Terry

This is big enought city from central China... Ok, i will try to make pic for you.

I dont know much about Chinese and Korean parts of E. dione distribution, this is too hard to reach it and i dont have any dealers, hunters or specialists from its regions in contact.

About Yangtsee river sides - i think i make mistake - i mean northern side of this river, so i dont sure that dione live on southern side.

For me here is a little difference between E. dione and E. bimaculata, i have fertile hybrids, that looks like normal dione and readily bred with bimacs and diones. Also in behavior i dont see principal differences, both are more nervous and secretive than diones from russian and asian parts of distribution.

I dont think that dione is mountain species, ofcource, it live in mountains at 3600 altitude, but i think this is result of incredible ecological plasticity of this animals. In other side -it can live at sea level, for example - 200-600 m above it.

Maybe in China it live primarily in mountains, but i cant tell you anything about it, lack of data.

Ivan
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Ivan Arinin
Tula Exotarium
ICQ 151665951
Site: www.edione.narod.ru
E.g. guttata (many variations)
E.g. emoryi
E.g. rosacea

E. persica black 3.4
E. persica brown 2.1
E. longissima 4.6
E. situla 3.3
E. dione 54 (many variations)
E. bimaculata 4.3

E. o. obsoleta yellow 2.2
E. o. lindheimeri White Sided 2.2.
E. o. lindheimeri Leucistic 1.2
E. o. lindheimeri Black Orange 2.2
E. o. quadrivittata Deckerti 2.2
E. o. quadrivittata Williamsi 1.0
E. o. rossalleni 2.2

Langaha madagascariensis 1.1
O. t. friesi 1.1
O. t. ssp. Blue Beauty 1.1

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