Here's what i think is N. kurava nemana. Thoughts?
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Here's what i think is N. kurava nemana. Thoughts?
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These i think are all female N. berenice icena
These first two are the same individual
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This is another individual
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Post 1.
Concur it is N. kurava male.
Post 2.
1 is N. berenice female /Upperside pale blue.
2. is a bit dificult.
It could be N. calauria as the submarginal spots 4 & 5 are pointed on both wings.
An upperside shot may help.
The variation in N. calauria here is not known.
Tentatively I will leave it as N. berenice female.
TL Seow:Cheers.
Thx for the confirmation Dr Seow. Unfortunately that is the only view that i have of the 2nd individual.
I don't know if berenice and calauria are found in the same localities
Here's two shots of what i think is berenice from the curvature of the post-discal band on the forewing.
I have one or two which i think might be calauria. I find berenice and calauria very difficult to separate
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1819/...438e93dd_c.jpg
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1 pair N. berenice male L, female R.
2 male. This is very difficult.
The pointed submarginal spots 4 & 5 says calauria, but the broken postdiscal says berenice.
It may be a hybrid.
It is difficult to compare with images from other region eg in Australia berenice have all the submarginals sharp-pointed.
Here are some examples from Singapore.
N. berenice
Males.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...-Line-Blue.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...obby%20Mun.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JiwYoYOjqZ...nice+icena.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YBJZ0bsb0t...2Bberenice.jpg
females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...Sunny-Chir.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5251/5...dc79f98942.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xFQx2YUBf8...nice+icena.jpg
https://www.nss.org.sg/butterflies_l...php?spc_id=740
As none of the definitive male or female have FW spot 4 & 5 sharply pointed, it strongly suggest your no. 2 should be a male N. calauria variant in which the postdiscal is dislocated in the middle.
N. calauria.
Definitive male Note upperside dark violet.
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.fil...b3ad98860e.jpg
others
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5788/...c204e4f1_b.jpg
male on L.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...enry%20Koh.jpg
females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...yica---2--.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1271/...65181a03d4.jpg
Note in both male & female N. calauria FW submarginal spots 4 & 5 always have a very sharp point.
Females. N. kurava. FW postdiscal almost always straight & submarginals with rounded margins.
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.fil...b787da0005.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...acaduba-sp.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
Thanks Dr Seow for your insights. I'd hate to complicate matters, but could it be possible that berenice might occasionally have more pointed striae in spaces 4 and 5 like this?
Here are two more- the first i'm very certain is a female calauria based on the points discussed. The second is a male and i'm less certain but i think it's a male calauria even though striae 4 and 5 are less pointed. This was the only decent shot i could manage:/
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/851/2...311372ec_c.jpg
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