Doubtful IDs from Nepal

[Nawab]

Thank you so much, sir. Could you please check this Potanthus? Looks a little different than P. pseudomaesa.
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[Psyche]

Post 181.

This does look good for Potanthus pseudomaesa clio.

Evans state of pseudimaesa that the FW spots 4 & 5 are detached, but this less so in ssp clio.


P pseudomaesa. small FW 12mm.
Abdominal end broadly black banded.
FW spots 4 & 5 detached or almost so, small overlap in ssp clio.
HW upperside with the veins variably darken, but not on the underside.

Ssp pseudomaesa.
Sri lanka.
https://slbutterflies.lk/storage/app...1492795816.JPG
India.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...9112ea6e-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...8ff14c0e-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...1a69905b-3.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...1a69905b-4.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...otra_ak402.jpg
Ssp clio. Small overlap of spots 4 & 5 ( variable ).
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92740010.html
Ssp. clio H. K. female.
https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/cons...seudomaesa.jpg


Very similar.

Potanthus mingo. FW 12mm.
FW spots 4 & 5 with small overlaps ,may be deatched above.
HW band ,veins not darken above & below.
UnH band with deep inner step & outer margins strongly edged with dark spots & excavated.
All Singapore examples.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...3/original.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f3wB2A2ujB...0/_MG_1531.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lQGrUAdKox...0/_MG_1529.jpg
Female left, male right.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tFtROXZYi...us%2Bmingo.JPG


May be confused.

P. confucius. FW 12-13mm.
Abdominal end yellow with a thin black line.
FW band continuous & uninterrupted in the male veins not dark (variable in ssp diana.), band may be detached above in female.
HW spot 6 absent or small.
Ssp. diana.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...bf352d12-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...gale_ai381.jpg
SSp dushta. Band more irregular.
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16984275
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92790010.html


Potanthus pava, FW 15mm.
Abdominal end yellow with a narrow black band wider than in confucius.
FW band may be narrow or wide continuous as in P. confucius.
HW with a large spot 6 , more distinctive on the underside.
May have a yellow patch at the base of FW space 2 as in Telicota colon.
UnH spot 6 large, band edged in thin black lines.
Broad band form.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...82f9fd27-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...7f0e8a61-1.jpg
Naarow band form Note unh large spot 6 & black edgings.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...d7712114-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...d7712114-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...d7712114-3.jpg


Potanthus trachala. FW 14-15mm.
Abdominal end with black band.
FW spots 4 & 5 with no overlap.
Spots 2 & 3 narrow, with concave margins in the male.
HW upper spot strongly projected out.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...c574efd4-1.jpg
Singapore.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/bd...b0db7b591d.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check..._female_01.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.