A different-looking Amathusia

[atronox]

Thanks Dr Seow. Gonna head back to the area to see if i can find somemore

[Psyche]

Correction : A. masina is still a possibility.
The HW 4th band may only be lightly notched as in Antonio's example.

TL Seow : Cheers.

PS. The underside of the male which have the bicoloured abdominal hairs. HW 4th band is only lightly notched on the outer margin.
http://lithops.com.ua/index.php?rout...roduct_id=1781

[atronox]

Correction : A. masina is still a possibility.
The HW 4th band may only be lightly notched as in Antonio's example.

How notched should this band be for masina? From the various images online, i see quite a bit of variation whereas in other spp. like perakana and friderici, the notching is quite consistent. C&P4 didn't mention it for masina so i took it that this is unimportant

[Psyche]

How notched should this band be for masina? From the various images online, i see quite a bit of variation whereas in other spp. like perakana and friderici, the notching is quite consistent. C&P4 didn't mention it for masina so i took it that this is unimportant

All the species except A. phidippus have the HW 4th band notched to a varying degree.

It is most variable in A. friderici in which the notching may be minimal as shown in the example below.
http://lithops.com.ua/index.php?rout...roduct_id=1781

In A. masina the notching is usually quite strong.
Males.
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_i...namalaya.v.jpg
https://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201205/0...6_21342975.jpg
female
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/ama/50310010.html


TL Seow: Cheers.