Post 79.
Very difficult.
Based on your location in Nepal it should be P. fatih.
The species are very similar & were onced considered as ssp.
P. dan fabia.
FW spot 2 & 3 with little or no overlap.
FW cellend spot outer margin more strongly notched.
Range Sikkim to Myanmar ,Ataran.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...1a_7/av091.jpg
Female.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...f3866614-1.jpg
P. festa.
FW hyaline spots large & contiguous ; Spot 3 almost filling the base of space 3.
Ground dark & dark spots often obscure. variable.
Male hyaline spots distinctly yellow.
Range Sikkim to Myanmar.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90640020.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...901ba965-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me..._7/a-28804.jpg
P. fatih & fatua.
FW spot 3 well away from the base of space 3, leaving a dark triangle.
FW spot 3 & spot 2 overlap at least by half (typically ).
P. fatih : Ground more ochreous, larger.
Range Kangra to Nepal.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...42d5f970-1.jpg
There are forms in which the ground is reddish.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...69fe8250-1.jpg
P. fatua : smaller & the ground should be strongly reddish.
Male FW more produced. Impossible to judge.
Range Sikkim to N. Myanmar
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b253737e-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b3ce2506-1.jpg
Browner form
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...924d5ec1-1.jpg
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Last edited by Psyche; 20-Mar-2021 at 07:09 PM. Reason: typo
Likely to be a female Pratapa deva lila.
The long labial palps 3rd segment & upperside pale blue suggest a female.
Dsf with reduced black spot UnH & UpH marginal spots.
Only Tajuria cippus & Pratapa deva lila may have the postdiscal band broken into linear streaks. Correction : also T. jehana.
Example with UnH spot reduced to a dot.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...68c36a60-2.jpg
Typical female with marginal black spots.Ssp. devana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratap...Un_479_AC1.jpg
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Last edited by Psyche; 20-Mar-2021 at 07:36 AM.
Tajuria cippus has jet black opaque eyes. This one's not a Tajuria for sure...
Thank you, sir. I was confused between Pratapa deva and Tajuria jehana actually. True, Tajuria cippus is very different with those black eyes.
Sajan KC
T. jehana can be ruled out as the Postdiscal streaks are placed much closer to the termen (outer margin).
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...00116efe-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...843bd9b4-1.jpg
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That's a great point! Thank you so much, sir!
Sajan KC