Shot this at Lung Kwu Tan, Hong Kong in July 2023
112: Which Tagiades ?
Shot this at Lung Kwu Tan, Hong Kong in July 2023
112: Which Tagiades ?
Federick Ho
www.peacockroyal.blogspot.com
Tagiades menaka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagiad...ong_Kong_2.jpg
Only two species in H.K.
The other is T. latigiosa.
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/l...d7tbb8RULnspCA
TL Seow: Cheers.
Yes. I have shot both HK Tagiades species
What puzzles me is the hindwing outer margin is not whittish in this picture.
Federick Ho
www.peacockroyal.blogspot.com
Correction.
112. Tagiades litigiosa.
There are two tiny white spots in space 2 & 3.
T. litigiosa can have both spots or only the upper spot 3.
In wsf the HW marginal spots can form a continuous band.
HW does not have a spot in space 1b .
Valid example from N. Vietnam.
Female (dsf) with FW spots in space 2 & 3.
Male (partial wsf) with only spot 3 (faint)
http://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot.c...snow-flat.html
HK Full wsf with only FW spot 3.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/6...litigiosa.html
T. menaka is said to have only one variable form.
FW with only spot 3, no spot 2.
HW with a diffuse spot in space 1b inside the marginal spots.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...496c1f2b-1.jpg
This one from Hk is misID'ed. Should be T. latigiosa .FW only spot 3; HW no spot in space 1b inside the marginal one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagiad...ong_Kong_2.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
PS. If I am not mistaken T. litigiosa is now correctly T. vajuna.
Last edited by Psyche; 31-Jul-2023 at 01:09 PM.