There are pix in which the marginal areas are pale shaded much as in P. mathias from S. India, but the pix are from Africa.
Nigeria. http://tolweb.org/Pelopidas_thrax
I kind of forgot that P. mathias is also found in Africa since my reference book did not mention it.
In fact both P. thrax & mathias are found widely in Subsaharan Africa. http://www.metamorphosis.org.za/arti...s%20Walker.pdf
As there is no example of P. thrax with whitish shading through out the Mediterranean & the Middle East, this means the examples with white marginal shading on the wings are mis-ID'ed P. mathias.
eg.http://tolweb.org/Pelopidas_thrax
The three species can now be separated with greater confidence.
P. mathias ; Un with paler whitish shadings in the marginal areas ; spots may have dark margins ;UpF male brand dark.
P. agna .UnH uniform brown, ochreous, spots without dark margins; UpF male brand dark
P. thrax; UnH uniform light brown ;spots with dark margins, some spots may be reduced to dark rings/dots; UpF male brand whitish, upper cellspot elongate .
Uploading two images of the same specimen. Id help would be appreciated.
Is it Pelopidas Agna Female? Shot at our home, Mangalore. West Coast of Karnataka State today.
True Dr. Seow. These little rascals jump up and down, make us run behind them and when we shoot a photo they are a pain to identify.
But I am optimistic
Yes, the UNH colouration is uneven.
Spot 2 on UPF is usually quadrate in P. mathias, which is not the case in this specimen.
There in no brand on UPF in female. (To check where the imaginary line thru cell spots cut the brand). These two points confused me on the id.
But yes, on the whole pointers are towards P. mathias.