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    Default Unknown green-eyed Malaysian beauty

    So far I haven’t been able to find a clue as to the id of this specimen.
    Lycaenidae, Pieridae???
    Location: Cameron Highlands, alt.: approx.. 1400m, Feb. 2019
    web85406.jpg
    Thanks for your suggestions.
    Regards,
    David

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    It is a moth.

    Callidula sakuni.
    Of the several species C. sakuni is identifiable by the FW twin silvery bars being narrow & co-linear.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callid...204056684).jpg


    TL Seow: Cheers.

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    Thanks dr. Seow. I was misled by its perching posture which is rather like a butterfly.

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