[20031219] bisexual butterfly?

was surfing, and came across this article. fact ?

http://learning.sohu.com/zt/freshenglish/12-19/yiwendec19.htm

The world's first bisexual butterfly to be bred in captivity has been cultivated at a Singapore nature park, newspaper The Straits Times reports.

A Papilio Memnon with both female and male parts was discovered on Monday local time, at the Butterfly Park on Sentosa Island, the daily reported senior curator Ithnine Atan as saying.

Mr Atan said such occurrences are very rare in the wild and had never been recorded in captivity.

The butterfly's female parts are distinguished by red and white patches on its wing, broader wings, a longer antennae and a bigger abdomen to hold eggs.

Interesting. No pic?

I know that article. It's rubbish actually, cos the gynandromorph (that's the scientific term for a butt having both male and female wings) was bred and photographed at the Penang Butterfly Farm some time in the mid 90's. If you go to PBF, there is a newspaper article showing a gynandromorph Archduke! Very interesting, when you know what the male and female Archduke looks like. Half male, half female.

Therefore, Sentosa's claim that they have got the first such occurrence in captivity is not too accurate.

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Originally Posted by Commander

I know that article. It's rubbish actually, cos the gynandromorph (that's the scientific term for a butt having both male and female wings) was bred and photographed at the Penang Butterfly Farm some time in the mid 90's. If you go to PBF, there is a newspaper article showing a gynandromorph Archduke! Very interesting, when you know what the male and female Archduke looks like. Half male, half female.

Therefore, Sentosa's claim that they have got the first such occurrence in captivity is not too accurate.

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oh, it is just the wing.
I thought that the butterfly has both gentials. :P

how do they actually bred? I suppose it is just a mutation, right?

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Originally Posted by sumball

Interesting. No pic?

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follow the URL, u will find the picture.

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Originally Posted by Rustic

oh, it is just the wing.
I thought that the butterfly has both gentials. :P

how do they actually bred? I suppose it is just a mutation, right?

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Yah... a freak occurrence of nature, and is something well documented in good butterfly books. The press cutting and the specimen of the Archduke gynandromorph is on display at the PBF. Do look out for it the next time you visit the place.

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Originally Posted by Rustic

follow the URL, u will find the picture.

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Got meh? When I followed the URL, it showed a picture of a butterfly which looks like the Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis lidderdalei), dead and pinned to a twig. :angry:

That's no Great Mormon. ;P

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Originally Posted by Commander

Got meh? When I followed the URL, it showed a picture of a butterfly which looks like the Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis lidderdalei), dead and pinned to a twig. :angry:

That's no Great Mormon. ;P

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Ya, wrong photo lah ! :prrr: Got their facts and photo wrong