Doubtful IDs from Nepal

[Psyche]

Some Pedesta?
1.jpg

Both shots show the same distortion ie the body is too long.

I think if the camera is set on wide angle for scenery shots, using the macro mode for closeup would cause the subject to be stretched out laterally ie left & right.
However, I will need a camera pro to comment on this.

It is possible both are of the same species.

In pic post 89 it is definitely a male (abdominal end, FW rounded apex & straight termen)
P. pandita can be ruled out as the male antenna is tipped orange & have a white spot.
Male P. pandita.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...00375cb7-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...53f557fe-1.jpg
Female ;FW apex more pointed, termen convex, longer body profile.Antenna without a white dot.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...529b5547-1.jpg


P. panda is not known to have HW spot.
It does not look quite right for Ochlodes brahma.


In a search for something similar, this appear to match Pedesta (Thoressa) masuriensis tali.
In the taxon tali the FW spots are yellow & the HW range from spotless to a variable number. The antenna is more gradual.
You may download the pdf, page 199, images 14 (spotless HW) & 15.
Not sure if this is possible. Zobodat pdf article.
https://www.google.com/search?q=note...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Author Hao Huang state that tali is so different that it is probably a different species.
HOwever it is found farther to the east in Sichuan & Yunnan.


TL Seow: Cheers.