After viewing the links, i realise that this live specimen looks almost identical to the pinned female of aratus (i'm assuming that the live specimen is female based on the shape of the forewing and the very slight peek at the upperside of the forewing) in that:Originally Posted by Psyche
When Aaron ID'ed the Jamides tentatively as J. aratus, I did not realised there is another almost identical species.
Alan Cassidy an entomologist with Project Wallace to Sulawesi had posted images of both species.
J. fractilinea.
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...eaMUpUnAC1.jpg
J. aratus lunata.
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...aMFUpUnAC1.jpg
TL Seow
- the two outermost postdiscal striae in spaces 6 and 7 of the hindwing are slightly misaligned in the live specimen and the pinned female aratus (connected in fractilinea)
- the two postdiscal striae in the same space as the orange tornal spot are perfectly aligned with those in the spaces above and below in the live specimen and the pinned female aratus (dislocated in fractilinea)
Seems like it's closer to a female aratus.
Of course my assumption that the live specimen is female might well be wrong in the first place and in any case the only fractilinea i'm comparing with is male. Also the configuration of the striae in male and female aratus is totally different (?!?!)
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