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    Pelopidas agna.
    Male Male: A line thru the two cellspots just tip the end of the brand or miss it.
    Female: A line thru the cellspots moves away from the spot in space 1b.
    Male spot 2 typically linear but may be broader & more rectangular (becoming similar to mathias male).
    Underside ground colour more even & uniform brown, may be greenish, without obvious pale shadings in the marginal zones.
    UnH spots not dark-ringed.
    Male Taiwan: A line from the cellspots just tip the brand.
    https://knowledge.taibif.tw/sites/de...y/00015163.jpg

    Singapore male & female.
    https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...Horace-Tan.jpg
    https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7zXwSQZiZ...SwiftF-KSK.jpg
    ?Taiwan female.
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...a_20140621.jpg

    Singapore female showing a line thru the cellspots move away from the space 1b spot.
    https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec..._female_02.jpg

    Indian males (Strangely not a single female).
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...fc926ac7-5.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...fc926ac7-7.jpg

    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...6030f376-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...6030f376-2.jpg
    Last edited by Psyche; 30-Jun-2020 at 07:41 AM.

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    Pelopidas thrax.
    Male : A line thru the cellspots just miss the brand much as in P. agna.
    Male brand more prominent & whiter than mathias or agna.
    Underside fairly uniformly brown, without pale marginal shadings.
    HW spots distinctly dark-rimmed.
    Oman.
    https://i1.rgstatic.net/publication/...rgepreview.png
    Turkey.Male.
    http://dogalhayat.org/property/pelopidas-thrax/
    Israel.male.
    https://israel-nature-site.com/wp-co...as-thrax-1.jpg
    Females Greece.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/117576577@N03/46260007852
    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...7Sa-sU1cVUFnIN


    Evans states of ssp masta.
    Darker; UnH usually only the double spots in space 4-5 conspicuous, the rest replaced by dark marks; UpH usually with a double spot in space 4-5.
    Last edited by Psyche; 30-Jun-2020 at 07:52 AM.

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    Pelopidas subochracea.Large.
    Male with a brand: A line thru the cellspots just tip the end of it.
    Underside with uneven ground colour & pale shadings in the marginal zones as in mathias.
    UnH with reduced spots typically spot 2, 3, & 6 sometimes spot 4 as well.Typically spot 6 largest.
    Subapical spots mostly in line.(Compare thrax, agna & mathias.)
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ae455.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...unte_ak574.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...unte_ak557.jpg
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/drsaji/2355647044


    Pelopidas sinensis. Large. The 3 subapical spots mostly in line.
    Male ;A line thru the cellspots tip the brand.
    FW spots yellowish , HW spots white , in space 2, 3, 4, 5, (6) in a nearly straight line.
    Antennal club with a white area on basal part of club beneath.
    http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Ogata_c..._sinensis.html
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...unte_ai527.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...unte_ai585.jpg


    Pelopidas conjuncta ;Large. Male without a brand. The 3 subapical spots strongly out of line.
    FW spots yellow , cellspots large separate .HW spots white, arranged in an arc.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...34296bc3-4.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...34296bc3-3.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ac767.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ac764.jpg


    Pelopidas assamensis. Very large.
    All spots white, FW spots large, & cellspots may join.
    Antennal with a broad white band.
    HW spots may be reduced to spots 4-5.
    Subapical mostly in line.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...akar_ap010.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...c5016c6e-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b8d4404e-1.jpg
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    1. Pelopidas agna.
    The line drawn from the cellspots miss the brand. The underside is quite uniform brown, no spot reduction & no dark rim.
    The brand looks white but this is unreliable.

    2. P. agna. The subapical spots well out of line; uniform underside without pale shading.

    3. P. agna.

    4. P. agna ;Subapicals out of line ;uniform underside without pale shading.

    5. P. mathias ;Line from cellspots cut into lower part of brand ;& uneven underside.

    6. & 7 typical P. assamensis.

    8 & 9. P. conjuncta ; FW spots yellow; HW spots white in an arc; subapical spots out of line.


    TL Seow
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    Thank you so much for the valuable information with useful links for each keys. The group skippers fascinates me alot.These keys will really help me in my future expedition...
    Thank you so much....
    Cheers

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