Pedesta masuriensis tali is also elevated to full species as Pedesta tali.
You can see both here.
Fig 46 & 47 ( underside) P. masuriensis.
Fig 48 & 49 (underside) P. tali.
The underside often have 3 spots here rather diffuse.
https://zenodo.org/record/3990965#.YHMMQB8zaUk
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Last edited by Psyche; 12-Apr-2021 at 11:34 AM .
Post 97.
Agreed. It should be Neptis capnodes.
4 species are somewhat similar.
FW submarginal spots gently curved at apex; FW postdiscal spots rounded & well separated.
HW discal band of nearly uniform width.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720190010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720120010.html
FW submarginal spots distinctly bent in at apex; FW postdiscal spots may be large & close.
1. Neptis capnodes : HW discal band of nearly uniform width.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720170010.html
2. Neptis soma ;HW discal band broader at costa.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html
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Last edited by Psyche; 12-Apr-2021 at 06:27 PM .
Many thanks, sir. Could you check this Rapala as well? I think this is Rapala tara but the tornal spot isn't very much diffused. Maybe R. damona ?
6.jpg
Sajan KC
Post 100.
Probably female Rapala dieneces .
4 species are somewhat similar with the postdiscal bands narrow, the HW band partly irregular & in space 1b (where the bluegrey patch is) forms a dome or arch.
Rapala tara : HW postdiscal band with several dislocation ,notably complete dislocation at vein 2 & 3.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...13/Rapala-tara
Rapala suffusa. FW band curved bent towards the costa, HW orange crown obsolete, being yellow /ochreous & merging with the ground colour.
Indian forms have small black spot 2 & the arch/dome flatten.
Singapore 1 male ,2 females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...h_Jonathan.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/production-...rop_x_152_.jpg
https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301...126294c2e6.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...Rapala-suffusa
Rapala damona : FW postdiscal band curved in towards costa (variable) Male orange brown, female paler; orange crown not well defined.
Singapore male & probable female.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4600/...0662737f_c.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-66Xxi-yYP...ash-SunnyC.png
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!.../Rapala-damona
Rapala dieneces: FW postdiscal band usually fairly straight. HW orange crown better defined & contrasted from the ground colour; marginal zone often with yellow/orange shadings.
Singapore male & 3 female.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nq8JtCdenz...rlet+Flash.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...20-%20Chng.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...ash_Nelson.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...lash_Ellen.JPG
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...apala-dieneces
This female have the FW band straight though undulate & the HW orange crown better defined.
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Sir, could you help me with these Choaspes , Cupido and Caltoris respectively?
1. https://www.flickr.com/photos/157512...posted-public/
2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/157512...posted-public/
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/157512...posted-public/
P.S: sorry, seems the pics don't show up. Will try later.
Update: Added from Flickr.
Last edited by Nawab; 18-Apr-2021 at 03:15 AM .
Sajan KC
Post 102.
1. Should be Choaspes stigmata .
HW tail longer, pointed, longer than the black spot in space 1b; orange area from tail tip to inner margin of space 1b longer than HW cell.
Round spot in space 1b small, black space in space 1a (visible if open) well from the margin.
Evans state the two small black spots in space 2 are nearer vein 3 above them than vein 2 below them.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90300010.html
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42844...I_DSC_4533.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...d08403b2-1.jpg
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki...I_DSC_4537.jpg
HW tail blunt. shorter than the round black spot in space 1b; length of orange area from tail tip to inner margin of space 1b =/less than HW cell length.
a. C. benjaminii HW round spot in space 1b small; black area in space 1a (visible if open as a 'V') not reaching near margin.
( All three images show the black area in space 1a, in the fold below the black spot, being far from the margin.)
Evans state the two small black spots in space 2 lie centrally between vein 2 & 3.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...kare_am792.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...83430fdb-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...9a11b1b8-1.jpg
b. C. furcata .HW black spot in space 1b large with an incurved head; black space in space 1a large reaching close to margin.
Evans stae the two small black spots in space 2 lie centrally between vein 2 & 3.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...1a_7/av115.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...2f8efba2-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...81320e8d-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...93409023-1.jpg
c. C. xanthopogon . ;HW black spot in space 1b large but head straight; black area in space 1a reaching near margin.
Evans stae the two small black spots in space 2 lies nearer vein 2 below them than vein 3 above them.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...4ae88f3e-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b81ad3ae-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...9f130b1c-1.jpg
Last edited by Psyche; 20-Apr-2021 at 06:23 AM .
Post 102.
2. should be Everes hugelii dipora . I am leaving it as Everes.
Note FW & HW postdiscal (or discal following Evans) spot 2 shifted in.
There seem a tremendous confusion with the two species E. argiades diporides & E. hugelii dipora.
Here is Evans' description of the two species.
E. argiades .
UnF discal spots all in line; UnH discal spots 2-5 on an even arc; male upF dark border under 2mm.
a. female uph orange spot at tornus .male upf border under 1mm........E. argiades diporides . Chitra to N. Burma.
b. female no orange spot at tornus. very variable ,WSF spots larger below; male border 1.5mm. ....E. argiades hellotia. Sikkim, Bhutan.
E. dipora (= E. hugelii dipora)
Unf discal spot in 2 shifted in; unh discal spots 3-5 in a straight line, spot in 2 shifted in.
Above male border > 2mm & often a prominent end cell spot.
Female uph no orange spot at tornus; unh orange spots more extensive & not sharply defined...... Kashmir to S. Shan States.
Following the above description .
E. argiades diporides.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...58a11e12-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...58a11e12-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ac452d14-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ac452d14-3.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80590010.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...5949415f-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...5949415f-1.jpg
E. hugelii dipora.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80610010.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...kare_am715.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...kare_am714.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...cad52e50-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...cad52e50-2.jpg
E. lacturnus ;HW spot 7 darker than the rest; all marginal & submarginal spots clear.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...eres-lacturnus
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