Group outings to Mahua Waterfall, Tambunan in Sabah (9-15 February 2020)

Dear Dr Seow,

These are the last few species shot in Mahua that I have not been able to ID and would require your help please.

1
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f7cde9_b_d.jpg

2
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...da2581_b_d.jpg

3
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b58341_b_d.jpg

4
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4db723_b_d.jpg

5.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...92a5a3_b_d.jpg


Regards
cheng Ai

Post 31.

1. Udara placidula.
Similar to U. dilecta except ground darker grey & hW postdiscal spot 7 is darker than the others below it.
See Borneo Lycaenid L86.

2.Nacaduba kurava.
The dark striae within the bands are weak.
There is a spot on the costa above the inner cellband.
The submarginal spots though narrow have rounded margins.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...neBlue-KSK.JPG

Another Bornean species N. normani have the submarginal spots lunulate & dark.
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/N...niMUpUNAC1.jpg

3. Pelopidas agna.
HW with cellspot & more uniformly brown.

4. Celastrina lavendularis.
The HW marginal spots & submarginal lunules are strongly marked in a dark ground.
HW postdiscal spot 7 darked & ringed with white.
See Bornean Lycaenid L98.

5. Tanaecia godartii.
Underside FW submarginal fascia runs parallel ti the margin.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim2/721010010.html


TL Seow: Cheers.

Thanks Dr Seow.