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Callianthe picta

Chinese-lantern

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

Photo: (c) Lukasz Madrzynski 孟巨石, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lukasz Madrzynski 孟巨石 (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1890

First collected

1989

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

4 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1890s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1890 by Brigham, W.T. (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1989; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as December 25, 2025.

From the collection

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Alive today

4 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.