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    1. Male Telicota bambusae.
    2. Female T. bambusae.
    3. Female T. bambusae.


    Telicota bambusae. FW 15mm. FW relatively short, spot 2 & 3 about 2X width of spots 4 & 5.
    Male brand straight base of space 2 dark but may be orange dusted.
    Female with two fairly long cellend bars.
    http://www.flutters.org/home/photoga...hish-tiple.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...gale_an075.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...11cea1cf-3.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...otra_ap643.jpg

    T. linna said to be very common in Bengladesh.
    Large FW 18-19 mm. FW spots 2 & 3 relatively narrow about 1.5X that of the width of spots 4 & 5.
    Base of space 2 dark ,rarely slight orange dusting.
    Female with the FW cellend bars rather short.
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wU0gNp51E3...Horace-Tan.jpg
    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79Gj7N-1G...TL_male_01.jpg
    female.
    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GfwkAkMIT...male_up_01.jpg
    https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_7pWdo7X..._female_03.jpg


    T. colon; FW spots with long spikes much less in the female.
    Spots 4 & 5 often distorted, spot 4 trapezoid; little overlap between spot 3 & 4.
    Spots tend to be arranged in a stepladder way.
    Male brand place nearer inside margin of black space; Base of space 2 with defined orange patch.
    Female with FW cellend bars the upper one much longer.
    http://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot.c...palm-dart.html
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...c152a00a-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b762c0b8-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...shKM_ah684.jpg
    female.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...576a1d4c-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...576a1d4c-2.jpg


    TL Seow: Cheers.
    Last edited by Psyche; 09-Nov-2019 at 11:47 AM.

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