Alberto Zilli is curator of Lepidoptera at perhaps the world's largest repository of biota. He oversees what is almost certainly the largest collection Thysania agrippina (and T. pomponia!) specimens. My friends Diane and Joe Foley were going on a trip to London in early March. They agreed to meet with Alberto, ask some questions, and record images of the collection. Alberto is a classic entomologist, inspired about lepidoptera from an early age. On a trip to Brazil at age 13, he encountered a white witch, and has been particularly attuned to the story of Thysania since. There are some tantalizing hints at geographic trends in coloration and form. This is a re-edit of a video I posted earlier.
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