Eurema and Caltoris? Sri Lanka

[DJHiker]

Browsing through my older photo’s, I found these two from Sri Lanka which I haven’t been able to identify properly.

1. Eurema: it looks like the FW cell spots are either absent or hidden by the HW.
Manipulating contrast and brightness shows some markings shimmering through that might qualify as FW cell-spots.
Besides, the overall impression seems to me more like E. hecabe or E. blanda than like the no-cell spot species E. laeta or E. brigitta.
Location: Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka, Jan 2013
web1130929.jpgweb1130929a.jpg

2. also from Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka, Jan 2013
Caltoris philippina?
This tentative id. looks like a bit of a wild guess.
web1130950.jpg

Thanks for your comments.
David

[Psyche]

There are only a few hundred species of butterflies in Sri Lanka.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_of_Sri_Lanka


1. Eurema hecabe.
Those see thru spots are correctly the cellspots.

E. blanda & hecabe are rather alike when the FW cellspots are hidden.
However if the pic is not distorted as here ,they can be told apart.
E. hecabe have a squarish HW shape, the margin angular, & E blanda a more oval shape.

E. hecabe.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rzo8wjfyCs...lt_khew_01.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...e3853c10-1.jpg

E. blanda.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...---Khew-SK.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...0adc2dd2-1.jpg


2. Caltoris philippina.
C. philippina have narrow sharper FWs, & C. kumara the normal Caltoris shape.

C. philippina.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dUpUIge8AR...ld_male_01.jpg

C. kumara.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...gale_ai365.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

[DJHiker]

Thank you once more.
Cheers,
David