Back in 1997 a local butterfly collector had passed away here in my area. The family had no idea what to do with this huge collection he had amassed from 1933 till 1980s. They didn’t want it ticked away in some museum to never be seen or appreciated so they decided to gift it to me. There were tens of thousands of rare and highly sought after species in his collection.
For the last 26 years I’ve been going through his collection as I curate the most interesting material first. For almost 3 decades I have made a mental note that I have many papered Papilio chikae papered and so I decided to film myself mounting one of the most beautiful, sought after and rare species in the world for you to also experience what it was like for me. This was such an exciting and exhilarating moment in my life.
Please note that these specimens were collected in 1975 which was well before they were declared to be endangered in the 1980s and they have been grandfathered as they were not illegally obtained. The government of Canada has granted us permission to be in possession of this beautiful collection.
Enjoy.
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