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    Default ID Help Please

    I shot this Potanthus in Ubin and think it's a Detached Dart, but as S5 in the forewing is not detached, I'm not sure if I'm correct. Can you please help to ID Dr. Seow?
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    Bob Cheong

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    It is a vartant of P. trachala.
    This is because HW spot4/5 juts out very far out from the spots below it.
    Although the FW spot 5 & 6 overlaps, on the upperside it may not.
    Also FW spot 4 is practically separated from spot 3 (hidden) as in P. trachala & not seen in all the other known Singapore species including P. confucius.

    Examples of P. trachala.
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-armUCBevwG...a++tytleri.jpg
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SR0XC70BzV...la+tytleri.jpg
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvlAhJLLsd...la-tytleri.jpg

    P. confucius comes very close .It is smaller with less sharp FWs & HW spot 4/5 do not jut out so much; also FW spot 4 & 5 overlaps strongly above & below them.
    Singapore & Thailand.
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D064vxkIN6...s+trachala.jpg
    http://wingscales.com/content/record/514-1-f6975.jpg

    P. pava is found only in the north Kedawi.It is similar to P. confucius but larger.
    http://image.digitalarchives.tw/Imag...0/5d/b6/ed.jpg
    http://thumbnail.xitek.com/pics/2013...8.jpg!w640.jpg

    The other nearby species in which the HW spot 4/5 juts out more is P. pseudomaesa ,a small species with rounded wings & no overlap of spot 5 & 6.
    http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-ge...la-tytleri.jpg

    TL Seow : Cheers.
    Last edited by Psyche; 26-Sep-2016 at 09:52 PM. Reason: clarification

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