Thank you, sir. Could you look at this Rapala? I guess one of R. rectivitta or R. nissa.
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Thank you, sir. Could you look at this Rapala? I guess one of R. rectivitta or R. nissa.
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Sajan KC
Should be correct as the female Rapala nissa.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...pale_aq353.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
There is no description of the female R. rectivitta.
R. rectivitta is said to have straighter bands.
Possibly bands are always brown & cilia dark brown.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...ala-rectivitta
Last edited by Psyche; 16-Sep-2020 at 05:32 AM.
S. syama have a FW cellbar which is club-shaped & a HW sub-basal band broken into 3 spots.
2, other species with these features are S. elwesi & zhengweilei.
In S. zhengweilei the head of the club may be detached & the bands are narrow, with wide spacing of the ground colour.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...is-zhengweilie
It is quite similar to S. elwesi.
Evans described this Un pale yellow with broader bands, the male UpF blue shot ,often with orange markings.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/82865001.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...indasis-elwesi
Several features suggest this might be S. elwesi.
The HW marginal (or submarginal) line is broken into spots.
THe UpF twin postdiscal bands converge more.
The bands are rather broad.
However it easily may be a form of S. syama without seeing the upperside.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...pindasis-syama
TL Seow: Cheers.
Last edited by Psyche; 18-Sep-2020 at 07:30 AM.
Thank you, sir. Evans, 1932 says broader black bands, the bands aren't very black. The submarginal spots and the converged postdiscal bands are indeed confusing. No UpF shots taken. The place had many S. syama but two of these forms were seen on same location along with some S. lohita.
Sajan KC