Arhopala Collection for ID

[Commander]

Nelson, can you remember where you shot them? Sometimes locations can also give us a clue to narrow down the species, even as Seow helps us ID them. For some of these Arhopalas my observation is that a number of them are very local in distribution.

[bluefin]

Nelson, can you remember where you shot them? Sometimes locations can also give us a clue to narrow down the species, even as Seow helps us ID them. For some of these Arhopalas my observation is that a number of them are very local in distribution.

Okay , will go back and try to get the locations.

[Psyche]

A6 Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli female
Keys 1, 7, 8, 95, 153, 154, 155, ( key 191 leads to A corinda & the aurea group which can be visually eliminated), 179, 181, 187, 189.
It is usually impossible to differentiate between A. eumolphus & A horsfieldi based on the underside. Thankfully this one possess 2 characters seen only in A eumolphus; i.e. forewing postdiscal spot 4 and spot 5 overlaps by less than half, and hindwing spot 6 overlaps both the cellend bar & spot 5.

TL Seow

[Psyche]

A7 Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta male
A8 Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta probably male

Keys 1, 7, 8, 95, 100, 101,103, 113, 115.


A9 Arhopala epimuta epiala male
Keys 1, 7, 8, 9, 45, 46, 50, 51.