Common Birdwing(?)

[Psyche]

[QUOTE - [B] Apparently "chong kiak wang" looks like somebody's name?

Teo T P

In the past adding an i was meant to create a gender-neutral latin version of the surname, but nowaday anything goes.

Name like brookiana (feminine - gender ) becomes problematic when the species is transfered from Ornithoptera ( feminine-gender) to Troides ( masculine-gender ) since the genders must match in Latin. But nobody is following this strictly because of varying opinions regarding the generic status, and whether a surname once rendered as brookiana can be changed to brookianus( musculine-gender ) since it is a proper noun.

A stunning aberration of T. brookiana with extensive metallic green was named wongensis ( author unknown ). This is wrong, as it means 'from a place called Wong'. I suppose for aberrations you can name it as you like it.

TL Seow

[teotp]

QUOTE=Psyche: A stunning aberration of T. brookiana with extensive metallic green was named wongensis ( author unknown ). This is wrong, as it means 'from a place called Wong'. I suppose for aberrations you can name it as you like it.

The author is my good friend Dato' Henry Barlow (please refer to Malayan Nature Journal vol.25 no.2 : 168-169, Sep 1972) The insect was caught by Mr. Wong Kam Chong, and named var. wongensis after Mr. Wong. Another f-wongensis specimen was collected by Vincent Tung, also similar male was figured by Tsukuda & Nishiyama (see Butterflies of The South East Asian Islands, page 55 - Plate 31 fig 2.).

Teo T P

[Psyche]

QUOTE=Psyche: [I]

The author is my good friend Dato' Henry Barlow (please refer to Malayan Nature Journal vol.25 no.2 : 168-169, Sep 1972) The insect was caught by Mr. Wong Kam Chong, and named var. wongensis after Mr. Wong. Another f-wongensis specimen was collected by Vincent Tung, also similar male was figured by Tsukuda & Nishiyama (see Butterflies of The South East Asian Islands, page 55 - Plate 31 fig 2.).

Teo T P

I certainly didn't realised he was the author of that name. My apology then if you are offended.

TL Seow

[teotp]

QUOTE=Psyche: I certainly didn't realised he was the author of that name. My apology then if you are offended.

No lah. Sometime I also forgot things (getting old!). One immediate example is I forgot the word "volume I" and wrote "Butterflies of The South East Asian Islands, page 55, plate 31 fig.2".

Teo T P

[Psyche]

Point noted.

TL Seow.