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    Default Unidentified Butterfly/Moth

    Hi, my friend shot this butterfly/moth at dairy farm on June 4th.
    ID required, thanks in advance!

    221490_10151056545308754_593251401_o by ZestinSoh, on Flickr
    Cheers,
    Zestin

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    Looks like a very torn up Bush Brown (Mycalesis) Can't ID it with that amount of damage and upperside shot.
    Khew SK
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    The bowed dorsum (lower margin) of the forewing indicates it is a male. (as does the long narrow brushtip abdomen)
    2 species in which the male have large clearer ocellus (eyespot) are M. visala & perseoides.
    The species in which the eyespot is larger & with a clearer yellow ring is Mycalesis perseoides. This species is also more often shot.

    TL Seow

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    Thank you!
    Cheers,
    Zestin

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