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Butterflies ID help
Hello, I am new to butterflies ID so I would appreciate any corrections to my ID, and help in those that I cannot ID, thank you!
1. Could this be Drupadia rufotaenia?
Attachment 26763
2. Ionolyce helicon merguiana?
Attachment 26764
3. Are both photos Pelopidas mathias mathias?
a. Attachment 26765
b. Attachment 26772
4. Are both photos Potanthus omaha omaha?
a. Attachment 26766
b.Attachment 26767
5. Is this photo enough to ID it as Potanthus trachala tytleri?
Attachment 26768
6. Rapala dieneces dieneces? It has a dull upperside.
Attachment 26769
7. Jamides celeno aelianus?
Attachment 26770
8. I am unable to get pass this Telicota sp.
Attachment 26771
9. Nor this Rapala sp. This is a female, dull coloured on the upper side.
Attachment 26773
Thanks and sorry for the spam!
Sebastian
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1. Female Drupadia rufotaenia.
HW with orange submarginal band extending from tornus past vein 2 often to vein 3.
Male palpi half whit; female palpi 2/3 black.
Male.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4011/4...5a1c427d_b.jpg
Females.
https://a4.pbase.com/g9/25/686825/2/...5.UB5RQfy4.jpg
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...fotaenia-1.jpg
D. ravindra.
HW submarginal orange band obsolete or narrow & extending only a little beyond vein 1.
HW apex more orange shaded.
Male with straight margin & palpi half black.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cLQQtsbCz...P_adult_02.jpg
Female with rounded FW margin & palpi 2/3 black.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...1%20200908.jpg
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4a Potanthus omaha female.
4b male.
Abdominal end yellow ;Underside lightly dark shaded. Veins variably dark dusted both upper & under sides.
Similar with abdominal end yellow.
Deeper orange colour with heavier shading.
Veins not or barely dark dusted (difference more distinct on UpH.
Male. P.Malaysia.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r1T4ajMPu...25286%2529.jpg
Male & female, Singapore.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L3ew9ztkI...thus-ganda.jpg
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_HuBihng..._underside.jpg
5. Potanthus trachala.
Although not perfect, the view is sufficient to ID. P. trachala in Singapore.
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6. Female Rapala suffusa.
9. Female Rapala dieneces.
These two are much confused in the past.
Rapala suffusa female ; Strongly yellow.
FW postdiscal band curved in to the costa.
HW orange crown around the black spot yellow & merges into the ground colour.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...Sunny-Chir.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/production-...or__FAFAFA.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...lash_Ellen.jpg
https://a4.pbase.com/g9/25/686825/2/...5.sRe8z1wO.jpg
Rapala dieneces female. Ground colour brownisn to ochreous.
FW postdiscal band straight or nearly so.
HW with the orange crown around the black spot distinctly orange & contrast with the yellow shading.
https://wingscales.com/content/record/1741-1-cec76.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2891/3...8ecd103c_c.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...4awjw&usqp=CAU
The female of Rapala damona is uncertain but as the male is a deep orange brown the probable female may be deduced thus.
Male & probale female.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4600/...0662737f_c.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-66Xxi-yYP...ash-SunnyC.png
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7. Jamides celeno.
Although the male's exposed FW suggest J. pura. the dark shading indicate there is a dark border , less developed.
J. pura in Sundaland have the HW balck spot with prominent long silvery side bars.
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/J...sMFUpUnAC1.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/...65d57a1b_c.jpg
http://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot....pura-pura.html
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8. Telicota besta male.
Telicota can be very difficult. A shift in the angle of light renders the colour tone hard to judge.
T. augias. Male ;Uniformly deep orange including face & abdomen. Veins in male not dark dusted.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f8o_ke_F-...alm%2BDart.jpg
T. colon male; FW spots staggered in a stepladder arrangement. Veins may be lightly darkened. Face slightly paler.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...20-%20Khew.jpg
T. linna; male Duller , veins not dark-dusted.
Face & lower part of abdomen paler but may be hard to see the abdomen.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pxufm6yxw...TL_male_02.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79Gj7N-1G...TL_male_01.jpg
T. besta male. Veins across HW band may be lightly dark-dusted but hard to judge & not reliable.
Only the face is paler.
Male with upperside confirmation.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NbpYa8Xex...0/DSC_0294.JPG
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n_yvZvnii...0/DSC_0303.JPG
Freshly eclosed male, Singapore.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1rRXJdPYo...ed_male_01.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
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Thank you Dr. Seow for the detailed breakdown and explanation!