Missing winged beauties
Colorful and beautiful hypothetical bugs
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Insects have been a source of inspiration for all artists and poets, the colorful butterflies, the elegant ladybugs, the fast dragonflies etc, They have often inspired the art and beauty of human thought in different ways but there is something that they take little into account.
And in such large families, there are cases that remain shrouded in mystery, members that remain unknown and are waiting to be studied, Let's see some of them, thank you for reading, I hope you support, let's get started.
Battus polydamas antiquus
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This article opens a supposedly extinct subspecies of the swallowtail butterfly, which is known only from a drawing by the British entomologist Dru Dury, from 1770.
There is not much information, currently she is the only one of her family classified as extinct, although it should also be noted that Drury received his butterflies from various sources during a period in history when cartography was not precise, for those who have examined his work from 3 volumes, Illustrations of Natural History, a plethora of errors in its taxonomy, these errors may indicate that it did not exist, but this is disputed, due to its hypothetical existence it receives the strange title of the butterfly that became extinct because it never existed.
Marleyimyia xylocopae
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Its appearance apparently evolved convergently to that of the carpenter bee, nothing is known about it, only a photo that attests to its existence, giving a new belief, Since it has been assumed that members of the genus are crepuscular or nocturnal, it was discovered that this species is diurnal, since it was found in broad daylight.
The strangely shaped species is described through 2 high quality photographs, despite this it is not considered holotypic, and is considered the rarest of its genus, having a taxonomic position Doubtful and pending to be resolved that
He has not been seen again.
Libythea cinyras
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It was a supposed species of butterfly, endemic to the island of Mauritius.
There is almost no information about it, and today it is believed to be extinct, since it is known only from a single specimen in poor condition.
Lepidochrysops hypopolia
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It was a possible species of butterfly endemic to South Africa, from the Lycaenidae family., described only by 2 complete specimens captured at Blue Bank, near Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal on 21 September 1870 by Morant and a partial specimen discovered by Thomas Ayres near Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa in 1879.
There have been no verified specimens since 1879 and it has been speculated that the three known specimens were possibly chemically bleached examples of Lepidochrysops praeterita, so well, the veracity of this species is doubted.
Venezuelan poodle moth
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This is an as yet unidentified type of mysterious moth photographed in 2009 by Kyrgyz zoologist Dr. Arthur Anker. in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela, Anker initially captioned the photo of him as "Moth Poodle, Venezuela", naming her that way because of her resemblance to a poodle.
He hypothesized that it could be a member of the genus Artace, due to its resemblance to the species Artace cribraria. Measurements derived from Dr. Anker's photographs show that the moth is approximately 2.5 cm long.
Due to the moth's unusual appearance and paucity of factual information, it has been compared to famous animal hoaxes. And subsequent expeditions to the region have not been able to detect the moth again, let's hope these unknowns are resolved soon.
Jane Goodall's statements
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According to the statements of the famous primatologist Jane Goodall, over the years she saw many strange things, but the most interesting thing is this statement:
According to her, in the forests of Gombe National Park, where she has studied chimpanzees for the last forty years, has certainly encountered countless beetles, flies and other insects unknown to science, mentioning in particular a tiny fly, of extraordinary beauty, which landed on her hand while she was sitting quietly under a stout tree, For a moment, according to his words, he was tempted to catch it and send it to an entomologist, if the fly was unknown to science, Thinking "couldn't I maybe get my name?" But then she knew that she belonged to the forest, where he followed her with his eyes as she flew away and wished her much happiness in her short life.
He also pointed out something, a reflection that I would like to share, that today, however, we destroy natural habitats so recklessly and quickly that hundreds of zoological species of invertebrates are exterminated before being identified or seen by anyone, even thinking about the large species that could perhaps still roam our planet without being identified or those that could have existed without us having any idea, something that we have seen for more than a year now in this project.
Well, here is the article with this little reflection, Thank you for reading and supporting, I hope you will follow me and continue supporting this project, we still have a lot to discover and investigate.
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[Reading links]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battus_polydamas_antiquus
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marleyimyia_xylocopae
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libythea_cinyras
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidochrysops_hypopolia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_poodle_moth#:~:text=The%20Venezuelan%20poodle%20moth%20is,Gran%20Sabana%20region%20of%20Venezuela.
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