Great! In that case, I can regard the male as of N. subperusia as well. :gbounce:
Many thanks for the ID assistance. :)
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A correction
The width of the space at space 5 is equal to the submarginal band not ' much wider@.
Pic 1 Female I. helicon.
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pic 2 Male Nacaduba beroe.
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Pic1 N. subperusia lysa female
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Pic2 N. pactolus male
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Pic3 N. pactolus female.
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Pic4. N.subperusia lysa female
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Pic5 N. pactolus male.
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Pic6. Nacaduba kurava male
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Pic7 unknown probably N. berenice.
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Pic8. Nacaduba sanaya female.
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Continued...
Silverstreak's Pictures:
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Painted Jezebel's Pictures
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Last Pic (Sliverstreak)
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WoW!!
Many Thanks Seow!!!:cheers:
AN APOLOGY
Sorry guys ! This is where I need to take humble pie. After checking all the specimens I realised it is not correct for the male of N. subperusia to have the gap so wide. The operative words in the key is that the striae in space 4 & 5 NEARING TOUCHING which is not quite the case here even with the females. More over the postdiscal band is noticeably dislocated near the top end which is not so in N. subperussia.
All those which I have identified as N. subperusia are N. sanaya.
Once more , very sorry guys !!
TL Seow
Seow, thanks for the id of my shots.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise. Your descriptions of the species are very useful for us to progress to the next level of understanding and learning many of these under-studied lycaenids.
We are very fortunate and honoured to have you here.:cheers:
Thankfully, Horace's breeding success means that the extent of variation of N. sanaya is better known. I thought that a new key is in order for N. sanaya to prevent future confusion, and also for N. subperusia in case someone manage to shoot one.
Nacaduba sanaya elioti
Forewing postdiscal band distinctly dislocated at vein 6.
Hindwing submarginal spots in space 4&5 low-domed, and usually the postdiscal band is a band's width from them, but sometimes fairly close. Submarginal spot in space 6 a llttle larger than the spot in space 5. Marginal spot in space 3 rounded.
Nacaduba subperusia lysa
Forewing postdiscal band not or hardly dislocated.
Hindwing submarginal spots in space 4&5 high-domed, the postdiscal band very close, and their white striae almost touch. Submarginal spot in space 6 large and about 2x that of the spot in space 5. Ocellus ringed with distinct orange.
TL Seow
Ciao for now. Off for hol - 2 wks.
The photos were shot yesterday in Singapore. They are of the same individual.
The hindwing orange markings extend to vein 4 and the white spot inside the submerginal black spot in space 3 is almost disappearing. There is a small additional submarginal orange marking along vein 5.
I guess it can still be the Metallic Caerulian but can it be something else?
Yano