Chiang Dao, (Northern Thailand) March 2015

**Psyche** · 13-May-2015, 10:53 PM

Post 12 no 10
Neptis soma shania.
The ID for N. soma states the FW submarginal spots curved in above vein 6 ie the upper three.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html

Neptis yerburii pandoces is now N. capnodes pandoces.
Smetacek 2011 had confirmed Eliot's suspicion that the type specimen of taxon yerburii ,a female is an extreme dsf of N. nata.
Taxon yerburii falls as a ssp of N. nata.
As taxa capnodes & pandoces (formerly as ssp of yerburii)have different male genitalia from N. nata, they are elevated to N. capnodes capnodes & N. capnodes pandoces.
Yutaka has follow suit.
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/...d817000000.pdf
Neptis capnodes pandoces has rather broad bands & the FW submarginals form an even curve at the top.

TL Seow :Cheers.
PS. Neptis capnodes pandoces fig. 14, , Bulletin of the British Museum. Eliot.
http://archive.org/stream/bulletinof.../n368/mode/1up

**Peacock Royal** · 18-May-2015, 12:42 AM

Thanks Dr Seow for your elaborations.

23. Golden Ace (Thoressa masoni)

24. Common-Awl-(Hasora badra badra)

25. Common Orange Awlet (Burara harisa harisa)

26. The Orange-tailed Awl (Bibasis sena)

27. Tufted Ace (Sebastonyma pudens)

28. Grey Pie Flat (Coladenia laxmi)

29. Gerosis bhagava bhagava (The Common White Flat)

30. Is this a Rapala ?

**Psyche** · 18-May-2015, 01:07 AM

Post 17.

30. Female Rapala iarbus iarbus.
orange cilia; HW postdiscal band a slanted stripe in space 1b.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83890001.html

TL Seow: CHeers.

**Peacock Royal** · 24-May-2015, 12:37 PM

Yes, I should have thought if it is R. iarbus
Last few shots from my CM trip.

31. Two Nawabs - left should be Common Nawab (P. athamas athamas) and the right looks like P. arja arja ?

32. Club Beak (Libythea myrrha sanguinalis)

33. Graphium aristeus hermocrates (Striped Swordtail)

34. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton(Scarce Tawny Rajah)

**Psyche** · 24-May-2015, 07:49 PM

Post 19 31.
The one on the right is obviously P.arja.
The one on the left should be arja as well.
A line drawn along the outer margin of the FW band upwards will cut midway thru the discal spot.
In athamas it cut out most of the discal spot.
In addition the FW apex is rounder & the termen not so strongly concave as in athamas.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60080001.html
Compare with the one below in which a drawn line exclude most of the spot; FW apex sharp & termen more concave.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126083...posted-public/

The warm setting have caused a strong yellow tone which is confusing.
The underside markings of the two species are practically identical.

TL Seow: Cheers.