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    It looks like you have found another new species.

    The wingshape indicates it is a female.
    The underside is rather like H. syrinx except for the marginal spots in space 3 & 4. (poor 0r absent in syrinx); white forelegs.

    Both H. syrinx & onyx have extensive blue in both sexes.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83160001.html

    H. albimacula & chalcedonyx are both small species initially considered conspecific.

    H. albimacula :upperside brown without basal blue scales (all continental forms)
    : FW white spot do not extend below vein 2 (or barely); on the underside rapidly fades off below vein 2.
    HK.
    http://old.hkbutterfly.org/images/Horaga_albimacula.jpg
    http://images1.fotop.net/albums/ciel.../LO0706232.jpg
    India.
    http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...arya_aj909.jpg

    H. chalcedonyx.: Upperisde brown with blue basal scaling.
    Upperside FW white spot extends below vein 2.
    On the underside it also extend as a slightly narrower band below vein 2.

    So this specimen matches H. chalcedonyx quite well.

    TL Seow
    Female H. syrinx maenala.
    http://www.nss.org.sg/butterflies_li...php?img_id=618

    PS2. H. chalcedonyx. Singapore. Note white forelegs as in H. albimacula; FW white band narrower but extend broadly below vein 2.
    http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/q...la-Ambon-O.jpg
    Last edited by Psyche; 28-Jun-2014 at 12:15 AM. Reason: PS2.

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