19 Nacaduba pactolus continentalis.
Only other 4-line blue without dark striae in band in which tornal black spot has metallic blue scales. The other is N. angusta.
(Two other with dark striae in the bands N. pavana & russelli also have metallic blue scales in the black spot.)
20. Jamides bochus bochus.
Spike in HW space 1b indicates Jamides; FW postdiscal band dislocated at all points.
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.
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.
Last edited by Psyche; 25-May-2015 at 07:28 PM.
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