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Cruiser
29-May-2004, 10:58 PM
Spotted this small butts. this morning at the SICC ranger office could not ID it :-( but seems to be a Nacaduba spp. ?

Thanks for the ID in advance.

Green Baron
29-May-2004, 11:20 PM
This is a tough one :sweat:

Commander
29-May-2004, 11:33 PM
Was checking some of the specimens in my collection. Closest that matches it is Nacaduba berenice icena (Rounded 6-Line Blue) . Will need to look at the upperside too. ;P It has the extra pair of basal stripes on the forewing undersides which corresponds to the berenice group of this genus.

Cruiser
30-May-2004, 10:46 PM
Ok, as requested here is the top view of the butt. hope it helps :-)

Ben Jin

Commander
30-May-2004, 10:50 PM
Ok, as requested here is the top view of the butt. hope it helps :-)

Ben Jin

Thanks. That just narrows it down to two species - Nacaduba berenice icena or Nacaduba beroe neon. ;P

Here's a shot of one which I took at Sime too. A bit darker on the underside compared to yours, but the patterns appear similar.