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SS: reasonable match to female at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/311/mode/1up?view=theater. Mating pair here shows much less black on wings. See http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/diemenalis.html
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GI: The black on the wings is a lot more than what i see on specimens uploaded on the MOI website. I am also not able to find references for one that is this black. So hesitate to agree.
po-po-pro: Sorry for the confusion. I see this species regularly near my locality. I specifically uploaded this photo because I thought it could serve as an example on the site to recognise the species when it sits in this posture (with hindwings closed), because the usual preferred posture is with wings open. The degree of black irroration on the wings is very variable in O. diemenalis. I have now uploaded a second photo of the same individual in the normal posture, photographed just a few minutes after the other photo, that can help confirm its identity.
I'll try to upload other observations later that have even more black on the wings.
SS: Agree with ID with this image.
Any other references?
GI: The black on the wings is a lot more than what i see on specimens uploaded on the MOI website. I am also not able to find references for one that is this black. So hesitate to agree.
po-po-pro: Sorry for the confusion. I see this species regularly near my locality. I specifically uploaded this photo because I thought it could serve as an example on the site to recognise the species when it sits in this posture (with hindwings closed), because the usual preferred posture is with wings open. The degree of black irroration on the wings is very variable in O. diemenalis. I have now uploaded a second photo of the same individual in the normal posture, photographed just a few minutes after the other photo, that can help confirm its identity.
I'll try to upload other observations later that have even more black on the wings.
SS: Agree with ID with this image.
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2023
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