation of information.
Butterfly dogs don't like baths. They only like to puddle... in their own pee!
Thanks all for the superb info. still some confusion lingers. I've noticed in Sunny's post that the veins 8 and 9 are missing. why's that? see this also http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier...s_venation.png