Posts from Meghalaya for ID
Dear Dr. Seow sir, It is been a great experience so far in this valuable forum. Thank you so much for all the guidance and expert opinion. I have to closed the earlier thread because of a technical error. So thought started it as a fresh.
Here are some more butterflies from Meghalaya that needs your expert opinion.
Thank you in advance.
1. Matapa druna? The only confusion is due to the orange cilia.
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2. Another one.
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3. Rapala melida or Rapala rhoecus? Need suggestion on the literature and existence of these two species.
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4. Have no idea of this Ypthima.
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5. Another one.
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6. Allotinus drumila. Does the upper looked unusual, is it a male?
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7. Ypthima newara or any other sp.?
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8. Any id possibility of this Isma sp.?
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9. One of the most difficult group for me.
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10. No idea how to id Choaspes. (cf benjamini)
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11. Whether these four Ypthima are newara or any other possibility?
A.
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B.
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C.
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D.
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12. Neptis soma??
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13. Ending the thread with another Choaspes.
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3. Rapala melida nicevillei.
The two forms have been split into two species.
Rapala rhoecus is found in Myanmar Thailand Sumatra & Malaya.
TL Sumatra.
Upperside brilliant blue.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83940001.html
Rapala melida TL Borneo, formerly considered a ssp of rhoecus.
Taxon nicevillei is found from Assam to Vietnamm.
Upperside is dark indigo blue with a gloss.
The distribution would appear to be disjunct as it is not recorded in Malaya.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83950001.html
Swinhoe description of Rapala nicevillei.
https://archive.org/stream/lepidopte...ge/49/mode/1up
4 should be Y. baldus
5 could be Y. persimilis (uncertain).
There is a ton of Five-rings in India.
Five-rings in which HW spot 5 & 6 are not fused.
Y. dohertyi ;Large ;FW fascia weak ;HW fascia absent.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41090001.html
Y. savara ; Large Fascia well developed ;HW twin fasciae fairly straight.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41070001.html
Y. baldus :striae fine markings clearer; submarginal line well-defined.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41000001.html
Y. affectata ; ;Striae coarser; fasciae diffusely broad; FW submarginal irregular , broken.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...hima-affectata
Y. indecora ; Striae heavy dark ;fasciae thick.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...thima-indecora
Y. similis ;Markings clearer as in baldus, but HW twin fasciae straighter.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41110001.html
Y. persimilis . As in baldus but fasciae diffuse .
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41063001.html
Y. atra ;Darker HW fasciae absent & spot 2, 3, & 1b nearly in line.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41061001.html
Y. avanta . markings fine; outer fascia undulate; spots 2, 3, & 1b nearly in line.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...Ypthima-avanta
Y. methora ;HW with spot in space 1b separated into two or nearly so.
Fig 20-21.
https://archive.org/stream/transacti.../n738/mode/1up
6. Upperside is male A. drumila although the abdominal end looks like female.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloti...milaKnight.png
9, Halpe aucma .
Of the species formerly under H. homolea.
H. molta cellspot large ;cilia white.
H. aucma; Cellspot strong ;UnH band irregular, weak.
H. filda ; usually without cellspot ; UnH central area suffused over so band obxcure.
11. A, B, &C are Y. newara .
D should be Y. nareda.
12. Neptis soma.
The 4 FW postdiscal spots are of roughly equal size.
FW submarginal band curved inwards (indent) at the apex.
HW discal band widen upwards at the costa.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html
26-Jun-2020, 02:09 AM
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