Charaxes candiope, wing pattern

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:53 pm

This is not as "tidy" looking a specimen as the last couple wing shots I've posted, but the green veins make for interesting patterns.

It is also taken at a more "modest" magnification... a reversed 50/2.8 El Nikkor on bellows. Probably in the vicinity of 5X on camera sensor. 7 shots at f4, stacked with Helicon Focus.

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:08 am

Charlie,
I have Thomas C. Emmel's book 'Butterflies' on the desk and I'm reading about Charaxes candiope.

It's wonderful to see one at this magnification. Beautiful colour palette and arrangement.

Here is a link to the butterfly (a long shot) for those who are interested. Image 3 shows us the underside.

http://butterflies.bcghana.org/info.php ... j=candiope

Craig

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:08 pm

Craig,

Thanks for the link.

Here's another overall shot of a specimen in the field. If you look carefully you can see where this section I've photographed is located.
http://www.onime.com/Butterflies/Africa ... diope.html

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:44 am

What a crazy palate of colors nature paints with sometimes. Excellent photo Charles.