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Sunny, there are only two Jamides species which have uppersides as deep blue as the Sky Blue ( J. caeruleus.)
Both also have a larger orange patch than usual.
J. virgulatus can be ruled out immediately as its forewing postdiscal band is broken & uneven.
This leaves Jamides malaccanus malaccanus which have a straight forewing postdiscal band.
This species usually have all the white striae well-aligned, but there are examples in which the lower striae near the orange patch are out of alignment.
This one also suffer from a slight misalignment of the 4th stria higher up.
No need of upperside for confirmation.
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1. Jamides of the celeno group, eg celeno, pura, & zebra.
An upper is needed. Extended orange just variation.
2. Salanoemia sala.
3. Pirdana distanti. Note yellow tornal cilia & body.