af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 11, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Todays “butterfly” is actually a grasshopper. Phymateus viridipes, also known as the African bush grasshopper, is an African locust in the family Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers). Todays stamp from the Republic of Rwanda shows the subspecies Phymateus viripedes...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 10, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Todays stamp from former Yugoslavia (1964) shows the Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo). It is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. This beautiful butterfly is named after the deity Apollo, that is recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 9, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Dismorphia amphione, the tiger mimic white or tiger pierid, is a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico and the Caribbean down to Brazil and Bolivia.The wingspan is about 77 mm. It is an extremely variable species. Todays stamp from...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 8, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Todays stamp from Cuba (1989) shows the green butterfly Metamorpha dido, also known as Philaethria dido. Its common name is “the scarce bamboo page” or “the dido longwing”. This beautiful butterfly is found in Central America and tropical South America.
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 7, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Todays stamp from The Central African Republic show the moth Dactyloceras widenmanni. It belongs to the family Brahmaeidae. It was first described by Ferdinand Karsch, a German entomologist, in 1895. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South...
