Betong (Yala - Peninsular Thailand), 3 visits in April and June 2017

[Angiud]

During my Butterfly Trips this year I visited 3 times the lovely border town of Betong, extreme South of Thailand.
Although covered by extensive rubber plantations, the area still is source of an amazing number of unusual and often rare butterflies.



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The Southern Nawab - Charaxes hebe chersonesus




The Distant's Imperial - Mantoides gama gama




The Grand Imperial - Neocheritra amrita amrita




The Great Imperial ♀ - Jacoona anasuja anasuja




The Johor Posy - Drupadia johorensis




The Lesser Posy - Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia

[atronox]

Nice Drupadia johorensis

[Angiud]

Very very similar to D. cinesoides.

We ID just for a partial upperside of the male

johorensis.jpg

[atronox]

Hmm how can you tell for certain that it's male since both sexes are similar? It's only in cinesoides that they are dimorphic

[Psyche]

I am also rather confused with this D. johorensis & cinesoides thing.

I have seen correct images of D. johorensis & the tornal white band is always broader & less constricted at vein 2 , 3 & 4.
Here are correct images of both species.
93 & 96 D. cinesoides : 94 & 97 D. johorensis.
http://archive.org/stream/bulletinof.../n432/mode/1up

Pix of D. johorensis in Fleming & C&P4 are exactly the same as the above link.

D. cinesoides.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83150001.html


TL Seow : Cheers.

[Angiud]

We examined the upper of both species and I can confirm the ID of the species from Betong.

Funny thing is that upperside male cinesoides is same as that of the female johorensis.



These are Drupadia cinesoides from Betong (© Satawan Atdhabhan)


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and these are Drupadia johorensis from Betong mating (© Satawan Atdhabhan)


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