This a rather tricky one.
Salient points.
1. FW with some orange at the base of space 2.
2. Grey brand rather straight & central in the black space.
A. FW with a triangular orange patch at the base of space 2.
A1. Telicota besta Male brand set nearer the inner margin of black space usually slightly arcuate.
Singapore.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6-BjVfqOIQ...male_up_01.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5hO6tO_xZtM/S5...1153405827.jpg
Malaya.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n_yvZvniiO...0/DSC_0303.JPG
S. China.
https://live.staticflickr.com/56/186...f94f8404_b.jpg
Taiwan.
http://www.yin-image.com/butterfly/t...s/IMG_0452.jpg
A2. Telicota augias ; Brand set centrally & straight in the black space ;more orangey than other species.
Singapore.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y3LkExqbZs...ias_male_2.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Butterfli...DPP_1014-L.jpg
Australia.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/ANICU...1302406416.JPG
B. FW with the base of space 2 black but occasionally with some orange shadings.
B1. Telicota linna :large FW >18mm. FW band narrower , spot 2 & 3 about 1&1/2 X width of spots 4 & 5.
Singapore.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qDEk4MIq_...TL_male_05.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wU0gNp51E3...Horace-Tan.jpg
Malaya.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EiOiXlm5t...0/DSC_0002.JPG
Nagaland.
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7041472
B2 Telicota bambusae :Small ,FW 15mm. FW short, band broader, spots 2 & 3 about 2X the width of spots 4 & 5.
http://www.flutters.org/home/photoga...hish-tiple.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...avoor_(21).jpg
Following the key it would suggest Telicota augias (recorded in Nagaland).However the appearance suggest it is Telicota linna which is said to be the commonest Telicota in Bangladesh.
Note T augias. male have lighter & narrower dark bands on the abdomen.
TL Seow: Cheers.
PS.
Exampe .T. bambusae with a prominent orange patch at the base of space 2; brand straight. Bengalore S. India .Well out of the range of both T. besta & augias .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taract...art_hebbal.jpg
Last edited by Psyche; 28-Jun-2019 at 07:37 AM .
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