Greetings from Bhutan!!!
I took this butterfly at an elevation of 1200metres la , can this be Spindasis nipalicus la.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a36e55c2_w.jpgSpindasis spp by Tshulthrim Tshulthrim, on Flickr
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Greetings from Bhutan!!!
I took this butterfly at an elevation of 1200metres la , can this be Spindasis nipalicus la.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a36e55c2_w.jpgSpindasis spp by Tshulthrim Tshulthrim, on Flickr
Spindasis ictis. Correction : S. nipalicus.
Three species are very similar.
S. nipalicus ;The two short FW postdiscal bars form a 'V' .
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...a4fdf5c1-1.jpg
S. rukmini.The two short bars are parallel to each other.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...0cbbeef6-1.jpg
S. ictis; The two short bars converge but do not meet.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...5640b644-1.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
Thank you so much Dr Seow
Greetings from Bhutan la!!!
I was confused here after someone posted that this species can be different species, can you reconfirm la Dr Seow la.
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Correction: Spindasis nipalicus.
Oops here.
I could not assess the website of Butterflies of India properly.
It took a long time just to get one image for each species.
Basing the ID on one image cause a lot of errors.
Now that I can see all the images properly it is not ictis in which the bands are a darker tone.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...pindasis-ictis
S. nipalicus bands light thinly outlined in black. FW & HW basal spot light.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...pindasis-ictis
S. zhengweilie ;FW & HW basal spot & bar largely black.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...is-zhengweilie
TL Seow: Cheers.
Thank you much Dr Seow for reconfirmation for this species la,I was told that S. Zhengweilie is also recorded in Bhutan as well so was excited to add my lifer la