Variation in Arhopala pseudomuta

[Psyche]

Two other species have a pale slatey ground with contrasting reddish brown markings.

A. havilandi lack a spot at the base of space 10, ie just above the mid cell spot & so is out of the picture here.

A. sintanga have the spot at the base of space 10 but HW spot 6 is rounded & the HW submarginals are more macular, so it resembles A. alitaeus in pattern
See Bornean Lycaenids.
So this species also do not match.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[atronox]

Thanks, Dr Seow.

I ruled out alitaeus based on spot 6 as well. I wonder what environmental factors could be causing this variation...

[atronox]

Here's an alitaeus which i found last year on the same day as the Prosotas aluta!

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